Millwright (Production Plant)

Planned maintenance and breakdown work on shift at the cement plant in Pretoria West. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Location: Pretoria West, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Build and repair press tools, jigs and moulds
• Replace bearings, seals and couplings on pumps, gearboxes and motors
• Inspect and adjust conveyors, chains and sprockets
• Follow the lockout procedure before any work on machinery
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings
• Align shafts with a laser alignment tool after every drive change

• Basic understanding of the General Machinery Regulations
• Own basic hand tools, or willing to build up a set
• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan in a factory or workshop
• Trade test as Fitter and Turner, Fitter, Millwright or Toolmaker
• N2 or N3 engineering subjects
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers

• Forklift licence for moving heavy parts
• Food safety awareness for food and drink plants

• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Chance to study further toward a technician diploma
• Tool allowance

• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".
• Expect a practical test. Measure twice and work cleanly, because the assessor watches your habits as much as the result.