Toolmaker (Press Tools & Moulds)

Planned maintenance and breakdown work on shift at the general engineering workshop in Mokopane. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Location: Mokopane, Limpopo. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Inspect and adjust conveyors, chains and sprockets
• Align shafts with a laser alignment tool after every drive change
• Replace bearings, seals and couplings on pumps, gearboxes and motors
• Help with electrical fault-finding on motors and sensors as a millwright
• Respond to breakdowns and get the line running again safely
• Program and run CNC machines from engineering drawings
• Build and repair press tools, jigs and moulds

• N2 or N3 engineering subjects
• You read engineering drawings and measure with micrometers and verniers
• Willing to work shifts, standby and weekend shutdowns
• At least 2 years as a qualified artisan in a factory or workshop
• Own basic hand tools, or willing to build up a set

• Forklift licence for moving heavy parts
• CNC programming experience

• Paid overtime on shutdowns
• Tool allowance
• Chance to study further toward a technician diploma
• Shift and standby allowances

• If you can machine parts as well as fit them, say so clearly. Many factories want both skills in one person.
• Write your trade and trade test year first, then the machines you know, like "Filling lines, pumps, gearboxes".