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Operating Division : TPT East London MPT
Position Title : Millwright (Single Trade)
Employee Group : Permanent
Department : Engineering
Location : East London
Reporting To : Technical Supervisor
Grade Level : I3
Reference Number : 20003127
Position Purpose : Provide maintenance services to all cargo and bulk handling equipment by repairing, maintaining and improving its functionality to ensure that they are safe, reliable and available to operations to eliminate operations downtime.
Position outputs : • To carry out all maintenance repairs and modifications on machinery, plant & equipment in accordance to the requirements of the Code of Practice 29 and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Ensuring high standards are maintained. • To evaluate + analyze the nature, cause and oversee the repairs of breakdown • Determining the optimal way of dealing with the problem, to achieve a quality + cost • Effect solution and operational availability of equipment and min downtime. • To have knowledge of electrical, PLC and hydraulic equipment to ensure equipment is repaired as soon as possible, therefore ensuring availability. • Have sufficient knowledge of occupational health & safety Act. And regulation to enforce safe workings procedures, for the
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purpose of safety of employees and people around you. • To carry out repairs to defects as per examiners defect list. To ensure safe working and minimize breakdowns to machinery and equipment. • Fill out job cards to ensure proper records are kept for future reference. • To execute all repairs timeously and effectively ensuring equipment failure is minimized and availability of equipment is optimized in the most cost effective manner • To provide a 24-hour coverage to ensure availability of machines at all times. • To be trained and certified as a competent operator of straddle carriers • Examine, evaluate and monitor equipment for deviations in norms and functionality whilst in operation to detect and identify early warning signals in order to rectify malfunction before a major breakdown. • Plan and prepare apprentices for on the job training in order to train and develop them according to their development plan thereby ensuring skills are adequately transferred. • Assess and ascertain size of repair work and spares specifications required in order to inform and follow-up with Supervisor for ordering of parts to plan for repair in shortest timeframe thereby making equipment available for operations.
Qualifications & Experience :
EDUCATION: Matric, NTC2, Qualified Millwright with trade test certificate, Code 08 Driver’s license, Code of Practice 29(advantageous) EXPERIENCE: 3 – 5 years’ experience in working environment
Competencies : KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS: Technical: Human relations, Technical, Fault-finding, technically aware, communication, systematic, fault elimination