Overview
Millwright Jobs in Durban, South Africa at Profile Personnel
A very well established client in the Automotive industry, located in Durban, is looking for a Millwright to join their team.
Job Purpose:
To conduct mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs on plant and equipment in a safe and efficient manner
Requirements for Applicants:
Must be in possession of a Grade 12 with Mathematics and Science
Section 13 Red Seal Millwright trade tested
N4 electro-mechanical certificate
5 Years’ experience in heave industry.
Siemens PLC
Experience with moulds, carousels and gears
Key Performance Areas:
Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work
Inspect the tooling and determine spares and consumables requirements
Generate Job Requisition s for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.)
Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site
Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control
Update the responsible person on progress of repairs
Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully
Capture all information related to the breakdown to aid in determining the root cause.
Commission and refurbish machines / equipment
Operate and monitor a drilling machine to produce simple components
Operate and monitor a lathe to produce simple components
Operate and monitor a milling machine to produce simple components
Operate and monitor a surface grinding machine to produce simple components
Operate the Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM) to seal moulds
Perform basic and MIG/TIG welding of metals
Grind tools and drill bits
Construct, commission and do fault tracing on low voltage reticulation networks (220
Vac, 110
Vac, 24DC)
Install or replace and commission electrical equipment (lighting systems; electrical cables and conductors; earth leakage unit in a low voltage circuit; metering units or measuring instruments; low and medium voltage transformers; batteries; electrical wire ways; direct current (DC) machines three phase AC electrical circuits, machines and control gear)
Wire and commission three phase electrical circuits
Inspect and clean (electrical machines; enhanced safety apparatus; electrical motors)
Mechanically cut, drill, punch and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery
Cut materials using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting)
Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control and work as a valuable team member
If you feel that you are the right candidate for this position, kindly email your CV to Alana Botha at
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.
Title: Millwright
Company: Profile Personnel
Location: Durban, South Africa
Category: Manufacturing / Production (Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Electrical Engineering)
