Department:
Maintenance
Job Purpose:
To learn in a practical work environment by following a structured plan aimed at developing the skills required to become a qualified Millwright.
Reporting to:
Maintenance Manager
Requirements for Applicants
Minimum Qualifications:
• Grade 12 with Mathematics and Science.
• N3 with Electrical/Mechanical Trade Theory, Mathematics, and Engineering Science.
Key Performance Areas
Maintenance Process (Scheduled):
• Receive Maintenance Schedules, interpret instructions, and plan maintenance and repair work.
• Generate Job Requisitions for scheduled maintenance work (type of repair or maintenance, spares, quantities, time, etc.).
• Transport tools, equipment, and spares to the work site.
• Isolate equipment, perform lockouts, and ensure the work area is safe.
• Conduct Preventive Maintenance activities.
Maintenance Process (Breakdown):
• Attend to machine breakdowns of a mechanical/electrical nature for all equipment under engineering functional control.
• Update the responsible person on the progress of repairs.
• Escalate the problem to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully.
• Capture all information related to the breakdown to determine the root cause.
• File job requisition upon completion of repair.
Mechanical Maintenance:
• Perform routine maintenance.
• Align machines and equipment.
• Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation.
• 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.
• Perform basic and MIG/TIG welding of metals.
• Grind tools and drill bits.
Fabrication:
• Mechanically cut, drill, punch, and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery.
• Cut materials using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting).
• Join metals using the resistance welding process.
Instrumentation Maintenance:
• Weld workpieces using oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and gas tungsten arc welding processes.
• Remove metals using oxy-fuel and air-carbon arc gouging processes.
• Construct basic electronic circuits.
• Install instrument impulse lines.
• Maintain instrumentation equipment (Flow, Level, Pressure, Temperature, Intrinsically safe apparatus).
• Carry out soldering and de-soldering procedures.
Maintenance Process (Post Maintenance):
• Test and commission machinery or equipment prior to handover.
• Complete the Planned Maintenance Schedule (work completed, work not completed, spares used, spares not available, time taken, observations, problems, etc.).
• Identify additional work required, including spare parts.
• Clean up after completing the job and inform the responsible person that maintenance has been completed to the required standard.
Engineering Projects (Project Initiation):
• Contribute to project initiation, scope definition, and scope change control.
• Work effectively as a valuable team member.
Applications
Interested parties must send their CVs along with a copy of their school leaving certificate and proof of qualifications to:
Roenel Haywood at Jobspta@feltex.co.za or manually hand it in at the Human Resource Office.
In your application, please clearly state the position title AND reference number:
Reference No: FX-2025-0003926
Applications without the position title AND reference number will NOT be considered.
Closing Date:
22 January @ 16:30
Should you not hear from us within 21 days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Grade:
MIBCO Grade 3
