At Feltex, we’re looking for a qualified Millwright to join our dynamic maintenance team; ensuring reliability, safety, and efficiency across all facets of our production facilities.
The succesful candidate will be responsible for installing, maintaining, repairing, and troubleshooting industrial machinery and mechanical equipment to ensure optimal plant performance and minimal downtime. This includes working with hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems, as well as performing routine inspections and preventative maintenance on production machinery.
The Millwright collaborates closely with production and engineering teams to diagnose faults, replace defective parts, align and calibrate machinery, and ensure all equipment operates in accordance with safety and quality standards. The role requires strong technical knowledge, precision, and a proactive approach to maintaining high equipment reliability in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Minimum Requirements:
Grade 12 with Mathematics & Science
Section 13 Red Seal Trade Certificate (Millwright)
5+ years’ experience in a heavy industrial environment
Advantageous:
- Receive Maintenance Schedules, plan and execute before they expire. Interpret instructions and plan maintenance and repair work
- Transport tools, equipment and spares to the work site
- All Scheduled Maintenance shall be recorded (Opened and Closed) to the Maintenance Connection system IN TIME to aid in pro-longing equipment life and prevent Unplanned Maintenance.
- Perform Plant start-ups. Plan plant start-up well in advance of planned production starting time to ensure the plant is ready for production. If unsure, ask.
- Track and record personal daily hours to ensure the KPA – Artisan Utilization of = 75% is achieved.
- 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 a problem/breakdown to the next level if it cannot be resolved successfully
- All Breakdowns shall be recorded (Opened and Closed) to the Maintenance Connection system to aid in determining the root cause and to accurately calculate KPI and artisan utilisation data.
- Perform routine maintenance
- Diagnose and repair faults on equipment and machinery during production/operation
- Perform basic and MIG/TIG welding of metals
- Maintain mechanical equipment (indirect and direct drives, pipe systems, static seals, bearings, brakes and clutches, direct drives, dynamic seals, heat exchangers and pressure vessels, lubricating systems, pumps, conveyor systems, compressors, fluid power/pneumatic/vacuum systems, gearboxes, safety valves)
- Handle and care for electrical earthing gear and related equipment
- Mechanically cut, drill, punch and assemble fabrication materials using powered machinery
- Cut materials using the oxy-fuel gas cutting process (manual cutting)
- Weld workpiece (oxy-acetylene welding, shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding)
- Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control and work as a valuable team member.
Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project and monitoand control actual cost against budget
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- Identify potential hazards and critical safety issues in the workplace
- Apply safety, health and environment practices and legal requirements when working on machines and equipment
