The Maintenance Millwright is responsible for the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems within a steel manufacturing environment. The role requires strong multidisciplinary technical skills and exceptional fault-finding ability to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the manufacturing facilities equipment.
Key Responsibilities
• Perform preventive, predictive, and breakdown maintenance
• Maintain and repair mechanical systems
• Inspect, maintain, and troubleshoot overhead cranes, hoists, and fixed lifting systems, and provide maintenance support to the mobile equipment fleet (including forklifts and similar material-handling equipment)
• Diagnose and repair hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Conduct electrical fault finding on motors, control circuits, limit switches, sensors, VSDs, and basic PLC I/O.
• Read and interpret mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic drawings and schematics.
• Identify root causes of failures and implement permanent corrective actions to improve equipment reliability.
• Assist with installation, commissioning, and modification of new or upgraded plant equipment.
• Ensure strict compliance with health, safety, and lock-out procedures
• Complete maintenance reports, job cards, inspections, and statutory records.
• Work closely with production teams to minimize downtime and improve operational efficiency.
Start Date: March 2026
Requirements
Gr 12
Trade qualified
Minimum 2-3 years’ experience as a Millwright within an Engineering company
Must reside within the Northwest area or be willing to relocate
Fully Bilingual in Afrikaans and English