PURPOSE:

• To perform maintenance tasks on infrastructure and equipment.

Minimum Requirements    
QUALIFICATIONS:

• Grade 12/Standard 10 Technical (Essential/Minimum)
• N3: Engineering Relevant (Essential/Minimum)
• Trade: Millwright MQA/QCTO (Essential/Minimum)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 2-3 years Applicable technical and maintenance experience within a heavy industry, production, mining or pyro-metallurgical environment. (Essential/Minimum)  Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• Pub Driv Lic:Code B (Essential/Minimum)
• Medium Voltage Switching (Essential/Minimum)
• Competence: Core MQA Modules Assessments (Essential/Minimum)
• Competence: On the Job MQA Modules Asses (Essential/Minimum)

Duties & Responsibilities    
Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

• Ensure compliance to applicable statutory Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)/Mine Health and Safety Acts (MHSA), regulations and prescriptive
• Adhere to planned maintenance schedules
• Ensure equipment are maintained to maximum performance according to specifications of instruction manuals and train support personnel accordingly
• condition Maintain programming of circuits, panels, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), motherboards and relevant equipment according to workshop manuals and instructions

Equipment Control and Maintenance    

• Inspect and repair all assets and equipment and all surrounding infrastructure
• Conduct monitoring, testing, fault finding and problem solving
• Adhere to planned maintenance schedules
• Assume responsibility for maintenance and new installations and maintain all records accordingly
• Maintain relevant equipment including medium frequency invertors, furnace melt managers and refractory lining monitoring equipment installation
• Safe operation and control of medium to high voltage switchgear
• Plan and order parts to minimize production delays due to tool, equipment and instrument failure

Inspection and Control    

• Inspect all tools, equipment, instruments prior to use
• Inspect all vehicles, machines and mechanical equipment to identify defects
• Report defects immediately
• Carry out inspection according to a specific schedule to repair identified defects
• Receive, complete and return job cards

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Adhere to all health and safety practices and promote good housekeeping on an ongoing basis
• Address all unsafe practices and potential hazardous situations and rectify/report to superior
• Comply with Safety Health Environment and Community (SHEC) and technical requirements
• Wear applicable Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) at all times
• Complete Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) on work being performed
• Attend safety meetings
• Responsible for safekeeping and maintenance of own PPE

Skills Management    

• Transfer knowledge and give guidance to artisan aides and trainees to improve their skills
• Co-ordinate maintenance with the operators during stoppages and keep downtime to a minimum