Millwright Packing - Premier foods FMCG
(2025-08)
- Reading diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures and fault finding.
- Installing equipment according to layout plans using hand and power tools inspecting and examining machinery and equipment to detect irregularities and malfunctions.
- Adjusting machinery and repairing or replacing defective parts ensuring safety devices function properly on completion of repairs, modifications and installations.
- Participating in the preventative maintenance routines on all equipment for continuous improvement of all equipment.
- Responsible for high speed packaging machines
- Investigate root causes analysis using 5 whys
- Adhering to GMP procedure.
- Adhering to workplace safety policies, regulations and compliances.
- Maintaining a clean and environmentally safe work area.
- Performing other related duties as assigned.
- Performed planned maintenance on machinery and equipment.
- Inspect, test and repair MCC circuits & wiring systems and electrical equipment.
- Use installed programs and perform fault finding on programmable logical control circuits (PLC's)
- Install and commission machinery and equipment.
- Adhering to safe working procedure LOTO working on heights
- Mentoring apprentice and signing off their logbooks
Millwright - Allied Steelrode
(2024-09 - 2025-08)
- Attend to all mechanical, instrumentation, and electrical breakdowns.
- Regular inspections of equipment.
- Fault-finding and problem-solving on equipment.
- Regular maintenance and repair of equipment.
- Reporting on conditions of equipment, advising management of electrical and mechanical problems, and recommending activities to minimize the number of breakdowns.
- Interpret deviations recorded and rectify deviations.
- Perform preventative and corrective maintenance activities as per Plant Safety.
- Regulations, preventative maintenance plans, and maintenance procedures.
- Investigate and analyse the cause and effect of breakdowns on equipment.
- Understand basic hydraulics, pneumatics, and lubrication.
- Carry out basic rigging and assist the stage crew where necessary.
- Ensure all supporting documentation is completed within the required timeframes and in the format specified (Job card Completion and other related paperwork).
- Analyse proposed modifications and provide input regards the implementation of ideas and carry out modifications within the required timeframes.
- Troubleshoot on DCS, PLC, and (AC and DC) drives.
- Identify where quality and safety can be improved.
- Participate in improvement programs and initiatives. Maintain a safe work environment.
- Comply with relevant legislative requirements and standards.
- Ensure quality standards are maintained and customer requirements addressed.
- Attend to equipment care and personal safety.
- Read, interpret and understand electrical and basic mechanical drawings.
- Promote environmental and safety awareness regarding the potential impact of activities, processes, and materials utilized.
Test Bay Technician - Transvaal Electric Motors
(2021-04 - 2022-10)
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
- Led projects and analysed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Testing of all electrical AC and DC motor after assembly.
- Use of electrical instruments to make e.g. line resistance meter, megger, analyser equipment, volt meter, clamp meter, thermal meter to take bearing temperature.
- Setting of parameters on Siemens drive and ABB drive. Maximum drive of DC up to 1000A
- Stepping up and down on transformer.
- Connecting of 1kv to 3.3kv transformer
- Generator switch over when loadshedding
- Wiring and designing of electrical circuit system
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Adhering to safe working procedure LOTO working on heights
Auto Electrician - TMS International
(2022-10 - 2025-04)
- Assemble, install, test, and maintain electrical or electronic wiring
- Connecting wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components
- Inspect electrical systems, equipment, and components to identify hazards
- Repair or replace wiring equipment
- Industrial circuit breakers
- Variable speed devices AC/DC
- Electro and Analog detection systems
- Industrial motor control technology
- Electro detection systems
- Analog detection systems
- Equipment worked on: Komatsu Wa480, HYUNDAI 140w-95/220lc-954, Volvo G940, KRESS (CAT), Excavators, Kawasaki Front End Loaders, Senne Bogen 690HD Crane, Bobcat
- Assembling, fitting, and repairing automobile auxiliary harnesses
- Attending breakdowns on site
- Repairing of failing electrical or mechanical equipment e.g. Alternators, Starters, Relays, Fuses etc.
- Modifying of any electrical equipment
- Diagnosing using instruments and replacing of sensors where necessary.
- Stored and maintained power tools and equipment for each job.
- Used testing instruments such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, ammeters, and multimeters.
- Inspected electrical systems, equipment and components to identify hazards, defects, and repair requirements.
- Worked from ladders, scaffolds and lifts to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring equipment and lighting fixtures in ceilings, on roofs and on towers.
- Connected wires to circuit breakers, transformers or other components.
- Interpreted drawings, wiring diagrams, flow charts and written descriptions of project requirements.
Millwright Apprentice - ArcelorMittal (Vanderbijlpark)
(2016-07 - 2020-02)
- Plant maintenance
- Plant inspection
- Attending Breakdown and to avoid long delays
- Be part of Shut down crew during shut down
- Isolate for Shut down and desolate after shutdown (wrecking in and out of supply breakers)
- Inspected and examined all machinery and equipment to detect malfunctions or irregularities.
- Installed stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment according to layout plans.
- Created durable and long-lasting structures to withstand industrial environment demands.
- Aligned and levelled machines using precision measuring instruments to avoid unnecessary wear and tear.
- Maintained mechanical, electrical and pneumatic systems to keep systems working together correctly.
- Inserted shims, adjusted tension on nuts and bolts and positioned parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments with 100% accuracy.
- Disassembled machinery parts and categorized properly before moving to storage.
- Installed, repaired and maintained automated systems in accordance with safety regulations.
- Positioned steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment using blueprints and schematic drawings.
