Turner

• Join our established client in a fast-paced heavy machinery environment.

NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS:

• Trade Test as a Turner.
• Planned & unplanned maintenance.
• Ability to read technical drawings.
• Heavy machinery plant experience.
• Lathe & milling machine experience.

Minimum requirements:

• Matric.
• Qualified Turner with a recognised Trade Test.
• N2-equivalent theory training in the Mechanical Trade.
• Strong understanding of machining practices and materials.
• Experience operating lathes, milling machines, and other workshop machinery.
• Ability to machine components to tolerances of 0.01 where required.
• English – speak, read, and write.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Attend to planned and unplanned maintenance on machinery and respond to breakdowns with urgency.
• Perform machining of components from mechanical drawings and supplied samples.
• Operate lathes, milling machines, and other workshop machinery.
• Carry out precision machining to tolerances of 0.01 where required.
• Perform turning, milling, V-thread, Acme and square thread screw cutting, surface grinding, and basic fabrication.
• Complete mechanical assemblies of new equipment manufactured in the machine shop.
• Modify and improve existing equipment and plant to optimise capacity and performance.
• Perform daily machinery checks and inspections.
• Attend to mechanical repairs and breakdowns during standby periods as required.
• Accurately record completed work on job cards and planned maintenance schedules.
• Report mechanical issues on lathes, milling machines, and other equipment to the Mechanical Foreman or Engineering Manager.
• Carry out safety inspections on equipment and plant as instructed.
• Maintain high standards of safety and housekeeping in the workshop and work areas.
• Perform any reasonable duties as instructed by the Mechanical Foreman or Engineering Manager.