Millwright – North West Province

Job Description

Apply Millwright position at Tharisa Minerals – North West Province, South Africa

Purpose of Role

The Millwright will be responsible for Installing, maintaining, and repair mechanical and electrical equipment and fixtures. Ensures that work is in accordance with MHSA and relevant COP’s and SOP’s.

Role Context

• Safely execute critical daily maintenance tasks.
• Execute shutdown activities as per plan, according to scheduled time.
• Ensure continuous improvement of asset care management.
• To give direction to Assistant and contractors under their area of responsibility
• Support asset care and optimisation for ensuring customer needs are met.
• Assist electrical foreman to ensure health and safety of employees it is taken care of through safely maintaining equipment.
• Maintain good housekeeping standards.
• Stop and report any contraventions of the MHSA, regulations, codes of practice, Mine standards and instructions promptly to the legally appointed engineering foreman.
• Obtain job card and permit to work before any task execution.
• Conduct pre-work risk assessment for every task.
• Assemble, install, test, electrical or electronic wiring, and maintain mechanical, equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools and power tools.
• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem.
• Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.
• Inspect lab/plant equipment components and systems to identify hazards, defects, and the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with the relevant standards.
• Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.
• Plan layout and installation of equipment and fixtures, based on job specifications and relevant standards.
• Ensure safe execution of the task.
• Test the unit.
• Ensure that the equipment handed back to the operation is in a safe and operable condition.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 and Millwright Trade Certificate.
• Relevant Fitting and Machining/Turning, Electrical Technical Qualifications: Red sealed Engineering Trade certificate Technical Qualifications: Red sealed Engineering Trade certificate or SAQA Verified Trade Certificate).
• Studying towards N6 National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering would be advantageous. 

Job specific experience:

• Valid MV certificate.
• Sound knowledge in maintaining laboratory/plant equipment’s.
• Minimum of 5 years Solid experience in the laboratory/plant environment as a Millwright.
• Valid driving license (code 08) and own transport.

Inherent requirements

Must be medically fit

Closing date: 11 November 2025

NOTE: PREFERANCE WILL BE GIVEN TO FEMALE CANDIDATES