Boilermaker
On Line Personnel
Job Position: Boilermaker
Ref: 5278
Location: Cape Town (Parow)
Salary: R120 per hour commensurate with qualification and experience
Email your CV to ***email_hidden***
Responsible for the fabrication, installation, maintenance, repair, modification, and inspection of fixed plant equipment and movable equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. The incumbent will work in accordance with engineering standards, Occupational Health and Safety legislation, company procedures, and quality requirements while minimizing equipment downtime
• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Recognised Boilermaker Trade Test (Red Seal)
• Valid driver's licence (Code B minimum)
• Minimum 3 to 5 years post-trade experience in:
- Steel manufacturing
- Engineering
- Plant maintenance
- Workshop fabrication
• Experience on mobile equipment is essential
Technical skills
• The successful candidate must demonstrate competency in:
- Reading engineering drawings
- Measuring and marking out
- Plate development
- Structural fabrication
- Welding
- Oxy-fuel cutting
- Plasma cutting
- Grinding
- Rigging fundamentals
- Equipment alignment
- Mechanical fitting assistance
- Hydraulic component removal and installation
- Safe lifting practices
Knowledge
• Working knowledge of:
- Engineering tolerances
- Welding procedures
- Structural steel fabrication
- Conveyor systems
- Material handling equipment
- Hydraulic attachments
- Maintenance planning
- Risk assessments
- OHS legislation
- Safe lifting operations
Competencies
• Strong fault-finding ability
• Excellent fabrication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure
• High safety awareness
Physical requirements
• The position requires the ability to:
- Lift heavy components within safe manual handling limits
- Work at heights
- Work in confined spaces
- Stand for extended periods
- Work in dusty environments
- Work outdoors in varying weather conditions
- Work overtime when required
- Participate in standby duties if applicable
Advantageous qualifications
• Welding certification
• Working at Heights certification
• Confined Space certification
• Forklift licence
• Valid Code EC driver's licence
Plant equipment maintenance
• Conveyors
• Chutes
• Hoppers
• Bins and silos
• Crushers
• Screens
• Feeders
• Structural steelwork
• Platforms
• Walkways
• Handrails
• Guarding
• Processing equipment
• Pipework
• Tanks
• Pressure vessels (where legally authorised)
• Maintenance shutdown work
Movable Equipment Maintenance
• Truck bodies
• Trailers
• Skip bins
• Roll-on Roll-off containers
• Tippers
• Earthmoving attachments
• Loading buckets
• Excavator buckets
• Grapples
• Material handling attachments
• Lifting frames
• Steel transport racks
• Waste containers
• Mobile equipment structural repairs
Fabrication
• Structural steel
• Brackets
• Frames
• Guards
• Supports
• Platforms
• Staircases
• Pipe supports
• Chutes
• Wear liners
• Machine modifications
• Custom fabricated components
Welding
• MIG
• Stick
• Gouging
• Cutting
• Grinding
• Ensure weld quality meets company and engineering standards
Preventative Maintenance
• Conduct routine inspections
• Identify defects before failures occur
• Report equipment deterioration
• Replace worn components
• Lubricate where required
• Assist with planned maintenance shutdowns
• Complete preventative maintenance schedules
Breakdown maintenance
• Diagnosing faults
• Carrying out emergency repairs
• Fabricating replacement parts
• Working safely under pressure
• Restoring production as quickly as possible
Safety responsibilities
• Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993)
• Company Safe Work Procedures
• Working at Heights procedures
• Confined Space procedures
• Hot Work permits
• Risk Assessments
• Toolbox talks
Documentation
• Job cards
• Maintenance reports
• Timesheets
• Material requisitions
• Breakdown reports
• Inspection reports
• Risk Assessments
• Maintenance checklists
Email your CV to ***email_hidden***
Responsible for the fabrication, installation, maintenance, repair, modification, and inspection of fixed plant equipment and movable equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. The incumbent will work in accordance with engineering standards, Occupational Health and Safety legislation, company procedures, and quality requirements while minimizing equipment downtime
• Grade 12 (Matric)
• Recognised Boilermaker Trade Test (Red Seal)
• Valid driver's licence (Code B minimum)
• Minimum 3 to 5 years post-trade experience in:
- Steel manufacturing
- Engineering
- Plant maintenance
- Workshop fabrication
• Experience on mobile equipment is essential
Technical skills
• The successful candidate must demonstrate competency in:
- Reading engineering drawings
- Measuring and marking out
- Plate development
- Structural fabrication
- Welding
- Oxy-fuel cutting
- Plasma cutting
- Grinding
- Rigging fundamentals
- Equipment alignment
- Mechanical fitting assistance
- Hydraulic component removal and installation
- Safe lifting practices
Knowledge
• Working knowledge of:
- Engineering tolerances
- Welding procedures
- Structural steel fabrication
- Conveyor systems
- Material handling equipment
- Hydraulic attachments
- Maintenance planning
- Risk assessments
- OHS legislation
- Safe lifting operations
Competencies
• Strong fault-finding ability
• Excellent fabrication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work under pressure
• High safety awareness
Physical requirements
• The position requires the ability to:
- Lift heavy components within safe manual handling limits
- Work at heights
- Work in confined spaces
- Stand for extended periods
- Work in dusty environments
- Work outdoors in varying weather conditions
- Work overtime when required
- Participate in standby duties if applicable
Advantageous qualifications
• Welding certification
• Working at Heights certification
• Confined Space certification
• Forklift licence
• Valid Code EC driver's licence
Plant equipment maintenance
• Conveyors
• Chutes
• Hoppers
• Bins and silos
• Crushers
• Screens
• Feeders
• Structural steelwork
• Platforms
• Walkways
• Handrails
• Guarding
• Processing equipment
• Pipework
• Tanks
• Pressure vessels (where legally authorised)
• Maintenance shutdown work
Movable Equipment Maintenance
• Truck bodies
• Trailers
• Skip bins
• Roll-on Roll-off containers
• Tippers
• Earthmoving attachments
• Loading buckets
• Excavator buckets
• Grapples
• Material handling attachments
• Lifting frames
• Steel transport racks
• Waste containers
• Mobile equipment structural repairs
Fabrication
• Structural steel
• Brackets
• Frames
• Guards
• Supports
• Platforms
• Staircases
• Pipe supports
• Chutes
• Wear liners
• Machine modifications
• Custom fabricated components
Welding
• MIG
• Stick
• Gouging
• Cutting
• Grinding
• Ensure weld quality meets company and engineering standards
Preventative Maintenance
• Conduct routine inspections
• Identify defects before failures occur
• Report equipment deterioration
• Replace worn components
• Lubricate where required
• Assist with planned maintenance shutdowns
• Complete preventative maintenance schedules
Breakdown maintenance
• Diagnosing faults
• Carrying out emergency repairs
• Fabricating replacement parts
• Working safely under pressure
• Restoring production as quickly as possible
Safety responsibilities
• Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993)
• Company Safe Work Procedures
• Working at Heights procedures
• Confined Space procedures
• Hot Work permits
• Risk Assessments
• Toolbox talks
Documentation
• Job cards
• Maintenance reports
• Timesheets
• Material requisitions
• Breakdown reports
• Inspection reports
• Risk Assessments
• Maintenance checklists
R120 per hour commensurate with qualification and experience
