Boilermaker at MA Automotive Tool & Die (Pty) Ltd

Primary purpose of the job

• Repair and maintain press machinery and boiler making to ensure customer and company quality standards are met.

Key Performance Areas

• Repair and maintain press machinery and boiler making to ensure customer and company quality standards are met.
• Do preventive maintenance as per maintenance schedule and according to job cards and relevant works instruction.
• Compile feedback on time sheets to ensure accurate repair data and forward to the Team Leader.
• Ensure that company procedures, works instructions and quality systems are always adhered to.
• Participate actively in the departmental M2Sas per company requirement.

Skills Required

• Technical techniques
• Press machinery repair and maintenance and extensive boiler making experience
• Manufacturing processes
• Basic understanding of quality systems
• Welding & Cutting: Proficiency in shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW), and oxy-fuel cutting.
• Metal Fabrication: Ability to cut, shape, bend, and roll thick steel plates and tubes.
• Reading of drawing and work drawings, engineering schematics, and isometric piping layouts.
• Rigging & Hoisting: Setting up hoists, winches, cranes, and pulleys to safely lift and maneuverer massive metal components.
• Pipefitting: Joining, brazing, and assembling complex pipe systems under strict pressure and heating codes.
• Mathematics: Calculating angles, circumferences, volumes, and material tolerances.
• Weld Inspection: Testing structural integrity using non-destructive methods (e.g. magnetic particles or radiographic testing).
• Safety Compliance: Deep knowledge of OSHA regulations, confined space protocols, and hazard mitigation.

Minimum Requirements

• Matric/ NQF4                                                                             
• N2/N3 
• Qualified Boilermaker
• Certificate in Maintenance Management and qualified as a coded welder
• Min. 3 years’ experience as Boilermaker within an automotive environment