Boilermaker at Tharisa

Role Context

• Safely execute critical daily maintenance tasks
• Execute shutdown activities as per plan, according to the scheduled time
• Ensure continuous improvement of asset care management
• To give direction to contractors under their area of responsibility
• Support asset care and optimisation to ensure customer needs are met
• Assist the engineering foreman to ensure health and safety of employees is taken care of through safely maintaining equipment
• Maintain good housekeeping standards
• Stop and report any contraventions to the OHSAct, regulations, codes of practice, and instructions promptly to the engineering foreman
• Obtain a job card and a permit to work before any task execution
• Conduct pre-work risk assessment for every task
• Assemble, install, test, and maintain structural mechanical equipment, appliances, apparatus, and fixtures, using hand tools, power tools, and gas cutting equipment
• Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, and components, using test equipment and hand tools, to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem
• Inspect plant equipment 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
• Ensure that the equipment handed back to the operation is in a safe and operable condition

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 and Minimum N3 Certificate;
• Relevant Boilermaking 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:

• Minimum of 3 years Solid experience in a smelting environment as a Boilermaker
• Valid driving license (code 08)

Inherited Requirement:

• Must be medically Fit

Closing Date: 15 February 2026