Millwright at Lactalis South Africa

Job Description

• Join Lactalis SA at our Ladismith Plant as a Millwright reporting to the Maintenance Foreman with the main responsibility of conducting preventative maintenance activities within the production facility focusing both on electrical and mechanical work.
• This exciting career opportunity at Lactalis SA will enable you to play your part in ensuring that the company achieves its challenging objectives during the next phase of its growth in South Africa.

Required Skills

• Trade tested qualified Millwright
• At least 5 years’ experience in the FMCG production environment
• Conducting maintenance activities both mechanical and electrical in nature
• Fault finding on PLC systems
• High sense of urgency, performance driven and good team work efforts
• Willing to work shifts, overtime, weekends and public holidays, when required

Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintenance both electrical and mechanical on and plant equipment
• Fault finding on PLCs
• Ensure that all maintenance is done via Pragma system, and all schedules and job cards completed in a timeous manner
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation when executing tasks
• Provide training to machine operators in order to enable operators to conduct appropriate repairs during normal production runs
• Ensure all tools and working areas are clean before leaving shift
• Actively participate in all small group activities concerning quality and or safety complaints and or issues in area of responsibility
• Ensure good lines of communication with production concerning breakdowns and maintenance activities within responsible area
• Assist Technical Manager and Engineering team in initiating and implementing new technologies
• Required to work shifts, weekends, Public holidays and conduct standby duties
• Active involvement in business initiatives such as FSSC 22000

Closing Date

• 2025/12/19