Saiccor Mill, Umkomaas
Rigger (Perm/FTC) ( P11 )
To provide rigging services by removing, lifting, conveying and replacing of heavy and large mechanical equipment to ensure overall plant availability and equipment effectiveness
REPORTING TO ENGINEERING SUPERINTENDENT
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Allocate work to his rigger assistants according to their experience and knowledge.
- Decide what equipment is correct for the job according to the weight, size and accessibility of the job.
- Demarcate the area where work is in progress with hazard warning tape or barriers.
- Ensure that all rigging is done in a safe manner and no person’s life is endangered or equipment is damaged, in the process.
- Supervise and assist with the rigging up of the equipment such as chain blocks, hoists and slings.
- Supervise the lifting and conveying of the machinery.
- Has a mobile crane licence and drives crane when a crane driver is not available.
- Operate overhead travelling cranes in the plant, forklift and ensures that they are in good working condition
- Ensure that pre-use visual checks are done on equipment.
- Ensure that chain blocks, sheeves, pulleys, shackles, wire ropes, slings, cranes, eye bolts, ropes and lifting beams have ID number tags.
- Responsible for the storage of rigging equipment. and maintains the rigging store in a neat and tidy condition.
- Ensure that all rigging equipment under his / her responsibility is accounted for and the location of which is recorded on a register
- Perform a Basic Risk Assessment on the rigging of plant equipment to ensure that all lifting processes are done safely. All risks are to be reported to the engineer.
- General house-keeping in the plant and cleaning up the area after you have completed a job.
- Performs tasks in any part of the factory when requested by engineer.
- Rigger is required to perform standby duties according to the standby schedule for the Factory.
KEY COMPETENCIES / SKILLS
- Planning and organising
- Problem solving and analysis
- Mechanical Processes and standards
- Maintenance management
- SAP plant maintenance system
REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE
- Grade 12 and N2 Engineering
- N3 Engineering would be preferred
- Recognised Trade Test Certificate as a Rigger
- 2 years post-apprenticeship experience in a heavy engineering environment will be advantageous
Closing Date: 26 March 2019
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