Boilermaker

Join a forward-thinking manufacturing company in Cape Town, Western Cape as a Boilermaker and make a real impact.

Strong performers can expect clear paths to greater responsibility. Collaboration, fairness, and pride in the work define the day-to-day culture. Suitably qualified candidates are invited to submit their applications.

Shift work and overtime may be required to meet production schedules.

Quality Control & Inspection

• Conduct incoming inspection of raw materials and components against purchase specifications and material certificates using precision measuring instruments including micrometres, vernier callipers, height gauges, and hardness testers.
• Perform in-process inspections at defined checkpoints during production to verify dimensional accuracy, weld integrity, surface finish, and compliance with quality control plans, releasing only conforming parts for the next operation in the production sequence.
• Document, classify, and report all non-conformances identified during production, actively participating in root cause investigations using techniques such as fishbone analysis and five-why methodology to prevent recurrence of the same defects.
• Carry out final inspection and testing of finished products against engineering drawings, customer specifications, and relevant SANS or ISO standards, preparing inspection reports and certificates of conformance for each completed production batch.

Safety & Workshop Management

• Coordinate the safe storage and handling of hazardous substances including welding gases, solvents, and cutting fluids, ensuring safety data sheets are available at points of use and that emergency spill response procedures are understood and practised by all workshop staff.
• Maintain a clean, organised, and efficient workshop environment following 5S principles by sorting, setting in order, shining, standardising, and sustaining work area organisation, tool storage, and material storage across all workstations and storage zones.
• Enforce strict adherence to occupational health and safety regulations and company safety policies within the workshop, including correct PPE usage, compliance with lockout and tagout procedures, and safe operation of overhead cranes and forklifts by licensed operators.
• Conduct daily pre-start inspections of all workshop plant and equipment including machine tools, welding sets, lifting tackle, and portable power tools, reporting any defects to maintenance immediately and tagging out unsafe equipment until repaired.

Fabrication & Production

• Set up, programme, and operate CNC lathes, milling machines, and conventional machine tools to manufacture precision components to exact tolerances, selecting appropriate cutting speeds, feeds, and tooling for each material type and machining operation.
• Read and interpret complex engineering drawings, welding symbols, and work instructions to determine fabrication sequences, material requirements, and dimensional tolerances before commencing production on each job to minimise rework and material wastage.

• The ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings, welding symbols, and work instructions to produce components to specification.
• A recognised trade certificate in boilermaking, welding, fitting, fitting and turning, or millwrighting from a relevant training authority.
• For welding roles, proven competency in multiple welding processes and ability to pass welder qualification tests.
• A minimum of three to five years of post-trade test experience in a manufacturing, engineering, or heavy industrial workshop.
• Experience in operating material handling equipment including overhead cranes and forklifts with relevant licences.
• Willingness to work shifts, overtime, and be on standby as required to support production demands and maintenance schedules.