Engineering Manager

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Engineering Manager
Location: South Africa
Type: Permanent | Engineering & Facilities Management

Optimise. Lead. Deliver excellence.

This is a senior operations role for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead customised solutions, continuous improvement, and maintenance strategies within a complex environment. If you excel at optimisation, planning, and inspiring teams — this is your chance to drive efficiency and innovation.

About the Role

You’ll support operations at a strategic and daily level — overseeing planning, monitoring, plant optimisation, risk management, compliance, and disaster recovery. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary team, manage contractors, and develop robust maintenance frameworks that meet SLA requirements and deliver measurable value.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and monitor operations, maintenance, and long-range capital replacements

• Drive continuous plant optimisation and energy management

• Manage compliance, disaster recovery, and risk assessments

• Develop improvement proposals for services, systems, and processes

• Oversee material and spare part management to ensure efficiency

• Conduct quality management audits and ensure service transparency

• Manage subcontractors, statutory requirements, and site procedures

• Lead and mentor teams, identify development needs, and build talent pipelines

• Perform root cause analyses and implement performance improvements

What You Bring

• BTech or BSc Engineering (Electrical/Mechanical) with sound commercial knowledge

• Government Certificate of Competency (GCC) highly desirable

• Minimum 5 years’ experience with similar systems in a production environment

• Proven staff leadership and performance management skills

• Strong knowledge of maintenance strategies, risk management, and SLA optimisation

• High resilience, initiative, and results orientation

• Good understanding of ISO 9001, OHSA, and environmental legislation

What Success Looks Like

• High-performing plant operations and optimised equipment lifespan

• Effective cost reduction and efficiency gains through innovation

• Strong, compliant maintenance frameworks aligned to industry standards

• A motivated, skilled team delivering continuous improvement