Foundry Team Lead: Production, Quality & CI Champion

Pronel Personnel; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pronel Personnel is seeking an experienced Foundry Team Leader/Supervisor to drive production, maintain quality and safety standards, and reduce scrap in our Pietermaritzburg foundry. This hands‑on leadership role requires coordinating with maintenance, toolroom and quality teams to keep operations running smoothly.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years supervisory experience in a foundry, hands‑on die casting exposure, and a passion for Lean/CI improvements.

Qualifications

• Matric/Grade 12 is required.
• 2+ years supervisory experience in a foundry.
• 2+ years in gravity & high‑pressure die casting machine setting and fault‑finding.
• Strong technical and process knowledge.
• Understanding of Lean / Continuous Improvement principles.
• Health, safety, quality and compliance knowledge.
• Hands‑on leadership with training ability.

Responsibilities

• Driving production and team performance.
• Maintaining quality standards.
• Monitoring and reducing scrap.
• Ensuring Health & Safety compliance.
• Managing staff utilisation, attendance and performance.
• Coordinating with Maintenance, Toolroom, Stores, Planning and Quality.
• Ensuring equipment and tooling are available and production plans are achieved.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Problem solving

Strong communication

Lean CI

Health & Safety

Education

Grade 12 / Matric

Job description

Pronel Personnel is seeking an experienced Foundry Team Leader/Supervisor to drive production, maintain quality and safety standards, and reduce scrap in our Pietermaritzburg foundry. This hands‑on leadership role requires coordinating with maintenance, toolroom and quality teams to keep operations running smoothly.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years supervisory experience in a foundry, hands‑on die casting exposure, and a passion for Lean/CI improvements.