Production Manager (Heavy Engineering) - Roodepoort

Permanent; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Production Manager (Heavy Engineering) role in Roodepoort/Johannesburg oversees workshop production across multiple product lines and supports site work. It reports to the General Manager and leads winders, fitters, electricians and other workshop staff.

Applicants should have a trade qualification or National Diploma with a strong workshop background and substantial leadership experience in an industrial setting, including safety leadership and planning.

Qualifications

• Trade qualifications Electrician, Millwright, Fitter or Armature Winder, or a National Diploma with strong workshop background.
• Eight years in an industrial repair/manufacturing workshop, with three in charge of people and multiple product lines.
• Experience running mixed work, not limited to one motor contract or fitting.
• OHS Act supervision competence; computer literacy for weekly planning; valid driver's licence.
• LV and MV rewind plus pump/mechanical overhaul experience.
• MS Project or equivalent; experience in utilities/mining/heavy-industrial charge-hand/production role.

Responsibilities

• Plan daily and weekly production across all product lines: assessment, strip, rewind, mechanical, VPI/process, balance, test, paint, pack and site-support kits.
• Separate breakdowns from programmed work to protect contracts and ensure timely delivery.
• Match manpower and plant to load; manage turnaround against quoted targets.
• Provide GM with weekly numbers: ships, blockers, and needs to unstick it.
• Allocate labour, overtime and plant time.
• Stop an unsafe job; hold a job in the workshop if Quality has not released it.
• The Production Manager does not waive hold points, change design, or release product.

Skills

Electrician background

Millwright

Fitter background

Armature Winder background

People management

OHS Act supervision

Weekly planning

Driver's licence

Industrial experience

Rewind & pump overhaul

Education

National Diploma

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Alternative titles Workshop / Production Manager not a single-contract foreman
Reports to General Manager
Direct reports Winders, Fitters, Electricians, Test Bay, Assistants; Stores coordination; Scope All workshop product lines and production support to site work.
Employment Permanent, full time. Early starts, overtime and breakdown cover.
Legal appointment OHS Act supervisor for the workshop (and equivalent on client sites).
Minimum requirements

• Trade-qualified Electrician, Millwright, Fitter or Armature Winder, or a National Diploma with a strong workshop background.
• Eight years in an industrial repair / manufacturing workshop, of which three are in charge of people and output across more than one product line.
• Must have run mixed work — not only one motor contract or only fitting.
• OHS Act supervisory competence. Computer literate enough for a weekly plan. Valid driver’s licence.
• LV and MV rewind plus pump / mechanical overhaul in the same career.
• MS Project or equivalent. Previous utility, mining or heavy-industrial charge-hand / production role.

Accountabilities
Planning and throughput

• Build the daily and weekly plan across all product lines: assessment, strip, rewind, mechanical, VPI / process, balance, test, paint, pack and site-support kits.
• Separate breakdowns from programmed work so a rush job does not silently kill a contract motor or a pump overhaul.
• Match manpower and plant (crane, oven, VPI, test bay, machines) to load. Own turnaround against what YNF quoted.
• Give the GM a weekly number: what will ship, what is stuck, and what is needed to unstick it.

Workshop control

• Every job and loose component carries a traveller. No orphan rotors, impellers or end bells.
• Protect client property. Incoming, WIP, quarantine and outgoing are physically separate.
• Critical processes only to the written method: burn-out limits, no torch stripping, approved shaft repair, specified bearings and greases, balance grades, painting and nameplates as the job requires.
• Do not take a job past a Quality or client hold point. Production pressure is not a reason to impregnate or assemble early.

People and safety

• Visible supervision. Toolbox talks, PPE, legal appointments, lifting tackle and test-bay control.
• Coach winders and fitters. Escalate a skill gap instead of hiding it on the next HV or large-pump job.
• Timesheets, overtime and shift cover. Idle time has a reason and an owner.

Authority

• Allocate labour, overtime and plant time.
• Stop an unsafe job. Hold a job in the workshop if Quality has not released it.

The Production Manager does not waive hold points, change design, or release product.

Production Manager (Heavy Engineering) - Roodepoort Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA