Production Manager (Water Treatment)

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Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Production Manager for a water treatment plant in Witbank. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Chemical Engineering or equivalent and over 5 years of experience in advanced water treatment technologies. Responsibilities include managing the production team, ensuring compliance with performance objectives, and maintaining effective administration. Candidates with strong interpersonal skills and a proven record of performance are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in advanced water treatment.
• Experience with softening, ultrafiltration, and reverse osmosis.
• Understanding of plant health and managing water treatment assets.

Responsibilities

• Manage production team and ensure quality KPI compliance.
• Optimize processes and monitor stock control.
• Compile monthly plant reports and attend client meetings.

Skills

Management of production team

Client management

Monitoring and reporting

Process troubleshooting

Education

BSc in Chemical Engineering or S4 Chemical Engineering diploma

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Database management

Microsoft PowerPoint

Email systems

Job description

Recruiter:

Profile Personnel

Job Ref:

1498362046

Date posted:

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Location:

Witbank (1), South Africa

SUMMARY:

POSITION INFO:

Production Manager required for a Water Treatment company based in Witbank - eMalahleni Water Reclamation Plant (EWRP)

Reporting to the Operations Manager, this position is required to manage and implement operations systems, processes and monitoring activities for the operations of the water treatment plant.

Key Performance Areas:

• Manage production team
• Compliance to contractual quality and quantity KPI’s
• Maintain effective administration and control procedures to meet performance objectives.
• Continuous improvement and optimization of processes
• Management of stock control
• Monitoring and detail records and reporting on all aspects of the processes, ongoing projects
• Ensure efficient resource management of employees to ensure they can meet the performance objectives required of them.
• Ensure client satisfaction by delivering a professional and high-quality service.
• Client feedback meetings and reporting.
• Compile Monthly Plant Reports and attend client meetings
• Monitor plant health and pro-actively intervene to ensure plant availability is optimized
• Effective reporting to the operations manager of the area
• Legal representation of company on site
  
  

Background Experience, Qualifications and Functional Areas:

• Qualifications: BSc Chem Eng or S4 Chem Eng diploma
• 5+ years’ experience in advanced water treatment
• Softening, Ultra filtration, Reverse osmosis experience
• Understanding of plant health and managing water treatment assets.
• Relevant management experience
• Proven record of satisfactory prior performance
• Computer skills: Word, Excel, data base, power point and e-mail
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills
• Skills in planning, attention to detail and process troubleshooting
• Ethical and responsible behavior
• Innovative and accountable
• Client management
  
  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.