Senior Plant Engineering & Reliability Leader

Pronel Personnel; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Pronel Personnel assists a manufacturing client in KwaZulu-Natal to appoint a General Manager: Plant Engineering & Facilities. This senior role leads reliability, maintenance, facilities and engineering compliance to ensure safe, stable and high uptime production.

The candidate will build systems, develop technical teams and manage budgets, maintenance planning and shutdowns across presses, automated lines and utilities in a high‑throughput plant.

Qualifications

• Grade 12 and a relevant engineering qualification.
• NQF 7 in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics or Industrial Engineering.
• BSc/BEng in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• GCC Factories certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead Asset Reliability and maintenance strategy for plant operations.
• Oversee Facilities, Utilities & Infrastructure performance.
• Ensure Engineering Compliance and safety standards are met.
• Develop and build engineering capability across teams.

Skills

Asset Reliability

Maintenance Management

Leadership

Contractor Management

Risk & Compliance

Maintenance Planning

Shutdown Planning

Root Cause Analysis

RCM

Education

Grade 12

NQF 7 in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Mechatronics/ Industrial Eng

BSc/BEng in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

GCC Factories

Job description

Pronel Personnel assists a manufacturing client in KwaZulu-Natal to appoint a General Manager: Plant Engineering & Facilities. This senior role leads reliability, maintenance, facilities and engineering compliance to ensure safe, stable and high uptime production.

The candidate will build systems, develop technical teams and manage budgets, maintenance planning and shutdowns across presses, automated lines and utilities in a high‑throughput plant.