Senior Plant Reliability & Facilities Leader

Pronel Consultants; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Pronel Consultants is seeking a senior General Manager: Plant Engineering & Facilities to lead reliability, maintenance, facilities and engineering compliance within a manufacturing environment. The role focuses on safe, stable, reliable production and building high-performing technical teams.

The successful candidate will own asset reliability, oversee utilities/infrastructure, ensure compliance, and drive capability development across engineering functions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years engineering experience in a manufacturing/industrial environment.
• Minimum 5 years leading maintenance, reliability, plant engineering or asset management teams.
• Proven experience implementing and improving preventative, predictive and planned maintenance systems.
• Experience leading artisans, technicians, contractors and technical teams.
• Strong experience in engineering compliance, machinery safety, risk controls and statutory inspections.
• Experience with maintenance budgets, critical spares, shutdown planning and contractor management.
• Exposure to presses, automated lines, welding systems, conveyors, robotics, utilities and high-uptime production environments.

Responsibilities

• Asset Reliability
• Facilities, Utilities & Infrastructure
• Engineering Compliance
• Engineering Capability

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Reliability engineering

Problem solving

Education

Grade 12

NQF 7 Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics/Industrial Eng

BSc/BEng Mechanical or Electrical Eng

GCC Factories

Job description

Pronel Consultants is seeking a senior General Manager: Plant Engineering & Facilities to lead reliability, maintenance, facilities and engineering compliance within a manufacturing environment. The role focuses on safe, stable, reliable production and building high-performing technical teams.

The successful candidate will own asset reliability, oversee utilities/infrastructure, ensure compliance, and drive capability development across engineering functions.