Site Engineering Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent learning & development

Creative team environment

Attractive compensation package

Medical aid

Performance bonus

Pension fund

Job summary

Givaudan seeks a Site Engineering Manager for Taste & Wellbeing in Johannesburg, overseeing plant engineering services to ensure safe, reliable operations at Tulisa site.

You will lead maintenance, facilities, and capital projects, driving continuous improvement, reliability, and cost efficiency in a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• GCC certification for factories or manufacturing.
• 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing and Plant Engineering.
• 5+ years of leadership and project management experience.
• Strong experience in CAPEX governance.
• Solid knowledge of maintenance best practices, including preventive, predictive, and reliability‑focused maintenance.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Good knowledge of EHS rules, engineering compliance, and statutory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Exposure to cross‑functional teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance leadership: lead mechanical, electrical and instrumentation maintenance to ensure safe and efficient equipment performance.
• Maintenance systems: implement procedures, equipment improvements, predictive maintenance, and spare‑parts management to strengthen reliability.
• Compliance management: ensure full compliance with EHS rules, building codes, and engineering standards.
• Facilities management: direct all facilities services to support Operations effectively.
• Capital projects: oversee engineering projects from needs assessment and cost justification to credit requests, planning and execution.
• Project execution: deliver projects that improve cost, efficiency, yield, and quality across the manufacturing environment.
• Vendor management: manage third‑party service contracts, define requirements, qualify vendors, and monitor performance.
• Team leadership: lead multi‑skilled engineering and maintenance teams, building a results‑oriented and service‑driven culture.
• Budget ownership: manage multi‑million‑dollar projects, operating expenses, and capital budgets.
• Maintenance programs: strengthen work‑order systems and preventive maintenance programs to ensure long‑term asset reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

CAPEX governance

Lean & Six Sigma

EHS compliance

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional collab

Education

Bachelor’s in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

GCC Factories or GCC Manufacturing certification

Job description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Site Engineering Manager – Taste & Wellbeing South Africa

A Site Engineering Manager supporting our Taste & Wellbeing South Africa Plant Operations team in Johannesburg – Your future position?

Our Tulisa site is a key manufacturing location for Taste & Wellbeing ingredients.

We are now hiring a Site Engineering Manager, reporting directly to the Site Director, and leading all plant engineering services to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity if you enjoy technical leadership, driving change, and enabling teams to perform at their very best every day.

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for –

Achieve Operational Efficiency

• Maintenance leadership — Lead mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation maintenance to ensure safe and efficient equipment performance.
• Maintenance systems — Implement procedures, equipment improvements, predictive maintenance, and spare‑parts management to strengthen reliability.
• Compliance management — Ensure full compliance with EHS rules, building codes, and engineering standards.

Ensure Site Productivity

• Facilities management — Direct all facilities services to support Operations effectively.
• Capital projects — Oversee engineering projects from needs assessment and cost justification to credit requests, planning, and execution.
• Project execution — Deliver projects that improve cost, efficiency, yield, and quality across the manufacturing environment.
• Vendor management — Manage third‑party service contracts, define requirements, qualify vendors, and monitor performance.

Use and Develop the Very Best of You

• Team leadership — Lead multi‑skilled engineering and maintenance teams, building a results‑oriented and service‑driven culture.
• Budget ownership — Manage multi‑million‑dollar projects, operating expenses, and capital budgets.
• Maintenance programs — Strengthen work‑order systems and preventive maintenance programs to ensure long‑term asset reliability.

You?

Are you someone who wants to shape your world? Who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys challenging the status quo? Then come join us — and impact your world.

Your Professional Profile Includes

• GMR 2.1 or GMR 2.7 legal appointment
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• GCC Factories or GCC Manufacturing certification
• 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing and Plant Engineering.
• 5+ years of leadership and project management experience.
• Strong experience in CAPEX governance.
• Solid command of maintenance best practices, including preventive, predictive, and reliability‑focused maintenance.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Good knowledge of EHS rules, engineering compliance, and statutory requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Exposure to cross‑functional teams and projects.

  Your Benefits

  • Excellent opportunities for progressive learning and development.
  • A creative team environment that will inspire you.
  • Attractive compensation package.
  • Medical aid.
  • Performance bonus.
  • Pension fund.

  At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

  We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

  Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

  Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.