Our client in the automotive industry based in Prospecton, Durban is seeking a strong, disciplined and commercially aware General Manager: Plant Engineering & Facilities to lead the reliability, maintenance, facilities and engineering compliance function across their manufacturing environment. Key Responsibilities: Asset Reliability Improve equipment availability and reliability. Reduce repeat breakdowns and chronic equipment losses. Improve MTBF and reduce MTTR. Lead root cause failure
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About Engineering work in KwaZulu-Natal
Engineering demand in South Africa tracks infrastructure, mining and manufacturing capital cycles, so it moves in waves rather than steadily. ECSA registration is the dividing line in this profession: candidate or professional registration materially changes both what you are permitted to sign off and what you can command. Keep your training logbook current even between contracts. Reconstructing a gap in the record years later is slow, expensive, and occasionally impossible.
Durban’s port drives KwaZulu-Natal employment: freight, logistics, manufacturing and sugar. Pietermaritzburg adds government and education. The reliable hiring pockets are the port-adjacent warehousing operations and the automotive corridor south of the city.
Engineering jobs on JobsJunction
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