27 Mechanical jobs in Durban

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The Maintenance Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring plant and equipment efficiency, reducing equipment downtime, and continuously improving and upgrading machinery and equipment within the plant. The engineer will work closely with top management, and cross-functional teams to ensure production and project objectives are met with efficiency and high quality.

Key Responsibilities:

a) Managing the maintenance and tooling area.

b) Managing hand/power tools, injection moulds and critical spares inventory keeping to ISO:90001 standards.

c) Maintaining and repairing all equipment, tooling and infrastructure on site.

d) Developing and maintaining maintenance schedules for all departments.

e) Keeping records of all tooling/equipment faults, including reason for fault and steps taken to restore to standard.

f) Work with production and project teams on all new tooling and equipment brought in for new projects.

g) Managing waste movement within the factory as well as waste removal in line with company standards and certifications.

h) Continuous improvement by driving efficiency through lean practices, 5S, waste reduction and process improvements.

i) Enforce health and safety policies, ensure team members adhere to all workplace safety regulations.

Key Competencies:

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

· Attention to detail and data-driven mindset

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

· Ability to work cross-functionally and drive change

· Strong ability to learn independently

Requirements:

· Mechanical Engineering Degree/Diploma

· 0-1 year working experience

· Valid driver's license

· Own transport

· Live in Durban

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: R2 400,00 - R3 500,00 per week

Work Location: In person

Location: Durban

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) or higher.

In possession of a GCC (Factories)

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the chemical industrial environment, coupled with a minimum of 5 years’ middle management or a leading role.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the Mechanical Maintenance team.
• GMR2.1 appointee responsibility for the site.
• Accountable for application of the Maintain Facility Work Process.
• Provides technical strategy to facility on how to improve equipment and machinery reliability.
• Ensuring that the plans for the equipment viability are designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.
• Ensures delivery of best-in-class services to the business.
• Accountable for maintenance work process results and maintenance cost.
• Accountable for MRO inventory levels and the achievement of facility stretch targets.
• Establish annual financial plan consistent with business needs, functional goals and targets.
• Defines skills necessary to implement the work process and ensures effective resource leveraging within the mechanical facility.
• Manage the formation of empowered teams for fast resource leveraging.
• Provides engineering strategic support for specification, identification, and purchasing of needed parts.
• Ensures that empowered teams apply the work process consistently and effectively.
• Leverage most effective technology through partnership with the Discipline Activity Specialists.
• Ensuring that Capex is strategically allocated to critical and future projects aligned with the strategy and the long-term mechanical renewal plan.
• Actively participate and drive maintenance process improvements.
• Serve as a strategic leader for the Mechanical subject matter experts in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
• Ensure that the department provides equipment reliability and performance data to the technical resource networks for input into equipment purchasing requirements, evaluation of equipment performance, vendor performance.
• Determines appropriate near-term actions on Evaluated Condition Based Monitoring (CBM) results.
• Applies the maintenance work process, tools, and effective technology. Accountable for functional goals and for establishing financial plan that is consistent with the business needs and for supplying best in class maintenance service using effective leveraging of resources.
• Ensuring equipment reliability to ensure uninterrupted production.
• Strategic thinking to ensure stable operation between statutory outages.
• Technical expertise provided to mechanical and reliability engineering teams.
• Driving plant and equipment improvements.
• Accountable for safety, mechanical work process results, mechanical cost management, asset mechanical reliability (AMR) results and improvements as required by the plants.
• Custodian for the mechanical asset utilization database (AUDB).

MINIMUM CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must have good Interpersonal Effectiveness.
• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Productivity Focused, Technical Capability, innovative and strong assertiveness.
• Highly analytical.
• Conceptualize and drive the mechanical maintenance strategy alongside.
• Ability to work independently and as part of an Empowered MANCO team member.
• Ability and willingness to travel.

BENEFITS

A market related salary package, inclusive of a retirement fund and medical aid.

Our client, a listed and leading plastics manufacturer based in Durban, serving customers and markets in South Africa, Africa and beyond, is looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Manager to join their growing team.

Key Performance Areas:

• Manage the Mechanical Maintenance team
• GMR2.1 appointee responsibility for the site
• Accountable for application of the Maintain Facility Work Process
• Ensuring that the plans for the equipment viability are designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions
• Ensures delivery of best-in-class services to the business
• Accountable for MRO inventory levels & the achievements of facility stretch targets
• Defines skills necessary to implement the work process & ensures effective resource leveraging within the mechanical facility
• Provides engineering strategic support for specification, identification, & purchasing of needed parts
• Leverage most effective technology through partnership with the Discipline Activity Specialists
• Actively participate & drive maintenance process improvements
• Serve as a strategic leader for the Mechanical subject matter experts in equipment failures & repair techniques during root cause investigations

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) or higher
• GCC Factories
• 10 years' experience in the chemical industrial environment, with 5 years' middle management or a leading role

Critical Requirements:

• Exceptional leadership skills
• Productivity focused, technical capability, innovative & strong assertiveness
• Highly analytical
• Strong people management skills
• Conceptualize & drive the mechanical maintenance strategy
• Ability to work independently & as a part of an empowered MANCO team member
• Ability & willingness to travel

Company: Express Employment Professionals SA - PMB

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical field).
• 5-10 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Proficiency in engineering software and tools, such as CAD, MATLAB, or similar programs.
• Solid understanding of technical drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities:

• Assist engineering managers in designing, developing, and testing projects and maintenance programs.
• Conduct research and analysis for equipment maintenance planning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather project requirements and develop solutions.
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers on projects.
• Require strong technical skills and problem-solving ability.

Our client, a listed and leading plastics manufacturer based in Durban, serving customers and markets in South Africa, Africa and beyond, is looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Manager to join their growing team.

Key Performance Areas:

• Manage the Mechanical Maintenance team
• GMR2.1 appointee responsibility for the site
• Accountable for application of the Maintain Facility Work Process
• Ensuring that the plans for the equipment viability & designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions
• Ensures delivery of best-in-class services to the business
• Accountable for MRO inventory levels & the achievements of facility stretch targets
• Defines skills necessary to implement the work process & ensures effective resource leveraging within the mechanical facility
• Provides engineering strategic support for specification, identification, & purchasing of needed parts
• Leverage most effective technology through partnership with the Discipline Activity Specialists
• Actively participate & drive maintenance process improvements
• Serve as a strategic leader for the Mechanical subject matter experts in equipment failures & repair techniques during root cause investigations

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) or higher
• GCC Factories
• 10 years' experience in the chemical industrial environment, with 5 years' middle management or a leading role

Critical Requirements:

• Exceptional leadership skills
• Productivity focussed, technical capability, innovative & strong assertiveness
• Highly analytical
• Strong people management skills
• Conceptualize & drive the mechanical maintenance strategy
• Ability to work independently & as a part of an empowered MANCO team member
• Ability & willingness to travel

mechanical engineer

Posted on July 31, 2025 by a licensed third-party for Employer details TM Engineering Ltd.

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• Bachelor's degree

Experience an asset

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• Conduct research into the feasibility, design, operation and performance of mechanisms, components and systems
• Analyze dynamics and vibrations of mechanical systems and structures
• Supervise and inspect the installation of mechanical systems
• Develop maintenance standards, schedules and programs
• Investigate mechanical failures or unexpected maintenance problems
• Plan and manage projects, and prepare material, cost and timing estimates, reports and design specifications for machinery and systems

• Location: 8560 Baxter Place, Burnaby, BC V5A 4T2
• Work location: On site
• Salary: $43.27 to $45.00 per hour (to be negotiated) / 30 to 40 hours per week
• Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full time
• Starts as soon as possible
• Benefits: Health benefits, Other benefits
• Vacancies: 1 vacancy
• Source: Job Bank #

English

• Bachelor's degree

Experience an asset

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

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• a Canadian citizen
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Location: KZN Region

At least 3 years of experience in outside sales of industrial valve products.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business, mechanical engineering, or related field.

Criteria

1. Technical expertise in industrial/chemical handling valves.
2. Willingness to visit externally up to 50-75%.
3. Specific knowledge of actuated valves or similar products is preferred.
4. Must be proficient in using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
5. Results-oriented with good follow-up skills to ensure strategy implementation.

R25K/month

A Consultant will be in touch if you are shortlisted for the position. Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not have been contacted within 2 weeks. We will keep your CV on our database and contact you should you match the criteria of any other vacancies.

Are you a Mechanical Engineer looking to make an impact in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry? Look no further! Join a dynamic team and revolutionize the way products are manufactured and delivered.

As a Mechanical Engineer in the FMCG industry, you'll play a crucial role in the development and optimization of our production processes. You'll be at the forefront of innovation, ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and sustainability.

1. Designing and improving production machinery and equipment to enhance efficiency and reliability.
2. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline manufacturing processes and reduce costs.
3. Conducting feasibility studies and implementing solutions to enhance product performance and quality.
4. Troubleshooting technical issues and providing innovative solutions to optimize production output.
5. Ensuring compliance with safety regulations and quality standards.

1. Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
2. Proven experience in mechanical design, preferably in the FMCG industry.
3. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
4. Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
5. Knowledge of manufacturing processes and quality management systems.

• BSc. / BEng. / BTech. Mechanical Engineering degree
• 7 or more years experience
• Strong oil and gas engineering design and project management skills
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA (an advantage)

• Ensure that mechanical engineering tasks on assigned projects are completed within the allocated manhours and approved timelines, adhering to project procedures, standards, and specifications.
• Carry out design work as required by the Lead Project Engineer
• Advise HOD / Lead Engineer of possible fields for technical investigations
• Carry out technical investigations, including development of computer programs and produce technical reports when required.
• Conduct plant audits and manage the design component of engineering studies.
• Provide mechanical expertise for troubleshooting and operations optimization.
• Efficient and accurate design of oil and gas piping systems, pump selection, fire fighting design, etc.
• Sign off on concept/basic/detail mechanical designs produced for complex projects
• Support a team of engineers, technicians and draughtspeople to accomplish the above within the agreed time frame, costs and quality