629 Plant Manager jobs in South Africa

Minimum Requirements :

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgical or chemical engineering
• 2.6.1 Appointment (as per MHSA requirements)
• 10 years experience in mineral processing plants, preferably with PGMs and Cr₂O₃
• At least 5 years management experience in a processing plant environment
• Proven experience in Safety Management and regulatory compliance
• Strong leadership in managing cross-functional teams (Production, Engineering, General)
• Excellent client interfacing and stakeholder engagement skills

Key Responsibilities :

• Overall management and optimisation of plant production
• Lead and align engineering, operations, and support teams
• Ensure compliance with MHSA, environmental and safety legislation
• Oversee plant performance, cost control, and continuous improvement
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and reporting structures

To oversee and manage the production of the mill on a daily basis. To ensure that all company requirements for HR, quality, safety, risk, environment, administration and operations are met within the production environment.

Qualifications:

• Matric
• Production or related qualification preferred

Requirements and Skills:

• Possession of a valid Code 08/EB drivers license
• 3 - 5 Years’ experience in a similar position
• Working knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Communication, relationship building and team leadership
• Negotiation and selling

Key Performance Areas:

• Complying with Health, Safety and Risk regulations
• Environment and sustainability
• Leadership and Human resources
• Quality and laboratory
• Finance and administration
• Procurement and inventory
• Operations management
• Business intelligence and communication

Please apply directly here. Applications close 19 April 2024.

Please note: due to the high volume of responses, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Health, Safety and Risk Regulations:

• Ensure safe operation of the plant is in place and met.
• Report any conditions that may affect safety of personnel or machinery to supervisors and management.
• Production items and deadline on safety report needs to be maintained and reported on.

Environment and Sustainability:

• Comply and implement SA Environment and Sustainability procedures and work instructions.
• Implement and monitor production environment and sustainability to meet all relevant and legal company requirements, including relevant documentation - Environment report.

Leadership and Human Resources:

• Comply and implement company and HR procedures and work instructions.
• Conduct production meetings with the staff and ensure minutes are shared across the team.
• Continually strive to improve teamwork with employees.
• Ensure performance appraisals are conducted with staff and deadlines are met.
• Ensure production team is effectively communicated with regarding their responsibilities and authorities.
• Report and implement training and development of production team using available training opportunities. Ensure production personnel are skilled and trained according to work instructions relevant for their job functions.
• Manage production employee relation climate and ensure corrective and disciplinary action is taken when required in line with legislation and policies.
• Manage production staff timekeeping, leave, and attendance in line with company policy.
• Request recruitment of production staff and organise exit medicals.

Quality and Laboratory:

• Comply and implement procedures and work instructions at Branches.
• Implement and monitor production quality control processes.
• Implement and monitor ISO standards and approach in all areas of production.
• Housekeeping in production and yard area.
• Investigate and establish the root cause of production related problems on NCR registers, calibration, and verification mix.

Finance and Administration:

• Contribute to procedures and work instructions.
• Obtain quotes and recommend suppliers for production related expense items.
• Implement and encourage cost-cutting initiatives.

Procurement and Inventory:

• Manage production loss factors and initiate plans to reduce these losses.
• Daily production planning document.

Operations Management:

• Compile daily production plan and sequencing in order to ensure maximum efficiencies.
• Analyse and drive production asset productivity through KPIs.
• Daily capture, analyse and report of production data, actual KPIs vs budget and work with production team to address areas of non-conformance.

Business Intelligence and Communication:

• Check daily production data and releasing DHP.
• Ensure adherence to production ERP and DH application system and data requirements.

Matric

Production or related qualification

Code 8 licence

3 - 5 years in a similar position.

• HR Services, Recruitment & Selection

Our national client is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to join the Camperdown, Pietermaritzburg team.

1. Ensure safe operation of the plant is in place and met.
2. Monitor production environment.
3. Comply with and implement company HR policies.
4. Conduct production meetings.
5. Implement training.
6. Implement and monitor production quality control processes.
7. Comply to and implement company finance policies.
8. Contribute to production annual budget.
9. Compile daily production plan.

1. Production Management or related qualification.
2. Minimum 3-5 years experience in a similar position.
3. Feed mill or related industry experience preferred.
4. Proficient in MS Office.

Our client, a leading Chemical Manufacturing company based in Durban, is looking to fill the position of Plant Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Maximise efficiency of operations:

• Ensure safety, health and environment requirements are the number one priority on the plant and that the plant and procedures adhere to PSM policies.
• Management of the production department ensuring that it is running at optimal efficiency regarding resources and manpower, in order to safely meet the sales requirements of the operation.
• Management of production staff by implementing and tracking performance against KPI’s and driving a succession planning program to ensure that staff are continuously developed, and the plant is adequately covered at all levels.
• Lead the production team in relation to the implementation and tracking of continuous improvement objectives and LSS.
• Manage the maintenance, production and planning departments ensuring operational efficiencies are prioritised, KPI’s are implemented and tracked.
• Develop and maintain appropriate work relationships with your colleagues in SHE, logistics, technical, finance, sales and HR to ensure that the production objectives and company objectives are successfully implemented and achieved.
• Ensure training needs are addressed.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and motivational support to teams.
• Set, manage, and control departmental budgets within agreed parameters.
• Ensure activities meet with and integrate all organisational requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, environmental policies, and general duty of care.
• Compiles, implements, and manages a project plan for improvement capex and projects.
• Required to work on standby.

• Ensure compliance to ISO 9001, ISO14001 and company safety standards.
• Appointed as the Incident Commander for the site.
• Implements and maintains LSS, PSM Policy and the 5’s principles.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Grade 12 Senior Certificate
• Degree or equivalent qualification in chemistry or engineering
• Advanced computer literacy - MS Office, ERP Sage System an advantage
• 10 years’ experience in a chemical manufacturing operation, of which 5 years’ experience should be in a Plant Manager role
• Extensive experience in PSM, LSS and project management

If you have not been contacted within two (2) weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

Plant Manager - Vereeniging Our client in FMCG is looking for a Plant Manager to manage their plant according to their standards and production plans. Minimum requirements : Matric BSc Degree in Engineering 8 to 10 years working experience in FMCG environment 5 to 8 year management experience Strong people management experience Strong HR and Health and Safety experience Consultant : Berlina Mhaka- Dante PersonnelPretoria Silver Lakes Apply via our website If you do not hear from us within 5 days, please accept that your application was unsuccessful For more information please contact : Berlina Mhaka Apply

• Bachelors degree in metallurgical or chemical engineering
• 2.6.1 Appointment (as per MHSA requirements)
• +10 years experience in mineral processing plants , preferably with PGMs and Cr₂â‚
• At least 5 years management experience in a processing plant environment
• Proven experience in Safety Management and regulatory compliance
• Strong leadership in managing cross-functional teams (Production, Engineering, General)
• Excellent client interfacing and stakeholder engagement skills

• Overall management and optimisation of plant production
• Lead and align engineering, operations, and support teams
• Ensure compliance with MHSA, environmental and safety legislation
• Oversee plant performance, cost control, and continuous improvement
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and reporting structures

You will play a crucial role in overseeing the operations and management of our state-of-the-art facility dedicated to testing and developing new processes and products.

• Utilize butchery/meat processing background to oversee a variety of products including cold meats, processed products, fresh products, cured products, etc.
• Manage hygiene and sanitation practices to ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Lead and mentor a small team, providing guidance and support.
• Hands-on involvement in product manufacturing and project management.
• Conduct regular stock takes of raw materials and spare parts, maintaining accurate records of inventory.
• Coordinate with other sites to track spare parts usage and manage orders accordingly.
• Supervise staff in the Technical Innovation Center (TIC) and ensure smooth operation of equipment.
• Place orders and create order numbers using our Unity system.
• Prepare the TIC for product demonstrations and trials.
• Oversee all activities within the TIC, ensuring efficiency and adherence to safety protocols.

Experience:

• Previous experience managing a butchery with a focus on cold meats and processed products is essential.
• Strong background in hygiene and sanitation practices.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a small team effectively.
• Physically capable of both manufacturing products on odd occasions and managing projects.
• Experience with stock take procedures and inventory management.
• Familiarity with order placement systems, preferably Unity.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Freddy Hirsch is committed to the principles of the Employment Equity Act, and preference will be given to candidates aligned with the business' EE targets and goals.

Note: If you have not received a response within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. However, rest assured that your profile will be retained in our database for future opportunities that match your qualifications and interests.

Are you ready to take on this exciting opportunity? Apply now to join our dynamic team!

• Oversee and manage respective Plant Supervisor(s), Production & Maintenance teams within

the area of responsibility

• Manage production & maintenance team utilization and performance / output
• Responsible for plant performance and Compliance to contractual quality and quantity KPI’s
• Ensure compliance to Company and Client safety standards
• Take accountability for Safety Performance in accordance with the MHSA / OSHA legal

appointment

• Maintain effective administration and control procedures to meet performance objectives,

including financial control, HR / IR, procurement and stock management.

• Continuous improvement and optimization of processes
• Implement and maintain Financial Control with Profit & Loss accountability for the plant(s)
• Monitoring and detail records and reporting on all aspects of the processes, ongoing projects
• Ensure efficient resource management of employees to ensure they can meet the performance

objectives required of them

• Ensure client satisfaction by delivering a professional and high-quality service.
• Client feedback meetings and reporting as required
• Compile Plant Reports and attend client meetings as required
• Monitor plant health and pro-actively intervene to ensure plant availability is optimized
• Effective reporting to the Operations Manager of the area
• Perform plant operational standby duties

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS & FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES

• Qualifications : B.Eng or BTech in Chemical Engineering (Chemical Engineering Qualification is

preferred. Civil and Mechanical will be considered depending on relevant experience)

• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in advanced water treatment.
• Experience in RO, UF, Precipitation, Clarification will be an advantage
• Previous experience in managing staff will be an advantage
• Understanding of plant health and managing water treatment assets.
• Proven record of satisfactory prior performance
• Computer skills : Word, Excel, data base, power point and e-mail
• Good communication and Interpersonal skills
• Skills in planning, attention to detail and process troubleshooting