446 Senior Engineering Positions jobs in South Africa
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Who we are
Moniepoint is an all-in-one financial services platform for emerging markets and the second-fastest growing company in Africa.
Since 2019, Moniepoint's technology has powered over 3 million people, offering personal and business banking, payment, credit, and business management tools to help them succeed. Moniepoint processed $182 billion in 2023 and currently processes most of the POS transactions in Nigeria.
About the role
As an Engineering Manager at Moniepoint, you will manage and guide a dynamic engineering team that crafts solutions that challenge the industry. You will take the roadmap from your product/business manager and define the technical road, manage the implementation architecture to deployment. You will be your craft guide for the engineers you will orchestrate the day-to-day operations of the team across the entire stack. Your team will consist of frontend engineers, backend engineers, and data engineers, each coming from a different background as we strive for global expansion in talent. Be prepared to be a critical thinker from an eagle-eye view all the way down to being able to review merge requests and help solve coding problems.
Curious about what makes Moniepoint an incredible place to work? Check out posts on how we cultivate a culture of innovation, teamwork, and growth.
What you'll get to do
- Ensure rapid and high-quality execution of your team, shipping products at a fast pace.
- Scale our back-end services to handle millions of customers and address challenges associated with operating at this scale.
- Make critical decisions on database structure, providing guidance to your engineers, and serving as a leader in ensuring best practices are taken in product development.
- Navigate dependencies in a fast-paced environment with a significant focus on at least 60% hands-on support for your team.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and various departments to ensure seamless product launch and post-launch support.
- Hold technical deep dives, architecting the next phases of development, and driving the overall development of the product.
- Work with data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems to enhance product capabilities.
- Translate product requirements into architectural documents and diagrams.
- Maintain architectural documents and ensure they are always updated to reflect the current state of the application.
- Make architectural decisions concerning any feature that's to be added to an application.
- Ensure that the architectural direction of an application is in line with the strategic direction of the product.
- Perform code reviews and ensure efficient code engineering.
- Ensure applications are implemented using software engineering best practices.
- Responsible for the stability and reliability of products under your purview.
- Create and enforce processes that will improve developer efficiency and productivity.
- Take an active role in scaling the team, interviewing, and hiring engineers.
To succeed in this role, you should have
- At least years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or similar role.
- Proficiency in any modern programming language - what matters most is your ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
- Exposure to building and shipping products at scale.
- A proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product lifecycle.
- The ability to assess and address technical risks.
- A solid technical background with hands-on experience in software development.
- Excellent knowledge of software and application design, and architecture.
- Excellent knowledge of UML and other modeling methods.
- Understanding of software quality assurance principles.
- A technical mindset with great attention to detail.
- BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Generic Skills
- Problem-solving: Ability to assess complex problems, find solutions, and make sound decisions.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and stakeholder reporting.
- Adaptability: Able to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment, adjusting strategies as needed.
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous in documenting technical requirements and ensuring all aspects of a project are accounted for.
Supervisory skills
- Team Management: Experience in managing and mentoring engineers, ensuring team growth and performance.
- Resource Allocation: Ability to assess bandwidth and manage resource distribution to optimize team performance.
- Feedback: Conduct regular performance reviews, providing constructive feedback and fostering a growth-oriented environment.
- Stakeholder Management: Lead project status reviews, manage expectations, and ensure smooth communication between teams and leadership.
What we can offer you
- Culture - We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We've built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
- Learning - We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
- Compensation - You'll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, paid leave, plus other benefits.
What to expect in the hiring process
- A preliminary phone call with the recruiter.
- A take-home coding exercise.
- A technical panel interview session with the Engineering Team (Coding and System Design).
- A technical panel interview session with the Engineering Team (Depth of Architecture, Infrastructure, Databases).
- A leadership and product panel interview with the Program Manager.
- Cultural Fit Interview with the Business and Functional Lead
Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.
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An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Firmware Engineering Manager
Location:
**Durban, South Africa
Job ID:
41306
Profile Summary:**
As firmware engineering manager, you will be leading the software/firmware teams in the development of access control logic devices. You will interact with engineering teams, product/program management teams, and stakeholders to design, develop, and release production software/firmware.
HID is an Innovative High-Tech Security Company
At HID you will work as part of a team to deliver high quality features and products to our customers. You will be involved in secure software development and have input on how best to achieve our goals.
At HID, as part of the Physical Access Control Systems business unit we produce cutting-edge security products. The PACS business is highly visible and one of our most significant portfolios within HID Global. The PACS products include smart cards, mobile access and identifications, software, services, and controllers for physical access control.
You would be joining as a firmware engineer where you will get to work with the teams in a Scaled Agile environment. The primary focus of this role is the development of the Biometrics product line. You will be working in an embedded Linux environment, implementing secure and performant applications.
Who are we?
HID powers the trusted identities of the world's people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. We are a high-tech software company headquarters in Austin, TX, with over 4,000 worldwide employees.
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Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS):
HID Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS) is at the forefront of securing spaces with advanced, reliable access control solutions. From cutting-edge readers, credentials and controllers to mobile and biometric technologies, HID PACS empowers organizations worldwide to protect their people, property and assets with scalable, high-quality solutions. This is more than just a job – it's your chance to join an industry leader to drive innovation in access control and make a real impact on global security solutions. Are you ready to make a difference? Join us and help shape the future of security.
Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Manage and lead the software/firmware engineering team
- Mentoring younger engineers
- Review product specifications and designs
- Involved in design and code reviews
- Promotes secure software development lifecycle (SSDL)
- Participate and contribute in planning events, workshops, and system demonstrations
- Drive and support continuous improvement and other agile practices
- Interface with partners/customers to understand their needs and requirements
- Interface with manufacturers on issues relating to manufacturing, testing, and production
- Work closely with other engineering and quality teams
Education
Education and/or Experience
- Must possess a degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must possess a minimum of 3+ years engineering experience, preferably engineering in electronics industry with experience managing a team.
- Experience managing remote individuals that may be located in different timezones and/or countries
- Embedded development experience, with a focus on ARM Linux operating systems
- Programming experience in C/C++, C#, Rust
- Web development (HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, RESTful, JSON, XML, MQTT)
- Experience developing and deploying applications under Linux and Windows
- Experience with TCP/IP networking, transport layer protocols including TCP and UDP, and application layer protocols including HTTPS
- Experience with Agile methodologies. Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) desired
- Experience with Jira highly desired
- Good knowledge of version control strategies (git flow, git trunk)
- Experience with secure coding practices as well as cyber security
- Understanding on how to make code maintainable
- Knowledge of digital certificates
- Experience with project management
Work Environment:
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Employees work primarily in an office environment, within a well-ventilated area, and is exposed to moderate noise levels.
Work Requirements
- Travel and fieldwork including international travel may be required, therefore employees must possess or can acquire valid travel authorization.
Why apply?
- Empowerment: You'll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don't need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
- Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
- Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.
This opportunity may be open to flexible working arrangements.
HID is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.
We make it easier for people to get where they want to go
On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something. HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries. We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.
When you join our HID team, you'll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You'll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it's important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.
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About Us
At KingMakers, we're redefining sports and gaming entertainment across Africa through innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead a talented team of engineers, driving the delivery of scalable, high-quality technical solutions while fostering a culture of growth, learning, and continuous improvement. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring alignment between business goals and technical execution, enabling Kingmakers to remain at the forefront of the industry.
We're looking for a hands-on
Engineering Manager for Payments
to lead a team of 12 talented engineers in building scalable, high-performance systems. If you're passionate about technology, love mentoring others, and thrive in fast-paced environments, this is your chance to drive real impact while shaping the future of our platform.
About the Role
As an
Engineering Manager,
you will:
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, ensuring the delivery of innovative, scalable, and maintainable solutions that align with business objectives
- Drive technical excellence by promoting best practices, resolving complex challenges, and fostering a collaborative environment
- Act as a bridge between technical teams and stakeholders, aligning technical roadmaps with business goals while communicating risks and opportunities effectively
- Focus on team growth, ensuring engineers have the tools, guidance, and support to excel in their roles
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership
- Guide the team in designing and developing scalable, secure, and reliable payment systems.
- Oversee system architecture, balancing innovation with maintainability and performance.
- Ensure smooth execution of complex, cross-functional projects.
- Champion best practices, testing, and quality assurance in all deliverables.
Team Management
- Mentor, coach, and grow engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and innovation.
- Provide clear feedback, career guidance, and motivation to help team members excel.
- Build cohesion across frontend and backend squads, ensuring alignment on goals and delivery.
Strategic & Operational Excellence
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define technical roadmaps aligned with business goals.
- Drive continuous improvement in workflows, observability, and incident management.
- Balance priorities between new feature development, system maintenance, and bug fixing
Requirements
We are looking for a dynamic leader who is passionate about technology and thrives in a rapidly growing organization. To be successful in this role, you'll need:
Top Attributes
- Team player & humble leader
- Exceptional communication skills
- Proactive problem-solver
- Strong people management skills
- Proven experience leading engineering teams
Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in
React, Tailwind, Angular, C#, .NET, SQL, MongoDB, Kafka
. - Experience with
cloud infrastructure
(Azure or similar) is highly valued. - Familiarity with
financial/booking systems
. - Knowledge of microservices, event-driven systems, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Solid grounding in CI/CD, test automation, and Agile practices.
Bonus Points For
- Payments or iGaming industry experience
- Game integration expertise
Perks
- Health Support:
A monthly allowance to invest in your health and wellbeing - Comprehensive Insurance:
Extra protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones - Future Planning:
Employer contributions towards your long-term financial security - Performance Bonus:
Discretionary rewards that celebrate your impact - Convenience at Work:
Free reserved parking at the office - Hybrid Work:
A flexible arrangement with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote each week
Engineering Manager
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- Application Deadline: 8 November 2025
- Job Location: Hoedspruit, Mpumalanga
- Job Title: Engineering Manager (Mining)
- Salary Offer: R130,000 - R150,000
- Education Level: Diploma
- Job Level: Management
- Minimum Experience: Years
A role for a GCC M&W qualified Engineering Manager with gold plant background.
Salary: R130,000 – R150,000 per month.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leading a team of around 50 people, incl. the GESs and Foremen – Electrical and Mechanical, to manage legal compliance, maintenance and development in a gold plant environment.
- Previous exp responsible for conveyor belt, pumping systems, mills, cyclones, thickeners, screens, small cold room and a small yellow fleet – typical gold plant environment.
Requirements:
- GCC Mines & Works
- Degree/ National Diploma in Engineering – Electrical or Mechanical is preferred. Artisans who have subsequently qualfied with their GCC Mines & Works can also be considered
- A minimum of 5 years relevant exp as a fully appointed Engineer – iether or 2.13.1
- Relevant gold plant exp
Package & Remuneration:
- Company housing – 3 bedroom house
- Ctc salary R130k – R150k pm (Incl med aid and pension)
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Our client is a reputable manufacturer.
Job Description
- In this senior management role, You will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategy for the Engineering and Maintenance functions of the business and to facilitate the achievement of the business plan.
- Lead responsibilities for continuous improvement programmes
- Lead, coach and manage the engineering team to ensure an engaged workforce
Qualifications
- BEng/BSc Electrical or Mechanical
- Government Certificate of Competence (Mechanical/ Electrical)
Skills
- 10 years experience in engineering and maintenance management in a manufacturing environment
- Good computer skills with spreadsheet (Excel), SAP and PLC knowledge
- Operating within formal standards such as OHSAS18001, ISO14001, ISO9000, etc.
- Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
- High level project management of large CAPEX investments
- Strong communication skills and ability to present, coaching influence and persuade at all levels
- Proven leadership capability – coaching an developing others, including enabling others to lead their teams effectively.
- Ability to lead cross functional project teams to successful completion
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Peach Payments is a cutting-edge fintech company shaping the future of digital payments across Africa. We empower businesses of all sizes - from startups to enterprise merchants - by providing a secure, scalable, and seamless payments infrastructure.
Team MissionOur mission is to deliver secure, intelligent, and scalable card payments through ownership of core infrastructure and innovation in processing, tokenization, and orchestration.
Your Mission- Collaboratively lead the pods to be the best version of themselves.
- You see your pods' health and output as your primary focus
- You own the delivery of product commitments and are always looking to improve productivity
Technical Standard Accountability
- Accountable for the technical standard and direction of the team and for the successful delivery of technology objectives (OKRs) and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Collaborate with the Tech Lead to uphold high technical standards, guiding architectural decisions, and ensuring alignment with the organization's goals and engineering strategy.
- Articulate the rationale behind technical decisions and maintain a detailed understanding of the team's prioritized technical work.
- Advocate for the prioritization of technical debt in collaboration with the Product Manager to ensure system robustness and longevity.
- Provide support for maintaining and attending to the team's technical roadmap.
Merchant & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as the lead technical advisor for merchants, assessing their technical requirements and landscape, thus guiding the sales team by strategically aligning Peach's technical solutions with customer needs.
- Lead technical discussions with stakeholders, partners, and merchants, serving as the primary technical point of contact during incidents and support queries.
- Develop and deliver training to up-skill Application Engineers, enabling them to handle more complex and technical support queries for the pods.
- Promote transparency and continuous improvement by ensuring the visibility of the team's technical KPIs to stakeholders and leadership.
Hands-on Support
- Engage directly in the software development lifecycle by reviewing pull requests and guiding the deployment process in collaboration with the Tech Lead.
- Lead and engage in sprint ceremonies such as planning and refinement sessions by providing technical guidance on complex tasks and informed input on ticket estimations.
- Provide support to the Product Manager for better roadmap planning by providing technical insight, estimations and by running Technical Discovery on new tasks.
- Facilitate the decomposition of high-level ideas into actionable, high-value deliverables.
- Support the Tech Lead in mentoring and upskilling less-senior engineers, contributing to their technical development.
- Identify and mitigate risks that may impact delivery, quality and performance and develop associated contingency plans.
- Stay current with industry trends and best practices to drive relevant innovation within the team.
- Capable of stepping into the Tech Lead role when necessary.
Own the process
- Ensure work across the pod is balanced and reasonable.
- Promote transparency and continuous improvement by ensuring the visibility of the team's velocity and predictability to stakeholders and leadership.
- Own people management responsibilities: performance management, hiring, conflict resolution, providing feedback, mentoring, career mapping and coaching.
- Ensure the pod is adequately staffed for long-term health.
- Develop and maintain a succession plan for key roles within the pod to ensure continuity and resilience.
- Propose and facilitate internal mobility.
- Solid Technical expertise: You are an accomplished Software Engineer. You can confidently lead technical discussions, grow strong technical teams and set a good technical standard within your teams.
- Strong people management experience: Timely candidate evaluations, run interview processes leading to positive candidate experience; participate in calibration, career conversations, performance review and salary adjustments.
- Payments domain knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of the steps of a transaction, knowledge of the technologies involved, the regulatory landscape, and the business drivers behind it all (customers, merchants, acquiring banks, etc.)
- Competent in agile methodologies (SCRUM beneficial): Use sprint metrics to drive efficiency and continuous improvement in delivery.
- Languages: Python / Typescript
- Infrastructure/Configuration As Code: Terraform, Ansible, Packer
- Infrastructure: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Serverless, EC2, VPC, RDS), Kafka
- Orchestration: EKS
- Databases: MongoDB, MySQL
- Tools: Cursor, Jira, Confluence, Gitlab, Agential AI (Gemini, Claude)
- CI/CD & Automation: GitLab Pipelines
- Monitoring: Cloudwatch / Grafana / Sentry
- Impact: Work on mission-critical payments infrastructure processing millions of transactions.
- Growth: Be part of a fast-growing company expanding across Africa.
- Culture: Join a high-performance, diverse, and empathetic team focused on respect for people and merchant success.
- Flexibility: Remote-first hybrid working - work from anywhere while staying connected to a world-class team.
- Benefits: Benefits include a generous annual and life leave allocation, market-related salaries, owning a piece of the Peach pie through VSOP, and more.
At Peach Payments, we value diversity and are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experiences.
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An exciting opportunity exists for an accomplished Engineering Manager to take ownership of the Engineering and Maintenance functions within a leading manufacturing environment. This senior management role requires a seasoned professional who can drive operational excellence, safety, and innovation while delivering on the organisation's business plans.
Responsibilities:
- Developing and implementing engineering and maintenance strategies aligned to business objectives
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives, including World Class Manufacturing programmes
- Managing large-scale CAPEX projects using best practice project methodologies
- Ensuring compliance with OHSAS18001, ISO9000 and other formal standards
- Leading cross-functional teams to deliver on KPIs and performance improvement goals
- Building capability by coaching and developing engineering teams, while fostering a culture of creativity and innovation
- Overseeing critical spares and maintenance systems to ensure uninterrupted plant performance
Requirements:
- B.Eng in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Government Certificate in Competence (Mechanical/Electrical)
- Minimum 10 years' experience in engineering and maintenance management within manufacturing
- Proven expertise in SAP, Excel, PLCs and Computerised Maintenance Management Systems
- Strong leadership capability with a track record of coaching and influencing at all levels
- Accomplished project management with experience in large CAPEX investments
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical and communication skills
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Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments. Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient. Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools. Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures.
Come join us
Our Commitments:Velocity - We are fast
Outcomes - We work for our customers
Integrity - We do the right thing
The Quality team at Zepz is responsible for ensuring a first class experience for our customers. The Zepz applications, Worldremit and Sendwave are used across the globe at significant scale and the impact of your work is seen by millions.
You will lead this team and foster a culture of quality and automation. You will need to be a team player who can communicate well. You will own the quality of our mobile applications and be relentless on the quality we serve our customers.
Technologies & Environment:- We are building out our microservice architecture in Java/Kotlin using cloud-based technologies in AWS and k8s to manage software deployments.
- We put a strong emphasis on automation, unit/integration testing and performance testing. We also aim to be data driven in our decision making so building our service from the ground up supporting collection of such data is a must.
- Develop talent within the team.
- Create a positive and high-performing environment.
- Ensure the team is aligned on company priorities, goals, and OKRs.
- Engage in hands-on participation in Engineering tasks such as coding, peer reviews, and building automation tests.
- Act as the initial point of contact for your team and facilitate the inclusion of team members as required.
- Collaborate closely with Scrum Masters to foster engagement, focus, responsibility, and motivation in the team.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, translating requirements into test cases and specs for test engineers to automate.
- Control quality gates to ensure a first class experience for our customers
- Coordinate mobile releases and feature inclusion
Leadership
- Technical ownership of our test frameworks
- Champion a mindset focused on maintaining a high standard for quality and operational resilience.
- Lead cross-team efforts, highlighting areas of improvement and driving execution.
- Motivate team members, drive engagement and steer professional development.
- Have strong communications and presentation skills, be comfortable with presenting at the executive level.
Technical
- Any software engineering / coding experience
- Experience with Appium
- Experience with testing services such as REST, GRPC or GraphQL
Bonus points if you:
- Have experience working in a Financial or FinTech space
- Have experience working in a distributed team across different geographies and timezones
What you'll get from us
Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:
- Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.
- Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
- Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
- Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.
We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz
Why choose Zepz?- Our team of over 800 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
- We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
- We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
- At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.
So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.
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Engineering Manager, Enstra Plant, Gauteng
Job posting closing date: 1st October 2025, end of day
As a person, you're a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
You will lead the multi-functional / dimensional Engineering and Project management Team within Enstra Plant, while ensuring at all times assets are managed, maintained and operated at world class standards in the areas of safety, quality and cost. You will be an active and integral member of the Facility management Team (FMT), providing input on strategic and tactical plans for the Plant.
In this role, you will:
- Ensure assets are maintained in a "Safe to operate" condition at all times while promoting all aspects of safe working practices to meet all safety and housekeeping objectives of the plant
- Ensure that all relevant statutory and legal requirements are adhered to.
- Develop and execute a world class maintenance strategy for the mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and Civil, within the plant maintenance teams.
- Develop and implement best practice management, encompassing lean methodology in the areas of, Capex, preventive maintenance and project management excellence in the area of systems and processes.
- Lead, plan and execute Mill efficiency and plant capacity and improvement modification projects.
- Create an environment of continuous improvement through empowerment, education and training.
- Develop a sense of belonging by creating a workplace that encourages high involvement and maximises the capabilities of team and individuals.
- Focus on identifying potential leaders through KC Culture demonstration
- KPIS:
- Safety: Drive a world class safety culture within the engineering functions, while driving a ZERO reportable injury frequency rate within the facility. Drive compliance to OSHAct and KC safety standards
- Quality: ensuring quality targets are met as per objectives of the facility, by ensuring assets are maintained to the correct standard.
- Corporate ethics: Continually comply with all KCC, Regulatory & Control requirements, while always driving accountability and compliance within the Engineering team.
- Cost: Drive cost transformation programs within the engineering disciplines, while always driving teams to achieve facility objective of Total cost of manufacturing and conversion cost
About Us
Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we're constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.
In this manufacturing role, you'll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum of a BsS Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- GCC for Factories
- Professional engineer registration preferable but not compulsory.
- Excellent business acumen, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Change management skills and Excellent Leadership skills
- Minimum of 10 years previous Engineering / Project and Maintenance experience with 3years in leadership.
- Experience in the Pulp & Paper Industry or FMCG environment
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you'd enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark.
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As part of your Total Rewards package, you will be entitled to a comprehensive set of benefits. Some of these are listed below:
- Reward and recognition – to attract and retain the best talent we offer competitive pay. We reward excellence and high performance through annual performance related increases and employee recognition awards.
- Great support for good health – we value good health, and to support you, you will have various options for medical insurance with a 50% employer contribution and Gap cover.
- Planning for the future – Being a member of the Provident fund will provide you with savings to provide an income after retirement.
- Protection for you and your family in case of illness or injury – for peace of mind you will have Life cover, disability insurance and Funeral benefit.
- Learning and growth – our employees value the opportunities for professional and personal growth that we offer. A wide range of training is available with Study bursaries for external courses and an opportunity to apply for School fee bursaries for your children.
- Employee Wellbeing – our Thrive program covers Physical, Emotional, Mental and Financial wellbeing to help you be at your best, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers professional resources and tools to support you and your family.
- Time off – to help you manage your work life balance and cater for different stages of life, we offer attractive annual leave, and policies to cover maternity, paternity, adoption, and parental leave.
- Other – you will be able to enjoy discounted company products. A subsidized canteen and uniforms are provided at our mill locations.
To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print….
This role will be part of Kimberly Clark's International Family Care and Professional (IFP) business—an organization rooted in purpose and innovation that has built a legacy with global impact. As Kimberly-Clark forms a strategic partnership with Suzano to create a world-class international tissue and professional products company, this role is proposed to transfer to the new venture once the transaction closes, anticipated in mid-2026, subject to consultation and other applicable legal requirements. This is a rare opportunity to help shape a new global leader backed by two industry powerhouses. You'll be part of a high-potential business that combines Kimberly-Clark's iconic brands and commercial excellence with Suzano's industrial and sustainability leadership.
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Employment is subject to relevant background checks carried out in South Africa.
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Zepz powers two leading global remittance brands, WorldRemit and Sendwave, to build the next generation of cross-border payments. Serving over 9 million customers across 4,000 corridors, Zepz is transforming how money moves across borders by making it faster, safer and more convenient. Its innovative digital solutions are designed to break down financial barriers and expand access to better financial tools. Zepz operates across a broad global footprint, connecting the global north and south and enabling migrants to support loved ones, fuel local economies and build better futures.
Come join us
Our Commitments:Velocity - We are fast
Outcomes - We work for our customers
Integrity - We do the right thing
The Quality team at Zepz is responsible for ensuring a first class experience for our customers. The Zepz applications, Worldremit and Sendwave are used across the globe at significant scale and the impact of your work is seen by millions.
You will lead this team and foster a culture of quality and automation. You will need to be a team player who can communicate well. You will own the quality of our mobile applications and be relentless on the quality we serve our customers.
Technologies & Environment:- We are building out our microservice architecture in Java/Kotlin using cloud-based technologies in AWS and k8s to manage software deployments.
- We put a strong emphasis on automation, unit/integration testing and performance testing. We also aim to be data driven in our decision making so building our service from the ground up supporting collection of such data is a must.
- Develop talent within the team.
- Create a positive and high-performing environment.
- Ensure the team is aligned on company priorities, goals, and OKRs.
- Engage in hands-on participation in Engineering tasks such as coding, peer reviews, and building automation tests.
- Act as the initial point of contact for your team and facilitate the inclusion of team members as required.
- Collaborate closely with Scrum Masters to foster engagement, focus, responsibility, and motivation in the team.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, translating requirements into test cases and specs for test engineers to automate.
- Control quality gates to ensure a first class experience for our customers
- Coordinate mobile releases and feature inclusion
Leadership
- Technical ownership of our test frameworks
- Champion a mindset focused on maintaining a high standard for quality and operational resilience.
- Lead cross-team efforts, highlighting areas of improvement and driving execution.
- Motivate team members, drive engagement and steer professional development.
- Have strong communications and presentation skills, be comfortable with presenting at the executive level.
Technical
- Any software engineering / coding experience
- Experience with Appium
- Experience with testing services such as REST, GRPC or GraphQL
Bonus points if you:
- Have experience working in a Financial or FinTech space
- Have experience working in a distributed team across different geographies and timezones
What you'll get from us
Please note that the benefits below will apply to permanent roles.We have five core benefits for our talent in the US, UK, Philippines, Poland, and South Africa. specifically:
- Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Private Medical Cover: You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being.
- Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future.
- Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected.
- Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible.
We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive. In addition to the above, you will discover that we have a range of secondary perks (such as the cycle-to-work scheme and employee discounts) depending on your location, to help you thrive at Zepz
Why choose Zepz?- Our team of over 800 employees is fully distributed across the world. We are working from coffee shops, homes, and co-working spaces — making us one of the larger fully distributed growth-stage startups in the world but we also offer workspace in our talent cluster locations - spaces we can meet, collaborate and connect.
- We are proud parents, community organizers, farmers, band members, yoga teachers, YouTube influencers, former Olympians, and serial entrepreneurs.
- We collectively speak over twenty languages, including Akuapem, Amharic, Bengali, Ewe, Fante, Ga, Igbo, Kalenjin, Luganda, Oromo, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.
- At Zepz, embodying our commitments binds us together. We are collectively passionate about striving to achieve our vision and purpose - to continue to provide the best service to our users.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If interested, please submit your resume along with a cover letter (optional), highlighting why your experience demonstrates you meet the requirements of the role. Please also indicate the countries in which you have work authorization.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Zepz is a place where everyone can thrive.
So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, and if at all you might need any form of support to make the process as comfortable as possible, please let us know and give us a shot by applying. We want you to be excited to wake up to make an impact every day.