Safety Officer

Listing live now. Role: Safety Officer. Location: Polokwane, Limpopo. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

What This Role Involves

An experienced Safety Officer is needed to support operations in Polokwane. The role forms part of how the business keeps its engineering jobs portfolio strong in Limpopo.

The successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Polokwane team on trust, and the Safety Officer role will feel that from week one.

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the engineering jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Polokwane much easier.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the engineering jobs group in Polokwane.

Your Team

Notably, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Polokwane office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Limpopo operations get busy.

In addition, the team mix in Polokwane reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Why Join Us

Importantly, the company invests in the people who join it. From structured onboarding to ongoing skills development, you will find clear paths to grow your career in engineering jobs from your base in Polokwane. Many colleagues across Limpopo have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.

Importantly, the company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Polokwane keep progressing.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Limpopo.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Polokwane teams.

Our Commitment to Transformation

Diverse teams build stronger workplaces. Applications are welcome from candidates of every background, language and community across Limpopo, and recruitment is fair, transparent and aligned with the EE Act.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Limpopo.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Polokwane.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

What Your Day Looks Like

Mornings often begin on site, walking through plant or project areas with the team and picking up where yesterday’s work ended. You move between technical reviews, contractor discussions and hands-on troubleshooting, balancing safety, cost and quality at every decision point. The afternoon might involve drawings, reports or a planning session for an upcoming shutdown. By the time you knock off, you have kept production running, advanced the project plan and helped the team go home safely.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Polokwane.

Equally, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Limpopo operations throw up the unexpected.

Importantly, the Polokwane office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

Core Functions

• Develop and maintain maintenance schedules for plant and equipment
• Mentor apprentices, learners and junior engineers on site
• Liaise with regulatory bodies on permits, licences and inspections
• Conduct site inspections and progress meetings with contractors
• Lead root-cause analyses on production losses and quality defects
• Prepare technical reports and project documentation for sign-off
• Plan, execute and close out engineering projects within scope, time and budget
• Drive continuous improvement using lean and Six Sigma tools

Candidate Profile

• Commitment to safe, ethical and sustainable engineering practice
• BEng, BTech or National Diploma in Engineering
• Awareness of B-BBEE and skills development obligations
• Sound knowledge of the OHS Act and applicable SANS standards
• Computer literacy in MS Office and relevant engineering software
• Experience with project management tools and methodologies
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills

Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.