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Step into a Production Engineer role in Hartswater and make your mark across Northern Cape. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
What This Role Involves
This Production Engineer role sits within the engineering jobs function in Hartswater. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Northern Cape.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Hartswater teams, and the new Production Engineer will feel that from the first week.
Career Growth
Career progression for this engineering jobs role in Hartswater depends on the hiring organisation’s policies, role requirements and business needs in Northern Cape.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Hartswater have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Northern Cape.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Hartswater team member.
About Hartswater
Working in Hartswater means a place within the Upington solar corridor, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Northern Cape region, and the Hartswater office benefits from those long-standing connections.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Hartswater.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Hartswater, Northern Cape.
About the Team
The team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Hartswater office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Northern Cape operations get busy.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
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.
Key Outputs
- Manage technical procurement and evaluate supplier proposals
- Liaise with regulatory bodies on permits, licences and inspections
- Support commissioning of new plant, equipment and process changes
- Maintain calibration, asset and plant maintenance records
- Mentor apprentices, learners and junior engineers on site
- Lead root-cause analyses on production losses and quality defects
- Conduct risk assessments and HAZOP studies on critical processes
- Prepare technical drawings, BOMs and specifications for production
Minimum Requirements
- Hands-on commissioning and maintenance experience
- Commitment to safe, ethical and sustainable engineering practice
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
- 3-5 years’ relevant engineering experience in industry
- Registered or working toward registration with a recognised engineering body
- Computer literacy in MS Office and relevant engineering software
- Sound knowledge of the OHS Act and applicable SANS standards
Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.