Work-Force
Step into a Engineering Foreman role in Saldanha and make your mark across Western Cape. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
What This Role Involves
The organisation is investing in its Saldanha operation, and this Engineering Foreman position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the engineering jobs function and contribute to the wider Western Cape business.
Communication runs both ways. Managers across the engineering jobs team in Western Cape make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.
Notably, the role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in Saldanha also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.
Equal Opportunity
Diverse teams build stronger workplaces. Applications are welcome from candidates of every background, language and community across Western Cape, and recruitment is fair, transparent and aligned with the EE Act.
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.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Western Cape.
A Typical Day
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.
In addition, the Saldanha 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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Saldanha.
Why This Role
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 Saldanha. Many colleagues across Western Cape have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.
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 Western Cape.
Crucially, 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 Saldanha keep progressing.
Key Outputs
- Prepare technical reports and project documentation for sign-off
- Maintain calibration, asset and plant maintenance records
- Plan, execute and close out engineering projects within scope, time and budget
- Mentor apprentices, learners and junior engineers on site
- Lead root-cause analyses on production losses and quality defects
- Diagnose breakdowns and implement corrective and preventative maintenance
- Ensure full compliance with the OHS Act and applicable SANS standards
Who We’re Looking For
- Commitment to safe, ethical and sustainable engineering practice
- Working knowledge of CAD packages (AutoCAD, SolidWorks or similar)
- 3-5 years’ relevant engineering experience in industry
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
- Experience with project management tools and methodologies
- Computer literacy in MS Office and relevant engineering software
If most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.