Industrial Engineer

Bring your skills as a Industrial Engineer to Middelburg and join a team that moves fast. This Mpumalanga role is one to watch.

The Role

The organisation is investing in its Middelburg operation, and this Industrial Engineer position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the engineering jobs function and contribute to the wider Mpumalanga business.

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.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Industrial Engineer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Mpumalanga is consistently high and consistently fair.

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 Middelburg much easier.

Where You’ll Work

Beyond that, the environment combines office-based design and planning with site-based execution. Safety, quality and continuous improvement sit at the heart of how the team works.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Middelburg site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Importantly, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Mpumalanga. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Why Join Us

You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Middelburg colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the engineering jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.

Notably, 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 Middelburg 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 Mpumalanga.

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

Equal Opportunity

Inclusion is a core part of how the team operates. This is an equal-opportunity employer, and candidates from all communities — including women, youth and persons living with disabilities — are encouraged to apply for this role in Middelburg.

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

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.

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

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.

Equally, the Middelburg 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.

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

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

Your Role

• Maintain calibration, asset and plant maintenance records
• Drive continuous improvement using lean and Six Sigma tools
• Prepare technical drawings, BOMs and specifications for production
• Lead root-cause analyses on production losses and quality defects
• Conduct risk assessments and HAZOP studies on critical processes
• Prepare technical reports and project documentation for sign-off

Candidate Profile

• Commitment to safe, ethical and sustainable engineering practice
• 3-5 years’ relevant engineering experience in industry
• Registered or working toward registration with a recognised engineering body
• BEng, BTech or National Diploma in Engineering
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
• Computer literacy in MS Office and relevant engineering software
• Hands-on commissioning and maintenance experience

If your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.