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Applications are warmly invited for a Safety Officer role based in White River. We welcome candidates from every background across Mpumalanga who are ready to grow with us.
The Role
The Safety Officer position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Mpumalanga. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in White River and across the engineering jobs space.
Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the White River team.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Safety Officer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Mpumalanga is consistently high and consistently fair.
Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Safety Officer to step into the engineering jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.
Why Join Us
Equally, 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 White River. Many colleagues across Mpumalanga 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 Mpumalanga.
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 White River keep progressing.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the White River teams.
Your Team
You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the engineering jobs side of the business inside out. The White River group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
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.
Notably, the team mix in White River reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diverse teams build stronger workplaces. Applications are welcome from candidates of every background, language and community across Mpumalanga, and recruitment is fair, transparent and aligned with the EE Act.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in White River.
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 Mpumalanga.
Your Workplace
Crucially, 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.
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.
Notably, 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.
Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the White River site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
Working in White River
Importantly, the role is based in White River, close to the Komatipoort border post. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across White River and the broader Mpumalanga region.
Many candidates already living within reach of White River cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Mpumalanga economy.
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 White River.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in White River, Mpumalanga.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Conduct site inspections and progress meetings with contractors
- Liaise with regulatory bodies on permits, licences and inspections
- Lead root-cause analyses on production losses and quality defects
- Conduct risk assessments and HAZOP studies on critical processes
- Drive continuous improvement using lean and Six Sigma tools
What You’ll Need
- Valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel between sites
- Commitment to safe, ethical and sustainable engineering practice
- Sound knowledge of the OHS Act and applicable SANS standards
- BEng, BTech or National Diploma in Engineering
- Experience with project management tools and methodologies
- Awareness of B-BBEE and skills development obligations
- 3-5 years’ relevant engineering experience in industry
Importantly, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.