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Looking for your next move as a Safety Officer in Polokwane? A role has just opened that gives you real responsibility and a clear path forward in Limpopo.
About the Opportunity
This Safety Officer role sits within the engineering jobs function in Polokwane. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Limpopo.
The organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Safety Officer taking on this position.
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 Limpopo is consistently high and consistently fair.
Our Commitment to Transformation
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 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.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Limpopo.
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.
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.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Polokwane.
Core Functions
- Liaise with regulatory bodies on permits, licences and inspections
- Prepare technical drawings, BOMs and specifications for production
- Mentor apprentices, learners and junior engineers on site
- Diagnose breakdowns and implement corrective and preventative maintenance
- Plan, execute and close out engineering projects within scope, time and budget
Who We’re Looking For
- Sound knowledge of the OHS Act and applicable SANS standards
- 3-5 years’ relevant engineering experience in industry
- Experience with project management tools and methodologies
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills
- Hands-on commissioning and maintenance experience
- Computer literacy in MS Office and relevant engineering software
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.