Maintenance Foreman- Mechanical
What you will enjoy doing
- Leadership & Team Supervision: Lead, mentor, and direct mechanical artisans and technicians; manage shift roster, standbys, callout schedules, onboarding, and continuous workforce skills development. Conduct performance management, absenteeism management, discipline, coaching, and employee development in accordance with company policies and labour legislation.
- Maintenance Execution & Workflows: Plan and oversee daily corrective, preventive, planned and shutdown mechanical activities; coordinate job card execution; logging and reporting thereof.
- Workshop Oversight & Precision Quality: Supervise turning, milling, overhauls, alignment, and component refurbishment; enforce rigorous workmanship, tolerance control, and pre-/post-installation inspections.
- Planning & Material Procurement: Collaborate with Stores and Maintenance Planning to ensure spare parts availability, manage workshop stock, and oversee critical mechanical spare refurbishments.
- Safety, Compliance & Housekeeping: Knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993) and applicable Machinery Regulations and drive a proactive safety culture, enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) and perform workplace safety risk audits, and maintain high standards of 5S housekeeping.
- Continuous Improvement & RCA: Lead technical fault-finding and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations, optimize repair procedures/SOPs, and provide actionable feedback on recurring failure modes.
- Budget and Cost Control: Assist the Maintenance Manager with maintenance cost control, contractor management, spare parts consumption monitoring, and budget adherence.
- Must be willing to work extended hours, participate in standby duties, and support planned/unplanned shutdowns/breakdowns when required.
- Equipment Reliability: Reduce avoidable breakdowns through effective inspections, preventive maintenance, and timely follow-up of defects.
- Workshop Standards: Ensure tools, equipment, materials, and work areas are controlled, organised, and maintained in a safe condition
What makes you great
- Qualifications: Qualified Fitter or Fitter & Turner with a recognised South African Trade Test. N5 Mechanical Engineering minimum, N6 advantageous. Supervisory Management, Production Management or Maintenance Management qualification advantageous.
- Experience: Minimum 5–8 years' post-apprenticeship mechanical experience in continuous process plant maintenance, with at least 2–3 years in a supervisory or foreman capacity.
- Technical Mastery: In-depth knowledge of rotating equipment, gearboxes, pumps, hydraulics, pneumatics, machining, and industrial fabrication including installing, inspecting, maintaining & dismantling plant equipment.
- Systems & Tools: Hands-on expertise, proficiency with CMMS (SAP, Dynamics 365 or similar), MS Office (Excel/Word), and structured systematic approach.
- Safety & Regulatory: Knowledge of machinery safety requirements, risk assessments, and safe work procedures.
- Licensing: Valid Code 8 Driver's License and reliable transport
What you can expect working with us
- Proactive and self-driven
- High attention to detail and quality focused
- Strong technical and mechanical aptitude
- Dynamic and International working environment in a stable and growing family business
- Market Related salary and benefits
- Rewarding and promoting your individual performance
- Opportunity to proactively share your own ideas.
Closing date: 30 November 2026
Should you not be contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Kontakt
ALPLA RECYCLING SA (PTY) LTD
mr Sboniso Nkosi, Human Resources
10 Apex Drive, North Point, Shakashead
4381 Ballito