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Principle Engineer Jobs in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa at ExecutivePlacements.com
Title: Principle Engineer
Company: ExecutivePlacements.com
Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Principle Engineer
Recruiter:
Staff Solutions Recruitment
Job Ref:
E.L003233/AS
Date posted:
Friday, April 24, 2026
Location:
Durban, South Africa
Salary:
Negotiable Monthly
SUMMARY:
Opportunity Available!! Our leading client in the Automotive Sector is looking to employ a Principle Engineer to join their dynamic team in Durban.
POSITION INFO:
Job Responsibilities:
Elimination of waste:
- Drive ME Improvement objectives by analysis of lost time using the relevant problem-solving techniques.
- Monitor & reduce scrap (By means of but not limited to the TQM process)
- Ensure all agreed improvements are timeously planned and implemented.
Continuous Improvement:
- Standardize all Processes
- Drive improvement targets through the ME and TQM processes. (With the intention to reduce downtime and cost of poor quality).
- Ensure Improvement Targets to Budgets are met.
- Kaizen Initiatives (Drive A3 problem solving activities to eliminate waste, improve Quality and production output within all areas of control).
5’s:
- Ensure 5S is principles are practiced at all times.
- Ensure 5S initiatives are implemented on new lines. (Support with 5S improvement activities to ensure 5S is sustained in all areas of control).
Health, Safety and Environment:
- Comply with all applicable compliance obligations to which the company subscribes to.
- Evaluating processes and equipment to ensure compliance with environmental and safety regulations.
- Provide a workplace that is without risk of injury and ill-health.
- Drive initiatives to ensure that we improve our environment and prevent pollution.
- Correct PPE & PPC Usage in all areas of control (Advise and standardize the use of the correct PPE and PPC for facility and Process requirements).
Quality:
- Meet or exceed customer requirements (Ensure products meet customer specifications, standards, and requirements for new and existing components).
- Risk Based Thinking (Identify risks that will affect quality for new and existing products and implement the required actions to alleviate these risks).
- Approval of manufacturing processes and equipment (Jigs, fixtures and manufacturing processes will need to be designed, manufactured/ implemented, and bought off/ approved to the relevant standards within the organisation).
- Assist in trial activities to ensure all internal and customer requirements are met (Manufacturing processes must adhere to the quality requirements within the organization) (MPT).
Job Requirements:
- Grade 12 (Critical)
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent
- CAD
- Use of Measuring Equipment
- Project Management experience
- Experience in a Production Engineering Environment
- 5 to 10 years’ experience in Process/ Industrial Engineering.
Technical skills and specialist knowledge:
- Knowledge of MS Office
- Problem solving Methodology.
- Knowledge of the Manufacturing Excellence system
- General understanding of press and injection moulding tool design and manufacture
- General understanding of the operation of metal presses and injection moulding machines
- General understanding of the process parameters in metal pressing and injection moulding
- Familiarity with environmental and safety, health, and environment regulations