{"id":1780379,"url":"https://alion.io/job/bidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer","title":"Principal Engineer","company":{"id":3880291,"name":"Bidvest Facilities Management","domain":"bidvestfacilitiesmanagement.co.za","url":"https://alion.io/company/bidvest-facilities-management","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Simplify","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cape Town, South Africa"],"countries":["ZA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":25000,"max_usd":65000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2403},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-18T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-03","last_verified_at":"2026-10-24T06:35:15Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":36,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":36},"description":"Job Summary:\nWe are seeking a highly qualified and experienced Principal Engineer to oversee and manage all reactive, preventative, active and planned maintenance including asset life cycle and continuously work on the improvement of service quality, rationalization of services, efficiencies and effectiveness of maintenance strategies and repairs, manage the operations employees, budget etc.\nKey Responsibilities:\nOn time planning and execution of all Planned Maintenance in the region.\nAvailability and reliability of regional assets and buildings.\nManagement of breakdowns, planned outages and implementation root cause failure outcomes.\nReporting and reporting framework.\nBudget and cost management.\nManagement and completion of reactive work and requests.\nVacancy, employment equity and people development.\nCustodian of engineering assets in region.\nEnsure that all assets receive the necessary life cycle and enhancement services\nEnsure that assets are controlled, operated and to the necessary operational specifications\nTo ensure that all engineering services are efficiently and effectively maintained and controlled at all times according to the specifications of the Client as stated in the applicable agreements.\nTake full legal responsibility and accountability for all engineering functions and assets in the region related to the contract.\nimplementing maintenance and operational standards to comply with service standards specified\nReport on status of assets and buildings in region.\nManage and implement innovation and other initiatives to improve availability, reliability and asset life cycle.\nManagement and measurement of staff performance and their development accordingly.\nManage engineering staff in region.\nRequirements:\nGrade 12 (Matric)\nBachelor of Technology or Bachelor or Science or Master's degree in Engineering or a related field.\nMust be a Candidate GCC Factories\nMust be part of an Engineering body i.e. PrEng /. PrTech\nMinimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, with at least 5 years in a senior engineering role.\nProven experience in managing and leading high-performing engineering teams.\nCode B Driver’s License\nMinimum 7 years’ experience in Electrical or Mechanical engineering\nMinimum 5 years’ experience in Facilities management\nStrong technical background and have good management and leadership skills\nBidvest FM is committed to the Achievement and Maintenance of Equity in Employment.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2440,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Facilities Management"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-03T17:17:10Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":36,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.647,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":36,"expected_fill_days":27,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-24T06:02:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-24T06:45:51Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9951,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-25T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3880291},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3880291"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbidvest-facilities-management-principal-engineer"}]}