# Site Engineer

We are looking for a Site Engineer to lead our facilities, maintenance, utilities and site services functions. In this role, you will ensure equipment reliability, operational uptime and a safe, compliant work environment, while driving maintenance systems and engineering improvement initiatives across the site. You will play a critical role in supporting automation, managing infrastructure, and delivering technical projects that enable efficient and scalable operations. Key Responsibility Areas: Lead all equipment maintenance and reliability initiatives Implement preventive and planned maintenance systems Manage machine breakdowns and root cause problem solving Support automation, PLC systems and production technology Oversee site utilities (electrical, HVAC, compressed air, water systems) Manage facilities, infrastructure and contractor services Ensure site compliance with safety, GMP and operational standards Oversee site services (security, cleaning, waste, pest control) Lead engineering and continuous improvement projects Support equipment installation, commissioning and optimisation Implement and manage CMMS / maintenance systems Develop maintenance KPIs and reporting system

- **Id**: 3563568
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/job-mail-site-engineer-5>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-31T07:12:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-31
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-02T20:16:10Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-02T20:16:10Z
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2240
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Consumer Goods

## Company

- **Id**: 701519
- **Name**: Job Mail
- **Domain**: jobmail.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/job-mail>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: yes
- **Listed via**: jobmail.co.za
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 29000
- **Max usd**: 62000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 43

## Technologies

- **GMP** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-31T07:12:17Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-02T20:16:10Z

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