# Engineering Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager Location: South Africa A leading Food and Manufacturing company is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager with strong experience in/with plant maintenance, process engineering, project management, and legal compliance (GMR 2.1) to join their team in South Africa. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated engineering leader to drive operational excellence and innovation by leading a team, optimizing plant maintenance, and managing strategic projects. If you have experience in a production environment and a passion for engineering leadership, we want to hear from you! Responsibilities: Lead and mentor a team of engineers and maintenance staff, fostering a culture of mutual respect and continuous improvement. Manage and report on engineering KPIs, ensuring projects and operations remain within defined CAPEX/OPEX budgets. Play a key role in the compilation of long-term maintenance and capital expenditure plans. Serve as a bridge between executive leadership and the operational team, ensuring transparent communication and alignment on company goals. Act as a risk assessment facilitator and ensure the plant's full compliance with all statutory

- **Id**: 3650529
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rpo-recruitment-engineering-manager-3>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-08-26T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T05:16:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 442
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2887
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Consumer Goods, Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 4495722
- **Name**: RPO Recruitment
- **Domain**: rporecruitment.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rpo-recruitment>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Simplify

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 556
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 601
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 442

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **South Africa** — Iso: ZA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T23:51:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 18
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.296
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 442
- **Expected fill days**: 601
- **Reasons**: conf:0, agency, evergreen, win:late, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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