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Electrical Engineer

Electrical Engineer

Sappi Southern Africa

Country:  South Africa
City:  Ngodwana
Location:  Mill Ngodwana
Department:  Engineering
Posting date:  13 Jun 2025
Closing date:  20 Jun 2025

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Electrical Engineer to deliver competent, cost-effective maintenance and engineering support. Your contribution will play a key role in maximizing plant production and availability—ensuring operations are safe, efficient, and fully compliant with legal standards.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure SHEQ Compliance: Enforce adherence to all Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality policies, work permits, and ISO standards.
  • Drive Operational Excellence: Implement and maintain high maintenance standards, conduct audits, and ensure compliance with business processes.
  • Lead Reliability Improvements: Perform root cause analyses, monitor equipment performance, and introduce solutions to reduce failures.
  • Plan and Execute Maintenance: Oversee long-term maintenance and shutdown activities, using SAP for planning, reporting, and data integrity.
  • Manage Contractors and Compliance: Oversee external contractors, ensure legal compliance of electrical installations, and manage hazardous waste disposal.
  • Control Budgets and Costs: Monitor expenses, approve purchases, and identify long-term cost-saving opportunities through design and process improvements.
  • Lead and Develop Teams: Supervise and coach the technical/maintenance team, ensuring skill development in predictive maintenance and problem-solving.
  • Foster Stakeholder Relationships: Engage effectively with internal and external partners to ensure high service standards and customer satisfaction.

 

Minimum Requirements

  • NQF Level 7 qualification or equivalent in Electrical Engineering
  • 3–5 years of maintenance experience in a heavy industry environment
  • SAP knowledge is advantageous
  • Supervisory experience is an added advantage
  • Government Certificate of Competency (Factories) is beneficial

 

Ready to power up your career?
Apply today and become part of a dynamic team driving operational excellence and innovation!

 

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Electrical Engineer to deliver competent, cost-effective maintenance and engineering support. Your contribution will play a key role in maximizing plant production and availability—ensuring operations are safe, efficient, and fully compliant with legal standards.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure SHEQ Compliance: Enforce adherence to all Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality policies, work permits, and ISO standards.
  • Drive Operational Excellence: Implement and maintain high maintenance standards, conduct audits, and ensure compliance with business processes.
  • Lead Reliability Improvements: Perform root cause analyses, monitor equipment performance, and introduce solutions to reduce failures.
  • Plan and Execute Maintenance: Oversee long-term maintenance and shutdown activities, using SAP for planning, reporting, and data integrity.
  • Manage Contractors and Compliance: Oversee external contractors, ensure legal compliance of electrical installations, and manage hazardous waste disposal.
  • Control Budgets and Costs: Monitor expenses, approve purchases, and identify long-term cost-saving opportunities through design and process improvements.
  • Lead and Develop Teams: Supervise and coach the technical/maintenance team, ensuring skill development in predictive maintenance and problem-solving.
  • Foster Stakeholder Relationships: Engage effectively with internal and external partners to ensure high service standards and customer satisfaction.

 

Minimum Requirements

  • NQF Level 7 qualification or equivalent in Electrical Engineering
  • 3–5 years of maintenance experience in a heavy industry environment
  • SAP knowledge is advantageous
  • Supervisory experience is an added advantage
  • Government Certificate of Competency (Factories) is beneficial

 

Ready to power up your career?
Apply today and become part of a dynamic team driving operational excellence and innovation!

 

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

ABOUT SAPPI

Sappi is a leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.

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