SIYAQASHA VACANCIES: Principal Design Engineer Durpro Workforce Solutions
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Role Description
The principal design engineer is a full-time, on-site role based in Durban. This role leads the design and development of automotive components and bullbars, from concept through to production release. Day-to-day tasks include creating and reviewing detailed designs, overseeing CAD models and engineering drawings, performing mechanical design calculations, and ensuring designs meet safety, performance, and regulatory requirements. The Principal Design Engineer collaborates with production, quality, and procurement teams, supports prototype builds and testing, resolves design issues on the shop floor, and drives continuous improvement in product design and engineering processes. The role also involves mentoring junior engineers and contributing to long-term product and technology strategy.
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Qualifications
- Strong background in Design Engineering and product design, with the ability to lead complex component and assembly designs
- Proficiency in Mechanical Engineering and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools for modelling, drafting, and analysis
- Experience in automotive or heavy industrial manufacturing environments, especially in structural or safety-related products
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering, or a closely related discipline
- Ability to interpret standards and regulations, perform tolerance and stress analyses, and validate designs through testing
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with experience leading cross-functional projects
- Demonstrated capability to mentor and guide engineering teams, manage multiple projects, and meet deadlines
Shift Supervisor Durpro Workforce Solutions Durban, South Africa : Published 01 September 2026
Purpose
The shift supervisor is responsible for the overall smooth running of their shift. They take responsibility for ensuring all resources are available when and where needed. The shift supervisor is responsible for the overall discipline and management of employees during their shift. They are responsible for ensuring the required output & targets are achieved. The shift supervisor must ensure that all equipment / machinery is maintained. They must assist to develop and action projects to reduce bottlenecks and continuously improve in the department.
Duties & Responsibilities
Walk the floor regularly
- Correct utilization of resources (material, people, machinery, time)
- FIFO (First-in-First-Out) followed
- Correct jobs planned and being run (according to schedule)
- Daily Output and quality checks are verified (any discrepancies investigated and reported on)
- Pass info on any issues incurred with jobs or machines to next shift supervisor
- Communicate urgency of jobs (priorities) and schedule with team
- Quality, production and downtime related info collected daily
- Assist with green area meetings as per template and record minutes
Production Plan
- Ensure machines and jobs are running according to plan
- Correct sequence of jobs
- Correct quantity produced (short production reported)
- Correct machine used & targets met
- All necessary resources available for running future jobs
Maintenance
- Create maintenance job cards & ensure issues are addressed
- Follow up on job cards, breakdowns and parts arrivals
- Ensure all services and planned maintenance is carried out as per schedule
Labour (People)
- Ensure overall labour control, discipline and utilization
- Discipline is maintained and controlled during shift
- Machines are manned as required (according to priorities & important jobs)
- Absenteeism reported
- Clocking’s done correctly and signed off for payroll to process
- Correct break times followed (no excessive time away from machines)
Overall Equipment effectiveness (OEE)
- Ensure correct output (speeds), quality and machine uptime achieved
- Analyze and find solutions to address problems
- OEE boards filled in daily with the required information as per OEE procedure
Material Control
- Ensure all receipting and issuing of materials completed correctly by department as required by Abaca work instructions
- Responsible for all WIP within department
- Any quantity shortages to be communicated to the manager & production planner by means of email
Consumables
- Control consumables & consumption
- Ensure the correct consumables (according to work ticket) and FIFO is followed
- Quality issues for consumables recorded and reported
- Material issued on Shopware as required
Work Ticket
- Ensure proper control of work tickets is done
- All information on work jackets has been checked, understood and followed
- Right artwork and quality produced according to “last-off sample”
- All relevant information/ documents completed correctly
Quality
- Check the correct quality is being achieved.
- Ensure all work ticket & quality checks are being done
- Ensure samples in the work ticket are being checked against the job being run
- Ensure any Non conformances that have been created and allocated to the department are being closed out correctly and timeously
Health and Safety
- All processes and procedures for Health and Safety followed during shift
- Comply with operating rules & regulations
- Report and investigate any incidents during shift
- Health & Safety of staff is ensured (PPE for staff is adhered to)
- Property & equipment is operated correctly & safely
Shopware
- Assist, train and ensure all members are competent for data capturing in Shopware
Abilities
- Lead and manage a shift
- Technical acumen
- Attention to detail
- Information and task monitoring
- Capture information accurately and timeously (nice-to-have)
- Ability to work in team with people (and train and pass knowledge on)
Skills / Experience
- Experience with supervising/ managing people (5+ years post qualification)
- Experience in manufacturing environment (Multistage with large workforce of 300 +)
- Experience managing materials/ consumables
- Experience working on computer and working with numbers
Expected Qualifications
- Grade 12
- Relevant Production Qualification