Team Leader: Production at BMW Group South Africa

Purpose and key accountabilities of the function:

• Ensures and maintains the continuity of operation of all hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment within the Painted Body Plant.
• Ensures and direct that all maintenance work, preventative and emergency, is carried out in accordance with BMW specifications, relevant safety regulations.
• Plans and follows up for production related equipment replacement in conjunction with product requirements, productivity improvements, capacity and capability demands.
• Ensures and is accountable that all safety registers are up to date.
• Identifies, organizes and follows up on staff training with succession planning in mind.
• Decides and recourse utilization within his/her area of responsibility and accountability.
• Develops, establishes, implements and follows up on strategies for maintaining the continuity of production during breakdowns.
• Ensures equipment availability on start-up after equipment has been worked on, by commissioning equipment before start-up.
• It is his/her duty to initiate actions to assure product quality under all circumstances during the production process.
• Establishes Safety Health Environmental related hazards arising out of processes within his/her relevant areas by means of:
• Area walk throughs.
• Co-operation with SHE-Champion during aspects/impacts identification process.
• Ensures that all associates within his/her area are informed regarding hazards and appropriate preventative/corrective actions attached to processes by means of:
• Pep talks.
• Informal meetings.
• Online training sessions.
• Establish Safety, Health and Environmental hazards arising out of process within his/her area by means of:
• Area walk through.
• Hazard identification and Risk Assessment.
• Co-operation with the IMS Representative during aspect/impact identification process.
• Ensures that all associates within your area are informed regarding the latest level and/or developments of Safety, Health and Environmental issues, by means of:
• Pep talks.
• Online training.
• Informal meetings.
• Ensures that personal protective equipment, special equipment and protective clothing is available, issued, appropriately used, maintained and the use thereof enforced to ensure the safety of the associates.
• Continuously address Safety, Health and Environmental impacts from activities through engineering methods, maintenance, workplace improvements, awareness training and enforcing safe working practices.
• Report, record and investigate all incidents and/or accidents which occurred in your area of responsibility, as prescribe by ZA S-13.
• Immediate respond to situations and/or conditions that may result in incidents or injury.
• Has the authority to stop his line in the event of poor quality.

Work and leadership experience:

• Fluent verbal/written in English.
• Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, electronic experience with state-of-the-art technical equipment, facilities and tooling at least 3 years.
• Leadership experience, at least 2 years.
• Experience in application of quality techniques and tools, minimum 2 years.
• Three years’ experience in an Automotive Paint Production Plant preferably with BMW.
• Paint Technology Experience as an added advantage.
• Planning and organising. Leading and supervising.

Experience and qualifications:

• N6 National/Technical Diploma.
• Trade Test. Preferably Millwright.
• Minimum 3 years in Paint Shop Production or Maintenance role.

Deadline:13th February,2026