Job Vacancies at Rainbow Chicken

• RAINBOW is currently recruiting for a Plant Engineer reporting to the Engineering Manager and based at our Chicken Processing site in Hammarsdale P2.
• The Plant Engineer will be responsible for managing, with a dedicated focus, the day-to-day maintenance operation within area of responsibility with his team (Foremen, Shift controllers and Artisans).  The role also includes Project planning- Prioritizing, scheduling, and allocation of tasks to the different disciplines of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner, Engineering Foremen, and Project Cost control (control of approved budget and subcategories).

Minimum Requirements:       

• A completed Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• GCC Factories qualification (preferable Electrical Engineer with GCC).
• Minimum of 8 years’ trade experience in a similar environment, of which at least 5 years was in a management category.
• FMCG company background.

Knowledge and Skills: 

• Excellent understanding of mechanical, refrigeration and electrical engineering.
• Thorough understanding of Labour Relations Act.
• Excellent management and leadership skills.
• Understand the full implications of potential problems and minimize their impact,
• Recommend solutions based on rigorous and sound information research,
• Dedication and Loyalty to the company.
• Logical, solutions driven and efficient.
• Attention to detail, Initiative and technically minded.
• Reliability, Honesty, Patience.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Constantly looking and finding ways to improve plant efficiency and effectiveness.
• Regularly reviews and monitor progress, taking action to reschedule and re-prioritize (must be able to “think on his/her feet”).
• Ability to handle problems encountered with machinery and find a solution with immediacy.
• Identifies training needs and recommends training of employees to the departmental trainer.
• Implements Company’s disciplinary procedure, which includes written warnings and initiation of disciplinary enquiry’s where necessary.

Project planning:

• Strategize capex focus to reduce plant down time and improve efficiencies of machines and Production lines.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements as per the Rainbow standard are adhere to with regards to specifying new equipment.
• Process change control documentation with regards to all equipment and plant changes with proven records for audit purposes.
• Manage and control the fixed asset register and ensure that it is updated as per policy and depreciation is in line with group standards.
• Ensure that all project work in plant is carried out and completed to the highest level of trade-man ship quality and to safe food requirements.

 Maintenance:

• Develop and implement an effective planned preventative maintenance system for the facility as well as oversee major repairs of breakdowns thus minimizing R&M costs in the region.
• Ensure all buildings and accessories are utilized into risk, security, safety, health, HACCP AND ISO22000, 14000, 18000.
• Risk Management: In terms of design, use and maintenance, ensure all facilities comply with health, safety, security and other legal requirements.

Operational Engineering Management:

• Drive the daily / weekly maintenance planning process for the plant – prioritizing, scheduling, and allocation of tasks to different disciplines of the engineering department, with the assistance of the planner.
• Drive and deliver the agreed strategy to reduce plant down time and improve efficiencies of machines and lines.
• Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment and plant to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.
• Constantly looking and finding ways to improve plant efficiency and effectiveness,
• Regularly reviews and monitor progress, taking action to reschedule and re-prioritize (must be able to “think on his feet”).

Repairs and Renovations:

• Coordinates renovations of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities.

Management of Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ):

• Guides the engineering team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved, and timeous action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of noncompliance.
• Follow up on requirements for compliance ensuring that it is continuously maintained and adhered to.

Safety and Security:

• Ensures engineering staff follow safety rules and regulations as per the organization’s safety plan Ensure that security access points to the premises and BMS system are in good working condition.

Financial Management:

• Manage costs to ensure lowest cost production and the optimal utilization of assets.

Deadline:7th May,2026

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Purpose of the role:

• Rainbow Chicken is actively on the lookout for a general worker to provide support on general production requirements to ensure effective running of the business.

Qualification & Experience:

• Grade 12 (or equivalent literacy and numeric level)
• 0 - 6 months experience in the manufacturing environment 

Roles & Responsibilities:

Production

• To ensure all required resources are available in line with production requirement.
• To report any mechanical/electrical issues to the Control Room/ Supervisor that may affect the smooth running of the plant.
• Accurately record any data required for production analysis e.g. tipping logs
• To respond to manual production bottlenecks e.g.  clearing choked elevators
• Conduct visual checks e.g., availability of raw material and report any deviation to the control room/ supervisor
• To ensure compliance with applicable work instructions and procedures
• To perform any reasonable task as requested by the control room/supervisor
• To perform daily stock take duties

General Administration

• Good housekeeping and ad hoc duties including general filing and data recording.

Information and Data management

• Ensure accurate data capturing onto production documents to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.

Teamwork and Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrate effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritizing, and self-development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
• Champion training and development of self and others through utilising available training opportunities.
• Participate in and drive regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.

Deadline:12th May,2026

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​Role Purpose:

• To supervise the performance of a processing line in a specific area of the plant (including staff / process workers, machinery and material on that line) to achieve daily targets to required product specifications, while meeting safety, health and quality standards.

Required qualifications:

• Grade 12 is required.
• Tertiary qualification in Production Management will be advantageous.

Required Experience:

• 2 years relevant experience preferably in a unionised food processing plant.

Required Knowledge and Skills: 

• Knowledge of ISO and health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Take accountability for results and people.
• Good numeracy and literacy skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to balance plant with regards to man load versus product MIX.
• Computer literacy (MS Office package).
• Be stress tolerant.
• Ability to work in an environment characterised by conflicting deadlines.
• Shift work is required.
• Tenacious and deadline driven.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Accuracy of employee leave and attendance data.
• Accuracy of filing.
• Timeliness and accuracy of mandatory submissions and reports.
• Data Integrity.

Key Responsibilities of Role:

• Obtain the daily production plan from Senior process leader/Processing Manager/Operation Manager.
• Communicate the objectives of the plan to the team on shift to ensure understanding.
• Ensure man load is at full capacity according to the production plan.
• Conduct the required checks at start-up, during and after shift to ensure the relevant data is recorded correctly.
• Monitor the usage of materials and the line to ensure work is executed consistently according to standard operating procedures to minimize waste and reduce consumption where possible.
• Work consistently according to standard operating procedures and ensure compliance.
• Monitor hygiene on the line, SHEQ compliance and ensure quality standards are implemented correctly.
• Capture processing data accurately, completely and timeously into the information system on a daily basis.
• Supervise and manage people performance.

Deadline:12th May,2026

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• RAINBOW Chicken is seeking an experienced Maintenance Foreman to join their Rustenburg team. The role involves hands-on expertise and leadership for the Engineering staff, operators, and artisan assistants, ensuring proactive maintenance, repair, and servicing of equipment.

Required Qualifications:

• Qualified Artisan with at least 10 years of experience in the field

Required Experience:

• Minimum 10 years' experience required in an FMCG, Food Manufacturing, or Operations environment

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership

• Management of the Engineering team with regards to HR and IR issues.
• Management of the day to day activities and out puts of all team members across shifts
• Train and mentor his team to improve performance and reduce down time.
• Utilize skills matrix to assess capability gaps within the maintenance team and to develop a training plan in conjunction with HR development specialist to address skills gaps.
• Be available on call out and work on weekends or when necessary to ensure optimal performance of team and effective maintenance of equipment.
• Organises daily meetings with engineering staff and prepares inspection reports.
• Manages the maintenance staff in terms to facilitate attainment of KPI’s, and monitor performance of individuals in attaining KPI’s and institutes corrective action if necessary.
• Drives company culture and morale within the team.
• Partners with HR to recruit the staff who are technically capable and fit in with company culture to ensure that engineering team have the correct resources to maintain the facility.
• Supports and advises engineering staff and operators on the execution of their tasks.
• Plan and manage leave roster and register.
• Performs work inspections and checks for completeness of tasks and compliance with legislative, SHEQ and in-house maintenance procedures.
• Maintain discipline and standards in area of responsibility.

Budgets and Administration

• Management of the maintenance spend against budget through daily review of budget vs. actual financial reports.
• Provide input to the Plant Engineer to co-create and commit to an appropriate an engineering budget during the annual budgeting process.
• Authorize stores requisitions and provide initial sign off of invoices prior to submission to plant engineer
• Work with the Plant engineer and planner to ensure accurate reporting.
• Co-ordinate and sign off on the mechanical artisans’ submission of all required documentation to the engineering planner for inclusion in engineering information systems. (On-key).
• Ensures that engineering staff, keep time cards and other routine records.
• Organizes meetings with engineering staff, prepares inspection reports and action the non-conformances.
• Ensure that all maintenance Certificate of Compliance issued and action according to the scheduled plan and that action and task lists are recorded by the planner.

Planned Maintenance

• Utilise skill matrix to assess the applicability of assignments based on individual skill sets.
• Planning and management of all planned maintenance, preventative schedules, work requests, in conjunction with the inputs received from the asset care planner.
• Determines material, equipment, and supplies to be used and ensure that these are ordered and available at the work site, in conjunction with the input of the asset care planner.
• Plan and manage weekend mechanical maintenance tasks and projects, based on the priority listing from the asset care plan.
• Uses planned maintenance schedules to co-ordinates daily activities of artisans, machine operators and assistants.
• Ensures the neatness of the workshop.
• Develops a daily work schedule for all activities to be performed to ensure the smooth operation of the maintenance team, minimize downtime and overtime taking food safety imperatives into consideration.
• Supervises and assigns maintenance work to contractors on a daily basis, ensuring clear allocation of responsibility and accountability.
• Control daily job cards, by issuing to employees, receive back completed ones and verify work is done satisfactorily.

Project  Management

• Gives input to the Plant and Project Engineer on the feasibility of projects by analyzing technology, resources needs and market demands to ensure that project is feasible.
• Works with the Project Engineer to ensure that the requirements of internal customers are met and to prepare accurate project specification for implementation of projects.
• Ensure necessary manpower is available to smoothly implement projects on time and within the agreed budget.

Repairs and Renovations

• Coordinates renovations of existing equipment and the construction of new facilities.
• Coordinates and inspects major contract work In area of responsibility.

Safety and Security

• Ensures engineering staff follow safety rules and regulations as per organization's safety plan.
• Ensure that security access points to the premises and BMS system are in good working condition.
• Reporting theft and dangers on the premises.
• Ensures safety equipment is in good working order.
• Ensure that all staff is working according to safety regulations and ensure the enforcement of food safety requirements.
• Stores machinery and equipment in accordance with operating procedures during the execution of their daily tasks.

Stock Control

• Controls the distribution of equipment and supplies amongst Mechanical artisans.
• Ensure that non stock items are sourced and ordered according to BOP’s and RPM.
• Assist on Bi-annual basis to verify the correctness of engineering stock levels and advise on correction where needed.

Management of Safety Health Environment and Quality (SHEQ)

• Guides team to ensure that all legislative standards are achieved and in time and action is taken where required to ensure that there are no areas of noncompliance).
• Responsible for health and safety with regards to all equipment to ensure a safe environment to operate and work on for all staff.
• Follows up on requirements for compliance ensuring that it is continuously maintained and adhered to.
• Measure and manage sustainability practices within area of responsibility.
• Maintain and implement Food safety standards.

Governance

• Ensure that Rainbow ethical standards and the requirements of the RPM are adhered to.
• Report and or escalate any areas of non- compliance appropriately.

Information and Data Management

• Ensure team members accurately and regularly captures data onto the information system to enable access to reliable data and reporting for trend analysis and decision making.
• Share relevant data with management teams to enable reliable business decision making.

Effective Teamwork and Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities and demonstrates effective self-management in terms of planning and prioritizing, and self-development.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Inform relevant parties in the event of tasks or deadlines not met, the potential risks thereof and provide appropriate resolution.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Manage colleagues and client’s expectations and communicate appropriately.
• Demonstrate willingness to help others and “go the extra mile” to meet team targets and objectives.
• Champions training and development of self and others through utilizing available training opportunities or contributing to the development of new training solutions relating to product costing in collaboration with national training specialists.
• Participate and drive in regular performance appraisals and ensure that own targets and goals are clear and achievable.
• Maintain a basic appreciation and awareness of employee relations climate and ensure corrective action is taken where required in line with relevant legislation and company policy.

Ad hoc/ Other

• Oversee filing and safeguarding of records within area of responsibility.
• Compile of ad hoc spreadsheets when required.
• Processing of documents for Inter-company charge outs.

Deadline:13th May,2026

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Role Purpose:

• This role involves the maintenance of equipment after clean out to ensure that equipment runs efficiently during production. The incumbent should also Conduct safety inspection and also conduct research and development with the purpose of upgrading the equipment for improved performance at reduction of maintenance cost. This also includes PMS (Planned Maintenance Systems) and analysis of machines to determine what spares need to be used. Preventative maintenance of electrical and mechanical equipment is also the responsibility of the incumbent. Furthermore, the incumbent should assist the breakdown team in repairing and fixing breakdowns and also attend to electrical and mechanical breakdowns.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 5 years relevant experience (post qualification).
• Experience in poultry industry and knowledge of poultry processing equipment would be an advantage.
• PLC and HT experience would be an advantage.

Required Qualifications:

• Recognised Millwright trade test.
• Wireman’s license added advantage.
• Reliable vehicle and valid drivers license.

  Required Knowledge and Skills: 

• Ability to work independently and co-ordinate projects.
• Ability to take charge on major mechanical / electrical breakdowns with good communication and people skill.

  Key responsibilities:

• Attend to electrical and mechanical breakdowns.
• Service and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Preventative maintenance of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Conduct projects.
• Safety inspections.
• Research and development – upgrade equipment for improved performance at reduction of maintenance cost.
• PMS (Planned Maintenance Systems).
• Adherence to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Adherence to all ISO/HACCP standards and procedures.
• Inspections & planned work as per job cards.
• Ability to plan work in terms of downtime prevention is essential.
• Sourcing of spares costing for planned work.
• Shift work, overtime, call-outs and standby required.

Deadline:14th May,2026

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Role Purpose:

• Rendering assistance to Maintenance Handyman in the execution of all electrical, mechanical and civil maintenance and repair of Agriculture related machinery and equipment.

Required Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Drivers license
• Technical Senior Certificate will be an advantage.

Required Experience:

• Basic electrical, mechanical, civil knowledge and tool identification.
• Poultry experience advantageous 

Key Responsibilities:

•  Rendering assistance to Maintenance Handyman in the execution of all electrical, mechanical and civil maintenance and repair of Agriculture related machinery and equipment as per below output.

Mechanical and Electrical:

• Inspection of machinery and equipment as per supplier requirements set out in the maintenance manuals
• Maintenance and repair of all Agriculture related machinery and equipment in accordance to the maintenance plan and schedule
• Repair of Agriculture related machinery and equipment per breakdown

Agriculture related machinery and equipment:

• Standby Generator
• Cooling System
• Air Handling Units
• Humidification System
• Setter Machines
• Hatcher Machines
• Transfer table
• Vaccine table
• Carousel
• Crusher
• Unicorn Washer
• HP Pump
• Compressors
• Pallet Jacks
• Purification Plant
• Irrigation Pump
• Heater
• Feeders
• Drinkers
• Louvers
• Fans
• Lights

Civil:

• Inspection of water systems and main water supply as per maintenance schedule
• Maintenance and repair of water systems and water supply in accordance to the maintenance plan and schedule
• Repair of water systems and water supply per breakdown
• Repair of plumbing systems in Agriculture residential buildings per breakdown
• Maintenance and repair of Agriculture buildings as per maintenance schedule
• Maintenance and repair of Agriculture residential buildings per maintenance schedule

Electrical Maintenance:

• Electrical repair on Agriculture residential buildings per breakdown
• Electrical maintenance and repair on Agriculture buildings per maintenance schedule

General:

• Execution of all seasonal instructions issued by artisan and handyman of daily tasks
• Execution of all reasonable instructions issued by authorized personnel/ management
• Daily inspection of all agriculture related machinery, equipment and constructions for prevention of breakdowns

Deadline:18th May,2026

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Role Purpose:

• To perform broad production support and data compilation and consolidation functions within the processing plant

Required Qualifications:

• Grade 12

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year experience. 

Key Responsibilties:

• Start-up of production scales daily.
• Calculate daily attendance of staff on shift.
• Hourly scale and date checks.
• Distribute documents to stock control department.
• Resolving of stock exception report.
• Reconcile work in process vs actual stock.
• Timeliness and accuracy of mandatory submissions and reports.
• Data integrity, accuracy of employee leave and attendance data.
• Reconciliation of stocks (internal/external).
• Accuracy of filing.

Knowledge and Competencies:

• Knowledge of spreadsheets, processing control and related procedures.
• Knowledge of Anzio system.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Logical thinking and good numeracy skills.