Latest Jobs at Phakisa Group

Overview:

• We are seeking a skilled Machine Operator to join our team. As a Machine Operator, you will be responsible for setting up and operating production machinery in accordance with standard procedures. Your role will involve monitoring machine performance, conducting inspections, and ensuring product quality within manufacturing 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Set up and operate production machinery following standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Monitor machine performance and make adjustments to maintain product quality
• Perform routine inspections and basic preventative maintenance on machinery
• Identify and report equipment malfunctions or defects to the maintenance team
• Ensure products meet quality specifications through regular inspections
• Record production data, machine downtime, and quality results accurately
• Maintain a clean work area in line with 5S principles
• Comply with health, safety, environmental, and company policies
• Minimise waste and support continuous improvement initiatives
• Assist with changeovers, machine cleaning, and production line start-ups
• Work collaboratively with production, maintenance, and quality teams

Skills and Qualifications:
Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• 2-3 years as a Machine Operator in manufacturing
• Good communication skills

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Duties & Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain strong customer relationships with existing and new customers.
• Support company representatives, internal sales and projects in preparing quotes and information for customers.
• Achieve agreed upon sales targets.
• Service the existing accounts, obtain orders and establish new accounts.
• Plan and organise daily work schedules to call on existing or potential new accounts.
• Resolve customers complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions, and preparing reports.
• Keep management informed by submitting activity and results reports.
• Provide high levels of service ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Co-ordinate activities within the company to ensure customer commitments.

Requirements:

• Matric / Technical or similar qualification will be advantageous.
• Strong sales background, with proven work experience as a sales representative.
• Packaging Industry experience an advantage.
• Excellent people, communication, and organizational skills.
• Competent computer literacy - Windows, MS Word, and Excel.
• Must be self-motivated and perform without supervision.
• Determination and drive to achieve targets.
• Be a fast learner and willing to go the extra mile.
• Good organizational and time-management skills.
• Neat and well presented with a valid Driver's license.

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• A Dynamic International company in Cap Town is seeking a qualified FIELD SERVICE ELECTRICIAN to join their team.

Qualifications:

• Trade Test Electrician (Red seal)
• 2-3 years Electrical and Mechanical experience Post Grade
• PLC experience in maintenance and fault finding
• Computer literate
• Sound knowledge of mechanical, pneumatics, and valves
• Motor AC Drives

Responsibilities:

• Responding to customer callouts and field dispatches
• Meeting with the customer to determine service or repair needs
• Conducting routine equipment servicing in the field
• Repairing equipment and replacing faulty parts
• Installing and testing new equipment
• Providing preventive equipment maintenance
• Offering technical training on new equipment installations
• Maintaining equipment stock in the company vehicle
• Completing job reports
• The ideal candidate should possess leadership qualities, be self-motivated, willing to work under pressure and travel.
• An attractive salary package ranging between R20,000 and R28,000 per month, depending on experience.

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Job Summary

• We are seeking a creative, energetic, and results-driven Marketing & Social Media Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate is passionate about digital marketing, brand building, content creation, and audience engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement marketing strategies supporting business objectives.
• Create engaging content for social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
• Manage social media calendars, monitor trends, and boost brand awareness.
• Design and execute digital marketing campaigns with email and paid advertising.
• Engage with online communities, respond to inquiries, and report on performance metrics.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure brand consistency and assist in event marketing.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, new technologies, and best practices.

Requirements

• Diploma or degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• Proven experience in marketing and social media management.
• Excellent communication skills and strong content creation abilities.
• Proficiency in social media tools, basic graphic design, and video editing.
• Knowledge of digital advertising platforms and SEO principles.
• Strong organizational, time-management skills, and ability to work independently or in a team.
• Creative, positive, proactive thinker with a vibrant attitude.

Key Attributes

• Enthusiastic and energetic with strong attention to detail.
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, creative, and innovative.

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Job Purpose

• Our client is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer specialising in SMPP (Structural, Mechanical, Piping & Platework) with extensive experience in the Mining or Oil & Gas industry. The successful candidate will be responsible for the engineering, planning, coordination, construction, installation, commissioning, and successful delivery of SMPP projects while ensuring compliance with engineering standards, quality requirements, project schedules, and health and safety regulations.
• The role requires extensive site-based experience managing multidisciplinary construction teams, contractors, and subcontractors during the execution of large-scale mining and industrial projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate SMPP engineering and construction projects from concept through to commissioning and handover.
• Oversee the installation and construction of:
• Structural steel
• Mechanical equipment
• Process piping
• Platework
• Tanks and pressure vessels
• Chutes, bins and hoppers
• Conveyor systems
• Crushers, screens and associated mining equipment
• Pumps, valves and rotating equipment
• Ensure all SMPP installations comply with project specifications, engineering drawings, client requirements, and applicable industry standards.
• Review and approve engineering drawings, fabrication drawings, isometrics, and construction methodologies.
• Coordinate contractors, subcontractors, fabricators, suppliers, and site personnel.
• Monitor project schedules, costs, resources, and construction progress.
• Conduct site inspections to ensure workmanship complies with quality and engineering standards.
• Manage QA/QC processes, inspections, punch lists, and final handover documentation.
• Resolve engineering and construction-related technical issues.
• Participate in design reviews, HAZOP studies, risk assessments, and constructability reviews.
• Support procurement activities by reviewing technical specifications and evaluating supplier submissions.
• Lead commissioning, testing, and plant start-up activities.
• Prepare technical reports, progress reports, construction updates, and project documentation.
• Ensure projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Mechanical Engineering.
• ECSA registration (Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng) will be highly advantageous.
• Minimum 8–10 years' experience within Mining or Oil & Gas projects.
• Proven experience managing SMPP construction and installation projects.
• Demonstrated experience on large EPC, EPCM, Brownfield, or Greenfield projects.
• Strong knowledge of structural steel fabrication and erection.
• Extensive piping installation experience.
• Experience with platework fabrication and installation.
• Experience supervising construction teams and contractors.
• Valid driver's licence.
• Medically fit to work on mining and industrial sites.

Technical Expertise
The successful candidate should have strong experience in:

Structural

• Structural steel fabrication
• Structural steel erection
• Steel connections
• Heavy lifting operations
• Temporary works
• Structural inspections

Mechanical

• Mechanical equipment installation
• Crushers
• Mills
• Conveyor systems
• Pumps
• Compressors
• Gearboxes
• Rotating equipment
• Materials handling systems

Piping

• Process piping
• HDPE piping
• Carbon steel piping
• Stainless steel piping
• Pipe supports
• Pressure testing
• Hydrotesting
• Flushing
• Isometric drawings
• Valve installation

Platework

• Tanks
• Pressure vessels
• Silos
• Bins
• Hoppers
• Chutes
• Ducting
• Stack installations

Construction Experience

• Applicants should have experience with:
• Mining processing plants
• Mineral processing facilities
• Coal plants
• Gold plants
• Platinum operations
• Iron ore projects
• Oil & Gas processing facilities
• Refineries
• Petrochemical plants
• Industrial shutdowns
• Plant upgrades
• New plant construction
• Brownfield and Greenfield developments

Project Management Responsibilities

• Planning and scheduling
• Resource management
• Budget control
• Cost reporting
• Contractor management
• Procurement support
• Risk management
• Change management
• Progress reporting
• Commissioning management
• Client liaison
• Site coordination

Quality & Safety

• Ensure compliance with QA/QC procedures.
• Conduct inspections and quality audits.
• Review inspection test plans (ITPs).
• Ensure compliance with welding procedures and quality documentation.
• Promote a strong safety culture across all construction activities.

Ensure compliance with:

• Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA)
• Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)
• Client safety standards
• ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems

Participate in:

• HIRA
• Risk assessments
• Toolbox talks
• Incident investigations
• Safety meetings

Required Skills

• Excellent leadership ability
• Strong technical and engineering knowledge
• Project planning and coordination
• Contract administration
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Decision-making under pressure
• Excellent communication skills
• Stakeholder management
• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams

Software Knowledge

• AutoCAD
• Autodesk Plant 3D (advantageous)
• MS Project
• Primavera P6 (advantageous)
• Microsoft Office Suite
• ERP systems (SAP or similar)
• Advantageous Qualifications & Certifications
• ECSA Professional Registration (Pr Eng / Pr Tech Eng)
• Project Management qualification
• PMP or PRINCE2 Certification
• ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
• Welding Inspection knowledge (CSWIP/CWI advantageous)
• Risk Assessment Training
• Working at Heights
• Confined Space Training
• First Aid Certification

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Purpose of the Role

• To facilitate the achievement of customer collection targets, essential to the profitability of the Company, are met.
• To manage overdue accounts, reduce the Company's risk and minimise losses.

Main Responsibilities
Credit Control

• Generate and dispatch invoices or Pod's on time to enable payment.
• Receive remittance advices from customers and allocate appropriately.
• Process all discounts and rebates for the Credit Supervisor to release before close of month-end.
• Clear all allocated cash in the General Ledger.
• Prepare stock tolerance journals accurately, matching all debits and credits on the ERP system.
• Prepare General Ledger accounts for authorization and release before statements are run.
• Run statements on ERP prior to agreed monthly deadlines and distribute to customers.

Customer Administration

• Maintain compliance to credit limits for each customer and highlight possible non-conformance to the responsible supervisor before they exceed defined limits.
• Liaise with customers to inform them of the balances once statements have been distributed, to ensure interim payment is made or to assist with application/documents for increases in credit limits.
• Report on all transactions on 60 days plus to the Credit Supervisor.
• Process 'stop supply' instructions on ERP where customer non-payment has occurred.

Teamwork and Self-Management

• Take ownership and accountability for tasks and activities.
• Follow through to ensure that quality and productivity standards of work are consistently maintained.
• Support and drive the business core values.
• Champion training and development of self and others.
• Participate in, and drive regular performance appraisals.

Education and Qualification

• Relevant Finance Diploma or Degree

Skills

• Credit management and analysis
• Verbal and written communication
• Logical thinking
• Problem solving

Attributes

• Initiative and assertive
• Proactive
• Attention to detail
• Results/Goal oriented

Experience and Training

• At least 3 years' experience in a credit and logistics environment.Experience working with Shoprite Account will be advantageous

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Why the Role Exists

• The after-sales service function does not scale past the owner, and it is now costing money in three visible ways:
• Warranty claims are not being recovered. Parts are being replaced and either billed to clients who dispute it, or absorbed — without claims being lodged against the manufacturer.
• Commissioning and asset records are incomplete, so warranty entitlement can't be established quickly when a client queries an invoice.
• Faults are being treated symptomatically. Components get replaced without a documented root cause, so the same failure recurs and the warranty position can't be defended.
• We need someone to own the service function end-to-end and turn it from reactive callouts into a managed, profitable department.

What They Will Own

• Job planning and scheduling — technician diaries, callout prioritisation, response-time commitments, minimising weekend and after-hours premium work.
• Spares and stock control — critical spares holding for the brands we carry, van stock, reorder levels, lead-time management on imported parts.
• Warranty administration — commissioning register, entitlement checks, claim lodgement and recovery against manufacturers, and the technical write-up that supports a claim or defends a rejection.
• Fault management — root-cause discipline on every significant failure: diagnostic sequence, photographic evidence, findings recorded on the job card.
• Technician supervision — allocation, quality of workmanship, training plans, safety and compliance, and developing the team as it grows.
• Client-facing technical authority — explaining a finding to a chef or a facilities manager and holding the line on a charge when the finding supports it.

Requirements

• Trade-tested / red seal in electrical, refrigeration, or millwright.
• 5+ years on commercial catering, laundry, or refrigeration equipment in a service capacity.
• Confident on 3-phase 400V control circuits.
• Experience with administering manufacturer warranty claims.
• Stock or spares control experience, ideally with imported parts.
• Valid driver's license, clean record, comfortable on client sites.
• Legible, disciplined written reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to European premium brands.
• Previous experience supervising technicians.
• Gas competence.
• Experience with a service management or ERP system.

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Job Purpose

• To safely operate and maintain power tools and equipment used in construction, industrial, maintenance, and engineering projects. The Power Tools Operator is responsible for completing assigned tasks efficiently while complying with all health, safety, and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities
Operate a variety of power tools safely and efficiently, including:

• Angle grinders
• Hammer drills
• Rotary drills
• Impact drills
• Circular saws
• Reciprocating saws
• Jigsaws
• Cut-off saws
• Demolition breakers
• Heat guns
• Electric and cordless screwdrivers
• Sanders and polishers
• Inspect tools before use and report defects immediately.
• Perform basic maintenance and cleaning of equipment.
• Measure, cut, grind, drill, and prepare materials according to specifications.
• Assist with fabrication, installation, maintenance, and repair work.
• Ensure work is completed according to quality standards and project requirements.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Follow supervisor instructions and complete work within agreed timeframes.
• Comply with Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations and company procedures.
• Wear the required PPE at all times.
• Report hazards, incidents, and unsafe conditions immediately.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12.
• Minimum 2 years' experience operating power tools in construction, engineering, manufacturing, or industrial environments.
• Knowledge of safe operating procedures for hand-held power tools.
• Medically fit for physical work.
• Able to work overtime and shifts when required.
• Valid driver's licence will be advantageous.

Knowledge and Skills

• Competent in the safe use of electrical and battery-powered tools.
• Ability to read basic measurements and follow technical instructions.
• Good understanding of workplace health and safety.
• Ability to identify defective tools and equipment.

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Job Purpose:

• To provide general labour support on construction, maintenance, industrial, and project sites while safely performing duties at elevated work areas. The General Worker will assist skilled personnel, maintain housekeeping standards, and ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations, especially when working at heights.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with general site preparation and housekeeping.
• Load, unload, move, and store materials, tools, and equipment.
• Assist artisans, technicians, and supervisors with daily tasks.
• Work safely at heights using approved fall protection equipment.
• Inspect and maintain basic tools and equipment before use.
• Assist with erecting, dismantling, and moving equipment.
• Clean work areas and dispose of waste according to site procedures.
• Follow supervisor instructions efficiently.
• Adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policies.
• Report hazards, unsafe conditions, and damaged equipment immediately.
• Attend toolbox talks and safety meetings.
• Wear and maintain required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12.
• Updated CV with supporting documents 
• Valid Working at Heights Certificate (mandatory).
• Previous experience in construction, manufacturing and maintenance environments advantageous.
• Medically fit to work at heights.
• Good physical fitness and ability for manual labour.
• Able to work overtime, weekends, and shifts when required.
• Reliable transport to and from work advantageous.
• No fear of heights.
   

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Purpose of the job:

• To support the production plants by providing effective maintenance on vehicles and mobile equipment while adhering to procedures/codes and utilising all available support resources to continuously increase stability and availability of equipment by minimizing downtime, improve equipment reliability and support business targets.

Key performance outputs:

• Adhere to all safety regulations and work standards.
• Carry out planned maintenance activities to Diesel equipment and vehicles.
• Conduct basic risk assessments on task to be performed.
• Conduct fault-finding and identify equipment failure modes by applying basic asset management principles.
• Basic understanding of reliability engineering principles (MTBF, basic failure trending, understand the
• link between failures and maintenance strategies).
• Be able to accurately scope parts and services required to conduct equipment / vehicle maintenance as per end user’s request.
• Be able to communicate and influence decisions and actions of stakeholders on other departments.
• Be able to prioritize, track work and follow through on tasks (including administrative) to support turn around times on maintenance activities.
• Maintain required housekeeping standards at area of work and in workshop.
• Conduct Safety Management inspections
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Prepared to do physical and uncomfortable work as stipulated in the job description.
• Willingness to coach and transfer knowledge from own known environment and experience.
• Be willing to perform standby duties and work overtime when required (in accordance with legislation)
• Be willing and capable to act in supervisory position and fulfil supervisory responsibilities as and when required.
• Be able to manage self, work individually but also as part of a team.
• Must be a self-driven individual.

Job Requirements:
Education:

• NQF 4 trade test
• Section 28 trade tested artisan (Diesel Artisan)
• Drivers licence – code EC (Valid PDP will be advantageous)

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a qualified artisan maintaining diesel and petrol vehicles
• Previous experience on Truck tractors and trailing equipment (Mercedes Benz / MAN/ air brake systems)
• Previous experience on Earth Moving equipment (Bell / JCB front end loaders).
• Previous experience on hydraulic systems and operation.
• Previous experience on diesel driven locomotives (wish).
• Previous experience on forklifts (wish).
• Previous experience on tractors (wish).
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Knowledge on Sasol’s Work Management System (wish)

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to work independently without the need for direct supervision
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-discipline team.
• Able to work in dirty environments.
• Good communication skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to co-ordinate, plan and prioritize work.
• Be able to optimise on performance output under high work loads

Personal Attributes:

• Team orientated
• Pro-active
• Self-disciplined
• Analytical thinker
• Systematic
• Goal orientated