Minimum requirements: Technical Lead 

• Grade 12 or equivalent.
• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Quality Management, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years’ experience in automotive assembly, process engineering, or line management.
• Heavy automotive industry experience (non-neg).
• SKD/CKD assembly line technical experience.
• Government Certificate of Competency (GCC – Factories) is advantageous.
• Demonstrable experience with lifting equipment, chassis jigs, and riveting machines is advantageous.
• Experience with OEM specifications.
• Assembly line technical experience.
• Efficiency improvement experience.

• Grade 12 or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and/or Operations Management, with a postgraduate qualification in Management or Lean Manufacturing considered highly advantageous.
• 7 + years’ experience in automotive manufacturing, including management experience.
• Heavy automotive industry experience (non-neg).
• Committee management experience.
• CKD operations experience.
• OEM standards experience.
• Lead plant operations experience.
• Operational management of a high-volume assembly or fabrication line.

• Grade 12 or equivalent.
• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Quality Management, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7 + years’ experience in the heavy commercial vehicle industry.
• ISO 9001 / IATF 16949 internal auditor certification (preferred).
• Code 14 (EC) driver’s licence.
• Familiarity with South African regulatory requirements, including NRCS and homologation.
• Automotive quality management experience, preferably within heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs).
• OEM regulations experience.
• Experience in quality management of SKD/CKD operations (preferred).