BMW Vacancies

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Adv. Assoc., Machine Operator

What awaits you?

• Identifies production and quality problems.
• Evaluates and realizes measures to improve production and quality with his superior according to specifications and considering volume and cost implications.
• Member of quality projects and quality related task teams as required from all internal departments and levels (including superior).
• Assist management in achieving the Environmental (ISO 14001) targets and conform to all local legislative.
• To ensure that all work is performed competently and in accordance with BMW specifications, the OHS Act no 85 of 1993 and OHSAS 18001, ISO 45001and ISO 14001. 
• To ensure that all equipment and work areas are always safe to prevent accidents or injury to personnel. Ensure that equipment is maintained in accordance with safety regulations.
• Support the team in achieving the Production volume, by quick response to breakdowns.

What should you bring along?

• N3 + Trade Test Millwright
• Min 3 years related experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance, in an automated production Paint shop environment.
• Professional experience in the field of: Robotics (DURR and Kuka,) experience on PLC systems and AC frequency drives.

Note: Please apply exclusively online via our career portal. Applications via other channels (esp. e-mail) cannot be considered.

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Team Leader: Production

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.

Closing Date: 13 February 2026.

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Employee Centre Advisor

The job grade for this position is ELVI.

Query Management:

• Act as first point of contact for employees on HR Services related topics.
• Is responsible for the overall employee experience on the full range of HR Service Portfolio.
• Offers advice regarding individual HR processes/topics along the employee journey,  e.g. social security, tax, payroll, benefits, absences, working time management, certificates.
• Provide accurate and timely resolution to queries based on company policy and procedures.
• Track queries within the ticketing system.
• Forward employee complex inquiries with regards to Payroll, Benefits, Time Management or Global Assignments to Tier 2 specialists when in depth functional knowledge is required.
• Ensure all queries are resolved within the given SLA.

Requests:

• Complete HR related requests with focus on personal administration e.g creating certificates, sending payslips, references, maintaining employee personnel and job related data, archiving data/employee files.

Employee Data Changes:

• Use SAP workflows to process employee job related changes including loading new starters, leavers, promotions and working time changes.

Contract and Letter creation:

• Create new starter contracts, leaver letters, promotion letters and any other contractual documents for local employees and those on Expat Assignment.
• Ensuring documents are posted and emailed in accordance with SLA.

Payslips and Time Statements:

• Send payslip and time statements report to service provider for printing.
• Sort and organise delivery of hardcopy Payslips on a monthly basis ensuring the SLA is met.

Maintaining HR Portal:

• Ensure that all content on the HR Portal is regularly checked for accuracy.
• Update documents/content as required and upload to Portal.

Maintaining knowledge base:

• Update and maintain the knowledge base of employee queries to ensure all potential questions can be answered and that policy and contacts are up to date.

HR Reporting:

• Any ad-hoc reporting required by the business.

Document Management:

• Works with legal and leadership partner to identify any required changes to documents in CCM. Makes relevant changes in contract management tool.
• Ensure all documents are stored on ELIDA for all changes made to SAP HR.

General Administration:

• All general office admin duties including archiving, organisation, correspondence, agendas, minutes, post etc.
• Stationary Ordering – ensure there is always sufficient stock of headed paper, envelopes, Payslips, etc. 

Invoices:

• Timely and accurate processing of invoices, payments and cross charging to support effective budget management & reporting.

Promote better ways of working:

• Pro-actively look at ways to drive change within the team through simplification, standardisation and automation.

Ad-Hoc Tasks:

• Perform any additional ad-hoc tasks if and when required.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree with financial modules essential.
• SAP HR qualifications are advantageous.

Experience:

• A minimum of 1 to 2 years of practical experience in the field of payroll.

Additional skills and technical ability:

• Good analytical skills and ability to be organized in a problem-solving environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Precision oriented with good attention to detail.
• Good Excel skills.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Knowledge of HR SAP desirable.
• Knolwedge of BMW HR processes, policies, instruments and systems.
• Ability to work independently and able to adopt a proactive approach.
• Ability to work in in a high-pressure environment.

Closing Date: 12 February 2026.

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TX-R-352,TX-R-352 / Team Leader: Production

Purpose of the Job:

To plan, lead, organize and control all aspects and activities within sealer and wax to ensure the daily achievements of targets (Quality, Volume , Cost, Safety and Availability) and continuous improvement through the supervision of direct associates, coaching of process supporters and all line activities while improving all relevant standards.

Key Accountabilities:

• Safety- Adherence to OHSA, reporting near misses.
• Quality – QZS, QZF, RWM.
• Delivery- UPH Target.
• Cost- Managing consumables and scrap.

Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge:

• Minimum N4 Electrical / Mechanical qualification.
• Minimum 6 years in Paint Shop Production or Process role.
• Knowledge of company policies and guidelines.
• Risk management. SAP Systems. IMS Systems.

Competencies:

• Deciding and initiating action.
• Planning and organising. Leading and supervising.

Closing Date: 11 February 2026.

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