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PE Automation (230)

Location: 

Johannesburg, ZA

Work Site:  Onsite
Duration:  Permanent / Unlimited
Date:  Sep 30, 2025

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.​ Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries. We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

Summary

Bühler Group in Johannesburg, South Africa is looking for a passionate and skilled professional to join our team as Project Engineer Automation. This position will be responsible to provide the required engineering services including all deliveries within the time schedule, with the required quality, while ensuring compliance with Bühler related directives and EHS standards.

Job Responsibilities

  • Execution of scope of work as part of projects related specialization
  • Actively participate in Project Reviews or Project Meetings if required
  • Support Project Manager to ensure a proper project execution according the Bühler Project Management process
  • Resolve questions or problems that occur during the design and manufacturing as well as during installation and commissioning with support of a Project Manager
  • Track schedules to ensure his parts of the projects are executed completely and on time.
  • Prioritise and manage work hours to support budgeted hours and scheduled due dates for projects
  • Capture return of experience and best practice, apply lessons learned
  • Take over the responsibility (Resolving and reporting) of customer support cases.
  • Provide proper support and handover to the CS manager for the further incident handling

Qualifications

  • Degree or Technical diploma in Automation engineering or related field
  • Understanding of manufacturing principles
  • Proof of sufficient technical skills
  • Business English on strong level; every further local language an advantage

At Bühler we are not only offering working opportunities and international exchange of like-minded professionals. We are more than just a global company. Our value proposition to transform the way companies feed and move the world, is driving positive change in the industries in which we operate globally. Become a part of a dynamic environment that combines your drive for innovation with a world ​of possibilities.​ Joining us means embracing a shared purpose of creating innovations for a better world while becoming part of a company that is dedicated to your success.

As a global organization, we embrace the diversity of our global workforce. At Bühler, you will collaborate with professionals from around the world, each bringing in a unique perspective to the table. It is a business priority for us to harness the diversity of our global workforce and include them in their uniqueness to create a culture of belonging guided by our TOP values – Trust, Ownership and Passion. Embark on a journey that combines the excitement of global collaboration with the reassurance of a welcoming workplace.

Let’s create impact together! 

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