Foundry Engineer

Foundry Engineer page is loaded Foundry Engineerlocations: Johannesburgtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: SJR94956Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.# About the roleSulzer has been part of South Africa's industrial backbone for over 100 years, with its story in the region dating back to 1908, when the first Sulzer pump arrived in the country. Today, Sulzer South Africa operates modern service centres and provides advanced support for pumping solutions, rotating machinery, and industrial equipment across the continent, continuing a 100 year heritage of engineering excellence and customer focused innovation. Now, Sulzer looking for a Foundry Engineer who wants to work at the heart of this global supply chain. The Role You'll be the technical specialist working with our casting suppliers - particularly our long standing partners in South Africa, with occasional international travel.Reporting into Procurement, with a dotted line into Quality, you'll live where process, metallurgy, and supplier performance intersect. If you know castings, love solving real manufacturing problems, and enjoy working directly with foundries, this is where you'll shine. What You'll Be Doing Owning technical oversight of sand and investment casting suppliers. Visiting foundries in South Africa (and beyond) to assess, challenge, and improve casting performance. Driving quality improvements, defect investigations, and process optimisation. Conducting audits, capability reviews, and production readiness checks. Reviewing drawings, tooling, and casting feasibility early in the sourcing cycle. Collaborating cross functionally to strengthen supplier capability and reduce risk. What You Bring Real foundry experience, you understand casting from furnace to finish. Strong understanding of casting defects, metallurgy, and process controls. Confidence working with suppliers, challenging processes, and leading improvements. Curious, proactive mindset - someone who spots what others miss. Machining knowledge is desirable but not essential Willingness to travel internationally (mainly South Africa). Clear communicator with a quality driven approach.# What we offer you Become part of a global engineering heritage built on innovation and technical excellence. Play a vital role in shaping and developing a world-class casting supply chain. Work with diverse international partners and complex, high value industrial components. Opportunities to influence supplier capability and drive meaningful improvements. Competitive salary, strong benefits package, and clear career development pathways.Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.