Placement Services Recruitment has spent over a decade matching scarce skills with the companies that need them — across a wide range of industries, in South Africa and internationally. Fewer, better-fit placements, every time.
To connect exceptional talent with outstanding opportunities through professional recruitment solutions, trusted partnerships, and a commitment to service excellence.
To be the recruitment partner of choice, recognised for delivering quality talent, building lasting relationships, and helping businesses grow through exceptional people.
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd is a specialist recruitment agency based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, providing tailored staffing solutions to businesses across South Africa and internationally.
We partner with organisations of all sizes to source exceptional talent for permanent, contract, executive, and remote positions across a wide range of industries. Our recruitment process is built on understanding each client's unique business needs, company culture, and long-term hiring goals, enabling us to deliver candidates who are both technically qualified and the right cultural fit.
With a commitment to integrity, professionalism, and personalised service, we build lasting relationships with both clients and candidates. From sourcing and screening to interview coordination, offer management, and onboarding support, we are dedicated to making every placement a long-term success.
From your first call to a placed hire, here's exactly how we operate.
We learn your role, culture, and what the right person actually looks like for your team.
We map your industry and competitors to identify exactly who we should be approaching.
We approach passive candidates who match your brief, people not actively job searching.
You receive a shortlist of qualified, interested candidates. No noise. No wasted interviews.
You interview, select, and hire. We stay close through offer and onboarding to keep things moving.
If the hire doesn't work out within the guarantee period, we replace them at no additional cost.
Let our experienced recruitment consultants help you find the right person — quickly, professionally, and efficiently. Contact us today to discuss your hiring requirements.
Prefer email? vacancy@placementservices.co.za · +27 61 023 6946
We don't simply fill vacancies — we build lasting partnerships by delivering candidates who have the skills, experience, and cultural fit to make a meaningful impact on your business. Placement Services Recruitment is dedicated to helping businesses attract, hire, and retain the talent they need to succeed.
Chief Talent Officer
A snapshot of roles we're actively recruiting for. New vacancies are added regularly — get in touch to submit your CV even if you don't see a perfect match below.
Oversee multiple stores across the Western Cape for a leading fashion retail brand, driving sales, profitability, operational excellence, and high-performing teams.
A leading fashion retail brand is seeking an experienced and commercially driven Area Manager to oversee multiple stores across the Western Cape. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving sales and profitability, ensuring operational excellence, managing store performance, developing high-performing teams, controlling costs, and maintaining strong retail standards across all stores.
Location: Western Cape
Industry: Fashion / Clothing Retail
Employment Type: Permanent
Please forward your updated CV/resume in MS Word format with your application.
Please note: If no correspondence is received within 6 weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Lead culinary operations at a prestigious five-star luxury hotel, providing strategic and hands-on leadership across restaurant operations, private dining, breakfast and banqueting.
A prestigious five-star luxury hotel is seeking an experienced, creative and commercially driven Executive Chef to lead its culinary operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall culinary direction, operational performance and profitability of the hotel's kitchen operations.
The ideal candidate will provide strategic and hands-on leadership across restaurant operations, private dining, special dining experiences, breakfast and banqueting, ensuring consistently high standards of food quality, presentation, creativity and guest satisfaction.
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership within a five-star hospitality environment, a genuine passion for culinary excellence, exceptional guest service and a strong commitment to people development.
Strong commercial judgement, communication, organisational skills, creativity and attention to detail are essential. The candidate must be comfortable leading a diverse culinary team within a fast-paced, high-volume operation and have the ability to balance culinary creativity with sound financial and operational management.
Industry: Luxury Hospitality / Hotels
Position: Executive Chef
Employment Type: Permanent
Please forward your updated CV/resume in MS Word format with your application.
Please note: If no correspondence is received within 6 weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of a restaurant at a prestigious 4/5-star luxury hotel, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, operational standards and a high-performing service team.
A prestigious 4/5-star luxury hotel is seeking an experienced and service-driven Restaurant Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the restaurant. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring exceptional guest experiences, maintaining operational standards, managing costs and developing a high-performing service team.
The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the hotel's image and reputation while ensuring exceptional guest service, efficient restaurant operations, cost control and strong team performance.
Industry: Luxury Hospitality / Hotels
Position: Restaurant Manager
Employment Type: Permanent
Please forward your updated CV/resume in MS Word format with your application.
Please note: If no correspondence is received within 6 weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Be the first point of contact for guests at a prestigious Sandton luxury hotel, delivering a warm welcome and exceptional service in line with the hotel's high standards.
A prestigious luxury hotel in Sandton is seeking a professional, polished, and service-oriented Receptionist to join its team. The successful candidate will be the first point of contact for guests, delivering a warm welcome and exceptional service in line with the hotel's high standards.
The ideal candidate is well-presented, detail-oriented, and passionate about hospitality. They must demonstrate a guest-first mindset, excellent telephone etiquette, and the ability to deliver a refined service experience consistent with a luxury hotel's standards.
If you meet the above requirements and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please submit your updated CV in MS Word format.
Please note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Support the Front Office Manager at a prestigious Sandton luxury hotel, ensuring seamless front-office service, exceptional guest experiences and consistent luxury hospitality standards.
Experience: 2–3 years
A prestigious luxury hotel in Sandton is seeking a professional, guest-focused and hands-on Assistant Front Office Manager to support the Front Office Manager in overseeing daily hotel operations.
The successful candidate will help ensure seamless front-office service delivery, exceptional guest experiences and consistent adherence to luxury hospitality standards. This role is suited to an experienced hospitality professional with strong leadership potential and a passion for service excellence.
The ideal candidate will be:
If you have the relevant hotel experience and are ready to take the next step in your hospitality career, please submit your updated CV in MS Word format for consideration.
Location: Sandton, Johannesburg
Please note: If you have not received feedback within six weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Placement Services Recruitment also places candidates internationally. Here's what's currently open beyond South Africa.
Drive business growth within the flexible packaging industry, developing new business and managing customer relationships across food & beverage, CPG, cannabis, pet food, coffee, tea and related manufacturing sectors.
Our client is seeking an experienced Sales Executive to drive business growth within the flexible packaging industry. This role focuses on developing new business, managing customer relationships, and delivering profitable sales growth across manufacturing sectors including food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, cannabis, pet food, coffee, tea, and related industries.
This is an excellent opportunity for a driven sales professional to make an immediate impact, build long-term customer relationships, and grow within a company that values performance, accountability, and innovation.
Closing Date: 31 August 2026
Support installation, commissioning, maintenance, and repair of advanced automated manufacturing equipment across North America for a leading industrial equipment manufacturer.
Join a leading industrial equipment manufacturer as a Field Service Engineer, supporting the installation, commissioning, maintenance, and repair of advanced automated manufacturing equipment across North America. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys travel, problem-solving, and working directly with customers in the field.
If you are a technically minded professional with a passion for industrial automation and field service engineering, we'd love to hear from you.
Closing Date: 15 August 2026
Hiring internationally? Send us the job spec and let our team help you find the right person.
Send Us Your Job SpecA strong CV is accurate, current and easy to scan. Keep these basics in mind before you apply:
Whether you're hiring or looking for your next role, tell us what you need — a specialist consultant will take it from there.
We handle every candidate's and client's personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013. Read our full POPIA Policy →
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd
By accessing and using the Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted this Privacy Disclaimer and consent to the processing of your personal information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA).
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of all personal information entrusted to us. We take all reasonable technical and organisational measures to safeguard personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
For the purposes of this disclaimer, "personal information" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000 (PAIA).
Personal information may include, but is not limited to:
By registering with Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd or submitting your CV, you authorise us, where applicable, to:
Any background screening will only be conducted where appropriate, lawful, and with your consent where required.
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd processes employee and contractor information for legitimate business purposes, including:
Personal information is processed in accordance with applicable legislation, including but not limited to:
We may collect personal information from:
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd securely stores personal information using appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards.
Personal information will only be retained:
Once personal information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted, destroyed, or permanently anonymised in accordance with our records management procedures.
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd treats all personal information as confidential. Personal information may only be disclosed where the candidate has provided consent, disclosure is necessary to facilitate recruitment services, disclosure is required by law, or disclosure is necessary to protect legitimate business interests.
Information may be shared with:
We do not sell or distribute personal information to unrelated third parties.
In accordance with POPIA, you have the right to:
While every reasonable effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information published on this website, Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd makes no warranties regarding its completeness or accuracy and accepts no liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from the use of this website or any linked third-party websites. Users access and use this website entirely at their own risk.
This Privacy Disclaimer shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Any dispute arising from the use of this website or our recruitment services shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the South African courts.
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal information or wish to exercise your rights under POPIA, please contact Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd at vacancy@placementservices.co.za or +27 61 023 6946.
Senior Graphic Designer
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Placement Services Recruitment has spent over a decade matching scarce skills with the companies that need them — across a wide range of industries, in South Africa and internationally. Fewer, better-fit placements, every time.
To connect exceptional talent with outstanding opportunities through professional recruitment solutions, trusted partnerships, and a commitment to service excellence.
To be the recruitment partner of choice, recognised for delivering quality talent, building lasting relationships, and helping businesses grow through exceptional people.
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd is a specialist recruitment agency based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, providing tailored staffing solutions to businesses across South Africa and internationally.
We partner with organisations of all sizes to source exceptional talent for permanent, contract, executive, and remote positions across a wide range of industries. Our recruitment process is built on understanding each client's unique business needs, company culture, and long-term hiring goals, enabling us to deliver candidates who are both technically qualified and the right cultural fit.
With a commitment to integrity, professionalism, and personalised service, we build lasting relationships with both clients and candidates. From sourcing and screening to interview coordination, offer management, and onboarding support, we are dedicated to making every placement a long-term success.
From your first call to a placed hire, here's exactly how we operate.
We learn your role, culture, and what the right person actually looks like for your team.
We map your industry and competitors to identify exactly who we should be approaching.
We approach passive candidates who match your brief, people not actively job searching.
You receive a shortlist of qualified, interested candidates. No noise. No wasted interviews.
You interview, select, and hire. We stay close through offer and onboarding to keep things moving.
If the hire doesn't work out within the guarantee period, we replace them at no additional cost.
Let our experienced recruitment consultants help you find the right person — quickly, professionally, and efficiently. Contact us today to discuss your hiring requirements.
Prefer email? vacancy@placementservices.co.za · +27 61 023 6946
We don't simply fill vacancies — we build lasting partnerships by delivering candidates who have the skills, experience, and cultural fit to make a meaningful impact on your business. Placement Services Recruitment is dedicated to helping businesses attract, hire, and retain the talent they need to succeed.
Chief Talent Officer
A snapshot of roles we're actively recruiting for. New vacancies are added regularly — get in touch to submit your CV even if you don't see a perfect match below.
Oversee multiple stores across the Western Cape for a leading fashion retail brand, driving sales, profitability, operational excellence, and high-performing teams.
A leading fashion retail brand is seeking an experienced and commercially driven Area Manager to oversee multiple stores across the Western Cape. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving sales and profitability, ensuring operational excellence, managing store performance, developing high-performing teams, controlling costs, and maintaining strong retail standards across all stores.
Location: Western Cape
Industry: Fashion / Clothing Retail
Employment Type: Permanent
Please forward your updated CV/resume in MS Word format with your application.
Please note: If no correspondence is received within 6 weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Lead culinary operations at a prestigious five-star luxury hotel, providing strategic and hands-on leadership across restaurant operations, private dining, breakfast and banqueting.
A prestigious five-star luxury hotel is seeking an experienced, creative and commercially driven Executive Chef to lead its culinary operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall culinary direction, operational performance and profitability of the hotel's kitchen operations.
The ideal candidate will provide strategic and hands-on leadership across restaurant operations, private dining, special dining experiences, breakfast and banqueting, ensuring consistently high standards of food quality, presentation, creativity and guest satisfaction.
The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership within a five-star hospitality environment, a genuine passion for culinary excellence, exceptional guest service and a strong commitment to people development.
Strong commercial judgement, communication, organisational skills, creativity and attention to detail are essential. The candidate must be comfortable leading a diverse culinary team within a fast-paced, high-volume operation and have the ability to balance culinary creativity with sound financial and operational management.
Industry: Luxury Hospitality / Hotels
Position: Executive Chef
Employment Type: Permanent
Please forward your updated CV/resume in MS Word format with your application.
Please note: If no correspondence is received within 6 weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Oversee the day-to-day operations of a restaurant at a prestigious 4/5-star luxury hotel, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, operational standards and a high-performing service team.
A prestigious 4/5-star luxury hotel is seeking an experienced and service-driven Restaurant Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the restaurant. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring exceptional guest experiences, maintaining operational standards, managing costs and developing a high-performing service team.
The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the hotel's image and reputation while ensuring exceptional guest service, efficient restaurant operations, cost control and strong team performance.
Industry: Luxury Hospitality / Hotels
Position: Restaurant Manager
Employment Type: Permanent
Please forward your updated CV/resume in MS Word format with your application.
Please note: If no correspondence is received within 6 weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Be the first point of contact for guests at a prestigious Sandton luxury hotel, delivering a warm welcome and exceptional service in line with the hotel's high standards.
A prestigious luxury hotel in Sandton is seeking a professional, polished, and service-oriented Receptionist to join its team. The successful candidate will be the first point of contact for guests, delivering a warm welcome and exceptional service in line with the hotel's high standards.
The ideal candidate is well-presented, detail-oriented, and passionate about hospitality. They must demonstrate a guest-first mindset, excellent telephone etiquette, and the ability to deliver a refined service experience consistent with a luxury hotel's standards.
If you meet the above requirements and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please submit your updated CV in MS Word format.
Please note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Support the Front Office Manager at a prestigious Sandton luxury hotel, ensuring seamless front-office service, exceptional guest experiences and consistent luxury hospitality standards.
Experience: 2–3 years
A prestigious luxury hotel in Sandton is seeking a professional, guest-focused and hands-on Assistant Front Office Manager to support the Front Office Manager in overseeing daily hotel operations.
The successful candidate will help ensure seamless front-office service delivery, exceptional guest experiences and consistent adherence to luxury hospitality standards. This role is suited to an experienced hospitality professional with strong leadership potential and a passion for service excellence.
The ideal candidate will be:
If you have the relevant hotel experience and are ready to take the next step in your hospitality career, please submit your updated CV in MS Word format for consideration.
Location: Sandton, Johannesburg
Please note: If you have not received feedback within six weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Placement Services Recruitment also places candidates internationally. Here's what's currently open beyond South Africa.
Drive business growth within the flexible packaging industry, developing new business and managing customer relationships across food & beverage, CPG, cannabis, pet food, coffee, tea and related manufacturing sectors.
Our client is seeking an experienced Sales Executive to drive business growth within the flexible packaging industry. This role focuses on developing new business, managing customer relationships, and delivering profitable sales growth across manufacturing sectors including food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, cannabis, pet food, coffee, tea, and related industries.
This is an excellent opportunity for a driven sales professional to make an immediate impact, build long-term customer relationships, and grow within a company that values performance, accountability, and innovation.
Closing Date: 31 August 2026
Support installation, commissioning, maintenance, and repair of advanced automated manufacturing equipment across North America for a leading industrial equipment manufacturer.
Join a leading industrial equipment manufacturer as a Field Service Engineer, supporting the installation, commissioning, maintenance, and repair of advanced automated manufacturing equipment across North America. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on engineer who enjoys travel, problem-solving, and working directly with customers in the field.
If you are a technically minded professional with a passion for industrial automation and field service engineering, we'd love to hear from you.
Closing Date: 15 August 2026
Hiring internationally? Send us the job spec and let our team help you find the right person.
Send Us Your Job SpecA strong CV is accurate, current and easy to scan. Keep these basics in mind before you apply:
Whether you're hiring or looking for your next role, tell us what you need — a specialist consultant will take it from there.
We handle every candidate's and client's personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013. Read our full POPIA Policy →
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd
By accessing and using the Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted this Privacy Disclaimer and consent to the processing of your personal information in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA).
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of all personal information entrusted to us. We take all reasonable technical and organisational measures to safeguard personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
For the purposes of this disclaimer, "personal information" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2 of 2000 (PAIA).
Personal information may include, but is not limited to:
By registering with Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd or submitting your CV, you authorise us, where applicable, to:
Any background screening will only be conducted where appropriate, lawful, and with your consent where required.
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd processes employee and contractor information for legitimate business purposes, including:
Personal information is processed in accordance with applicable legislation, including but not limited to:
We may collect personal information from:
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd securely stores personal information using appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards.
Personal information will only be retained:
Once personal information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted, destroyed, or permanently anonymised in accordance with our records management procedures.
Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd treats all personal information as confidential. Personal information may only be disclosed where the candidate has provided consent, disclosure is necessary to facilitate recruitment services, disclosure is required by law, or disclosure is necessary to protect legitimate business interests.
Information may be shared with:
We do not sell or distribute personal information to unrelated third parties.
In accordance with POPIA, you have the right to:
While every reasonable effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information published on this website, Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd makes no warranties regarding its completeness or accuracy and accepts no liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from the use of this website or any linked third-party websites. Users access and use this website entirely at their own risk.
This Privacy Disclaimer shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Any dispute arising from the use of this website or our recruitment services shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the South African courts.
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal information or wish to exercise your rights under POPIA, please contact Placement Services Recruitment (Pty) Ltd at vacancy@placementservices.co.za or +27 61 023 6946.
Senior Graphic Designer
Fill in your details below and attach your CV. Your application goes straight to our recruitment team.
Vacancy Submission
Tell us a bit about the role and attach the job spec — our recruitment team will be in touch shortly.