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Careers at SABS

We offer diverse career paths from auditing to sales, product development to finance, and from IT to marketing. It’s often said that staff are a company’s most important asset, but at SABS this isn’t just mantra; we look only for the best and most talented individuals who can achieve at the highest level in order for the business to be successful and to grow.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – FIXED TERM CONTRACT – FIVE (5) YEARS

SABS seeks to employ an experienced CEO for a fixed-term contract of 5 years, to provide overall leadership of the SABS with the view to achieving its strategic objectives and ensuring effective governance, strengthening organisational performance and delivering high-quality standards services, driving growth and operational excellence, Innovation, and stakeholder confidence within the regulatory and statutory obligations.

The South African Bureau of Standards published the post of Chief Executive Officer with the incorrect closing date of the 27th of February 2026 in the Sunday Times and Business Day. To view the ERRATUM advert here to see the newspaper article published, please submit your application to applications@mindworx.co.za or visit current jobs at https://www.mindworx.co.za/ Closing date: 09 March 2026

Our Values

We’ve come a long way since being founded in 1945. Today we’re a global business services organization, respected world over for the development of standards; Auditing of management systems; testing and certification of products and services; providing software solutions and the delivery of Academy courses.

Our Culture

Learning Organisation

Leading Organisation

High Performance Organisation

SABS is a leading organisation dedicated to the development, promotion, and maintenance of national standards to ensure quality, safety and compliance across various industries. Through rigorous testing, certification and research, SABS supports business and consumers by upholding excellence in products and services

Our People

Excellence is our culture and diversity, our true driving force. SABS boasts a diverse workforce and remains committed to the representation and reasonable accommodation of persons with disabilities. We also believe that a healthy employee is a happy employee. Our Employee Wellbeing programmes are supported by relationships with service providers, both internally and externally. These services include mental health, financial health, healthy lifestyle support, and so much more.

We want employees who:

Can deliver and strive for superior performance, and who can achieve challenging objectives
Are proactive with people and can lead by example
Can demonstrate passion for the business and can inspire others
Have integrity, ensuring that business is conducted in an ethical manner
Have commercial focus, understanding customers’ needs and adding value.

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Career at SABS

Bursary Opportunities

Youth Development Opportunities