How many employees work at Southern Steel?
Southern Steel Bhd. has 914 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is -11.4%.
Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: December 2025
About Southern Steel
Founded in 1963, Southern Steel Group has grown from a small galvanised iron sheet plant to a major steel manufacturing group. Today Southern Steel Group is an established producer of a wide range of high quality steel products including billets; steel bars; carbon steel wire rods, steel pipes, drawn wires, tire bead wires, wire mesh, wire ropes, galvanised wires and strands, PC wires (pre-stressed concrete) and PC strands. It is the biggest producer of wire products including wire mesh in Southeast Asia. Southern Steel Group strongly believes in being innovative, technology driven and environmentally friendly. Through this vision, the company became the first in South East Asia to produce high quality easy drawing wire rods, one of the first in the World to install the DC Arc furnace, and the inline galvanising technology for producing painted and galvanized pipes. In addition to Southern Steel Group drive for technological advancement, the Group place great emphasis on consistency in supply of quality products to its business partners. It has obtained various international certified quality and environmental management systems, such as ISO9001, ISO14001, etc. It also provides value and services to customers through a network of processing plants and warehouses throughout Malaysia. Its strong shareholder line-up include Hong Leong Manufacturing Group Sdn Bhd and Signaland Sdn Bhd which are members of Hong Leong Group Malaysia, and the Group’s founding families based in Penang. Hong Leong Group Malaysia is among top ten diversified conglomerates in Malaysia. The founding families of the Group have businesses spanning from rubber products manufacturing, branded retailing, financial services to property development. Our strong growth is directly attributed to our people. We're looking for talented people and high achievers committed to excellence to grow with us. For a confidential discussion on your career, do reach out to us via recruitment@southsteel.com
As of December 2025
Southern Steel
workforce metrics
Headcount
914
Avg. Salary
$12.9k
Tenure
5.2yr
Growth Rate
-11.4%
Hiring Rate
Attrition Rate
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Employee Headcount
Interactive chart of Southern Steel annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.
- Southern Steel total number of employees in 2025 was 865, a 11.4% decline from 2024.
- Southern Steel total number of employees in 2024 was 969, a 6.6% decline from 2023.
- Southern Steel total number of employees in 2023 was 1,036, a 6.3% increase from 2022.
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Employee Geographic Breakdown
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Active Job Postings
Interactive chart of Southern Steel annual active job postings from 2023 to 2025.
- Southern Steel active job postings in 2025 was 0, a 0% no change from 2024.
- Southern Steel active job postings in 2024 was 0, a 0% no change from 2023.
- Southern Steel active job postings in 2023 was 0, a 200.0% decline from 2022.
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Employee Sentiment
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