Structural/Mechanical Engineer - Cape Town Verfied

Salary Negotiable Cape Town, Western Cape Cape Town, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 24-10-2014 4:04:10 PM
21-11-2014 4:04:10 PM

Minimum education:

  • B. Eng (Mech)

     

Minimum work experience:

  • 5 years in a structural/ mechanical engineering design, integration and commissioning role

     

Main responsibilities include but not limited to:

  • Understanding the scope of delivery and responsibility of the structural mechanical work group in the overall performance, safety and reliability requirements for the company.

  • Deriving requirements to meet these obligations.

  • Integration of requirements with other work groups.

  • Designing solutions which can be integrated to the system.

  • Sharing design solutions during preliminary and critical design reviews.

  • Ensuring the quality of data generated to manufacture/install/test design solutions.

  • Ensuring that manufactured goods are produced to requirements in consultation with company’s quality department.

  • Ensuring the logistics for on-site installation and testing activities in African Countries.

  • Overseeing the installation and testing to documented procedures.

  • Documenting the verification of the design solutions.

  • Maintaining the configuration status of the product under his/her control.

  • Continuously improving the product in service in case of failures.

  • Capturing lessons learnt associated with in service failures and associated modifications.

  • Informal mentoring and formal lecturing of applicable mechanical engineering topics.

     

Desirable additional skills:

  • Excellent problem solving and analytic skills

  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal

  • Strong leadership and management skills

  • Team player

  • Willingness to learn

  • Proven mentoring/lecturing skills

 

The ideal candidate will have the following competencies:

 

Ability

  • Sharing design solutions during preliminary and critical design reviews

  • Continuously improving the product in service in case of failures

  • Designing solutions which can be integrated to the system

  • Maintaining the configuration status of the product under his/her control

     

Experience

  • Understanding of electro-mechanical control systems would be an advantage

  • Failure analysis

  • Structural analysis techniques (hand calculations, finite element analysis)

  • Using CAD modelling software

  • Experience in managing subcontracted deliverables to specification and schedule

  • Experience in deployment in African Countries would be an advantage

     

Knowledge

  • Developing training topics material for classroom lectures

  • Thorough knowledge and understanding of the system engineering process

Ref: CT000585/DDT