Job Description

Our Client is a well-established, management-owned engineering firm with almost 90 years of experience. As human-centred engineering consultants and advisors, they are trusted by their clients, business partners, communities, and other stakeholders across Africa.

Formal Qualification:

• B Eng or B Tech or BSc (Mechanical Engineering)
• Diploma - Design and Operations of Belt Conveyor or Belt Conveying of bulk solids
• Bulk Transfer Chute Design and Modelling Certification
• Professionally Registered as an Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa

Experience and Competency requirements:

• Professionally the successful candidate will have an Engineering Degree or relevant qualification, and relevant experience including experience of lump sum turn-key type projects, EPCM projects and studies in the mining and materials handling sector
• Delivering front end engineering study work
• Technical design and design management experience
• Mechanical design experience
• Relevant project management and/or engineering management and/or design experience in relation of large projects in a mining, industrial or energy environment.
• Experience in large multi-disciplinary projects.
• Experience in the management systems applicable to the management and reporting on large and/or EPCM and EPC projects
• Ability to lead projects, develop business and manage client relationships
• Excellent writing, presentation and communication skills

Duties and responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively within company to achieve goals
• Client facing role
• Prepare proposals and make presentations
• Monthly reporting function across projects
• Ensure substantiation of designs
• Define, maintain and work to a project scope, design criteria and schedule
• Manage drawing liaison and provide general engineering support
• Manage and co-ordinate technical interfaces on projects
• Generation of Tender and Project documentation and costings
• Technical support during manufacturing, construction and quality assurance procedure
• Provide support during trouble shooting
• To know, understand, define, maintain and ensure work is executed to a project scope of work and general plant design criteria and specifications
• Apply knowledge of statutory requirements and experience of similar projects
• Ensure regular interaction between relevant parties and disciplines on a Project
• Be aware of, and work to, the project budget
• Site Involvement Support to the Construction and Commissioning phases as and when required

Computer Competency Requirements:

• MS Office Suite
• BMH design package (Sidewinder) and experience of conveyor dynamic analysis
• Flow simulation and 3D package experience will be advantageous

Languages (Written & Spoken)

• English Written and spoken

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