Job Description

Duties/Pligte

The appointed engineer will be expected to

:Assist and support the Chair Holder in the running of the Chair. Solve railway engineering problems by executing relevant research and development projects, and thereby increase the rail body of knowledge in South Africa. Support students in site testing through interaction with the rail industry, evaluation of test safety, technical assistance with test equipment, engineering measurements and data analysis. Contribute to the rail academic fraternity by disseminating knowledge gained from the research by means of seminars and conferences. Publish high-quality research articles and reviews in international and local peer-reviewed academic journals, conferences and other appropriate forms of research output. Establish and build networks within the Faculty, University, locally and internationally. Promote railway engineering studies in the broader academic community, beyond the Faculty. Promote and conduct community projects in order to stimulate young learners to pursue careers in engineering. Based on qualification, supervise and assess final year projects, research theses and dissertations at undergraduate level. Support undergraduate and postgraduate students with their research projects and vacation work in the laboratory and on site. Assist with the development of Gibela personnel and capacitate them with railway engineering skills. Assist the Gibela bursary office by supporting bursary holders in terms of academic support and social adjustment.

Daar sal van die aangestelde ingenieur verwag word om:

Die leerstoelhouer by te staan en te ondersteun in die bestuur van die leerstoel. Spoorwegingenieursprobleme op te los deur tersaaklike navorsings- en ontwikkelingsprojekte uit te voer, en sodoende die spoorwegkennis in Suid-Afrika te verbreed. Ondersteun studente tydens maandelikse spoortoetse deur interaksie met die industrie, evaluasie van toetsveiligheid, tegniese ondersteuning met eksperimentele toerusting, meetwerk en

data-analise.By te dra tot die spoorweg-akademiese gemeenskap deur kennis wat uit die navorsing verkry word, te versprei deur middel van seminare en konferensies. Hoe gehalte navorsingsartikels en -resensies in internasionale en plaaslike eweknie-geevalueerde akademiese tydskrifte, konferensies en ander toepaslike vorme van navorsingsuitsette te

publiseer.Netwerke binne die Fakulteit, Universiteit, plaaslik en internasionaal te vestig en te bou. Spoorwegingenieurswese-studies in die breer akademiese gemeenskap, buite die Fakulteit, te bevorder. Gemeenskapsprojekte te bevorder en uit te voer om jong leerders te stimuleer om loopbane in ingenieurswese te volg. Gebaseer op kwalifikasie, toesighouding en assessering van voorgraadse finalejaarprojekte, navorsingstesisse en proefskrifte. Voorgraadse en nagraadse studente te ondersteun met hul navorsingsprojekte en vakansiewerk in die laboratorium en op die perseel. Te help met die ontwikkeling van Gibela-personeel en hulle toe te rus met spoorwegingenieursvaardighede. Die Gibela-beurskantoor te help deur beurshouers te ondersteun in terme van akademiese ondersteuning en sosiale aanpassing.



Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
An appropriate B.Eng in the fields of either electrical engineering or mechanical engineering. Registered as a professional engineer or compliance with the criteria for registration as professional engineer. Knowledge in engineering measurement and signal analysis which could include applicable techniques such as strain-, acceleration, displacement sensing, camera vision and LiDAR

measurements.'n Toepaslike B.Ing in die vakgebiede van elektriese ingenieurswese of meganiese ingenieurswese. Geregistreer as 'n professionele ingenieur, of voldoen aan die kriteria vir registrasie as professionele ingenieur. Kennis in ingenieursmetings en seinprosessering wat toepaslke tegnieke soos vervorming-, versnelling-, verplasingsensors, kameravisie en LiDAR kan insluit.



Recommendation/Aanbeveling
Experience in rail rolling stock and rail engineering. Proven experience in executing multidisciplinary projects. Willingness and ability to enrol for an appropriate, part-time technical postgraduate degree. Experience in field measurements and practical data analytics. Experience in structural finite element modelling / multibody dynamics.
Ervaring in spoorvervoer en spoorwegingenieurswese. Bewese ervaring in die uitvoer van multidissiplinere projekte. Bereidwilligheid en vermoe om in te skryf vir 'n toepaslike, deeltydse tegniese nagraadse graad. Die vermoe en belangstelling in veldmetings en praktiese data-analise. * Ervaring in strukturele eindige element modellering / multiliggaamdinamika.