Job Description

Company Description

PCI Africa, a leading Water and Wastewater Process Contractor, working primarily in the Municipal Sector across Sub Saharan Africa and beyond and who's head office is in Honeydew, Gauteng, are seeking suitably qualified applicants for the following position:

Role Description

The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for the design, specification, installation, and maintenance support of mechanical systems used in water and wastewater treatment, pumping stations, pipelines, and related infrastructure. The role ensures that mechanical solutions are technically sound, compliant with industry standards, and aligned with project, safety, and operational requirements.

Key focus areas include pumps, valves, rotating equipment, mechanical plant layouts, equipment selection, commissioning support, and collaboration with civil, electrical, and process engineering teams to deliver efficient and reliable water infrastructure solutions.

PCI is a Design and Build, Mechanical Electrical and Piping (MEP) Contractor executing medium-to-large projects in the Water Treatment and Wastewater Treatment industry. This role is suited to candidates with project design and development experience.

Professional registration as a Professional Engineer or Professional Engineering Technologist with ECSA is mandatory

. Candidates will be asked to present their PR Registration number upon application.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure that mechanical engineering deliverables meets all project contractual deliverables and supports the PCI Africa tendering team.

Ensure mechanical engineering outputs are delivered on time and within budget.

Take full responsibility for technical suitability and functionality of detailed mechanical designs, equipment sizing, selecting and specifying while also meeting necessary client specifications. Detailed design works apply to process and mechanical equipment for:

o Water Treatment Works

o Waste Water Treatment Works

o Advanced technologies such as micro- and ultra-filtration etc.

Ensure the team's mechanical engineering tools are being fully utilized in a way that ensures maximum efficiency from the tools.

Interface with process engineering and electrical engineering to ensure functional requirements are met.

Collaborate with external structural engineers where professional sign-off is required.

Ensure that organizational knowledge is maintained for the mechanical engineering discipline by focusing on the solutions-/contract-execution arena. Templates, design methods, calculations must be developed, maintained and improved as required.

Support the development of a high-performing mechanical engineering team, providing guidance, mentoring and support across various disciplines to encourage a collaborative working environment.

Support the work breakdown structure that meets accounting requirements and that ensures work is executed systematically.

Support project managers by understanding the details of the project quality plan.

Have financial awareness to design cost effectively and identify areas where costs maybe saved.

Identifying and mitigating potential technical risks to PCI Africa.

Attending client/employer/engineer/supplier interface meetings.

Ensure seamless support is given to the tendering team by specifying equipment, assisting with technical adjudications and doing high-level (conceptual or preliminary) technical designs for pricing purposes

Support the processes and procedures in place as to comply with ISO 9001:2015

Role Qualifications and Experience:

BSc or BTech Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

5 Years of relevant project experience preferably in the Water & Wastewater Sector and/or mining industry

Medium to large project experience preferred.

Project design and development experience (Conceptual design - PFD, basic design - P&ID, detailed design - fabrication GA's and piping GA's, construction, commissioning, and handover).

Development of equipment lists, line lists, valve lists.

System design - Pumps, compressors, blowers, feeder systems, chemical dosing systems.

Piping design and support of 3D model development.

Safety and quality reviews - model review, risk review, HAZOP experience.

Equipment selection - experience in technical bid evaluations ensuring compliance with legislation and client specifications.

M&P procurement experience - development of data sheets and procurement specifications (Scope of Supply).

Sufficient on-site technical support during construction and/or commissioning based experience.

In the process of registering as a Professional Engineer or Professional Engineering Technologist with the Engineering Council of South Africa.

Should you want to apply for this vacancy please send your updated CV with your name and the name of the vacancy in the subject line to

yakeen@pciafrica.com

by no later

than 28th January 2026.

Thank you for your interest in the position at PCI Africa. Please note that if you do not hear from us within 3 weeks of submitting your application, you may consider your application unsuccessful. We appreciate the time you have taken to apply and wish you all the best in your job search.

PCI Africa is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Applicants who currently do not have the right to work in RSA will not be considered.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: R800000,00 - R1250000,00 per year

Education:

Bachelors (Required)
Work Location: In person