Job Description

SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER
Market related salary
Epping, Cape Town

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Design Engineer B.Eng. / B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering qualification. We are looking for skills and experience in design applications of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics specifically.

The following skills are required:

• 5 years experience in process & instrumentation system design.
• 5 years experience in design applications of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics.
• 2 years experience in AutoCAD process & instrumentation (P&ID) drafting.
• 2 years experience is SolidWorks modelling and drafting.

Additional Skills Required:

• High level of aptitude and experience in the principles of Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics.
• High level of technical competency in the fundamentals of mechanical engineering design and analysis.
• Hands-on experience in assembly and operation of machinery.
• Hands-on experience in assembly and operation of marine and subsea equipment (will be an advantage)
• Must possess a demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic team environment, under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and be goal oriented.
• ISO13485 experience would be advantageous.
• Position may require international travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Design of life support equipment and systems (Gas, Fluid and hydraulic) in accordance with requirements of the relevant statutory guidelines and 3rd party codes & standards (IMCA, ABS, DNV, LR, etc.)
• Develop concept design to facilitate proposals and perform budget costings.
• Produce P&ID / schematic logic drawings and manufacturing drawings as required (Gas, Fluid and hydraulic).
• Produce SolidWorks designs, conceptual drawings and manufacturing drawings as required.
• Lead junior designers and draftsman in the design of life support systems and approve designs, design reports and drawings.
• Co-ordinate design inputs from junior engineers and draftsmen (drawings etc.)
• Manage sub-contracted designs and integrate design inputs from them.
• Review and approve drawings and documentation from junior engineers and draftsmen.
• Capture as-builds & redlines as per ECP process (designs, drawings, BOMS, IRs, FATs etc.).
• Component identification and selection throughout design process
• 3rd Party submission of design drawings and documents and resolve technical queries and/or comments throughout the design appraisal and production/manufacturing phases of the project.
• Review, Approve and Produce testing and validation documentation: FATs, HATs, SATs, Inspection Reports, ITPs (including necessary technical drawings/diagrams).
• Review, Approve and Produce O&M Manuals
• Onsite testing & faulting during installation & commissioning phases
• Liaise and work closely with Sales, Production, Project, HSE and QA/QC Management teams in execution of duties, local and interbranch.
• Support industrialization of BOMs, drawings & related documentation
• Software: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Mathcad, Pipe Flow Analysis, MS Office, MS D365 (ERP).
• Create Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA)

Perform calculations and compile design reports for:

• Life support systems design and analyses from first principles.
• Non-compressible and compressible flow applications from first principles and software analysis.
• Heat transfer applications from first principles and software analysis.
• Steady and transient states.

Read and interpret:

• 3rd party codes, standards, and associations such as IMCA, ABS, DNV, LR, IMO, ASME, EN, SABS, ISO etc.
• Local and international directives / standards / regulations / legislative requirement
• Technical drawings, specifications/data sheets, data books, procedures & policies, work standards, test documentation

Application process:

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