Job Description

Basic Requirements:

• Formal Tertiary education: Grade 12

Engineering Degree / Information Technology Degree * Languages:

• English Read, write and speak (required)
• Afrikaans Read, write and speak (optional)
• German Speak (advantageous)
• Drivers Licence: Code 8 (required)

Minimum of 3 years experience in:

• Understanding of software engineering best practices
• Communicating with users, software development engineering teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features and technical designs
• Ability to identify gaps in solutions, debate technical approaches, see various perspectives
• Balancing and communicating product vs technology tradeoffs
• Can devise and apply various approaches to the execution of complex initiatives
• Experience identifying and mitigating technical, system, and execution risks
• Can balance strategic and tactical efforts to make tough calls and broadly communicate the decision framework
• Detail-oriented, can identify whats missing in planning and execution of software development, test, and launch
• Can compose technical specifications and/or wireframes to propose ideas and solutions
• As comfortable speaking technically as speaking non-technically and able to bridge between the two
• Related control systems or Manufacturing Execution Systems, in the engineering and automation field (Advantageous)
• Project Management experience in Industrial Sector (Advantageous)

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Applying strong technical, organizational and communication skills to devise sound technical approaches to abstract goals
• Provide prompt response to technical issues in a professional manner
• Identify the top cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of a product
• Leads the strategy, planning, delivery and in-life optimization of a product
• Drive the definition and alignment on a list of top engineering priorities (quarterly) that is shared with senior leadership to integrate with product priorities
• Finding solutions to client briefs and mapping out development processes
• Answer incoming questions about the product and its capabilities
• Working alongside broader engineering teams to develop new global products
• Understand and analyse data pipelines, algorithms, and automated systems.
• Contribute to the product systems vision and strategy towards a north start architecture that reduces impediments to product innovation
• Leverage on Premise and Cloud environment and service-oriented architecture principles to define and own Solution Architecture (applications and data technologies)
• Identify the next gen cloud architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of a product
• Define and manage milestones for priority projects to meet cross-department objectives
• Facilitate tracking and communication on the progress of the programs & projects with a focus on unblocking work, converging timelines and enabling accountability
• Surface and resolve conflicts in ownership or prioritization across teams and technologies
• Assess and address technical risks
• Ability to work well with internal teams, including developers, engineers, architects, quality assurance, and operations. Ensure requirements are fully understood and that implementation plans match expectations
• Development and execution of customer success strategies to identify customer needs, providing excellent support and measuring customer satisfaction
• Engage with customers through various channels to understand their needs, gather feedback and provide solutions that will lead to customer retention
• Relay feedback to the development and installation teams to ensure improvement of customer interactions and deliverables.

Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998

Jendamark Automation reserves the right not to make an appointment. Applications will not qualify the applicant to an interview or appointment, as only short listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. Please kindly consider your application unsuccessful if not contacted two weeks after submission/closing date.

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