Minimum National Diploma or Degree in the field of Engineering
Fluency in English
Working knowledge of German
Experience in an automotive engineering environment
Exposure to and utilisation of project management systems
Experience in the company's group development environment
Competency in Office Software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
Ability to plan and execute projects
Ability to visualise, anticipate and predict the course of activities within the project
Ability to monitor, follow up on the project progress, identify major project issues and to escalate these in project management forums
Ability to lead and motivate engineering teams under pressure
Ability to represent product engineering confidently at forums, locally at the director level and internationally
Ability to operate and negotiate across cultural lines
Ability to do presentations to multinational groups
Complex problem-solving abilities
Good interpersonal skills (negotiation and communication)
RESPONSIBILITIES
Represent vehicle engineering during divisional activities, by participating in projects, discussions, and presentations to define/ negotiate/ agree on engineering requirements and/ or support/ advise engineering matters to ensure compliance with country requirements
Monitor the SSA vehicle development project budget by evaluating the project development costs for testing activities and manpower capacity
Assist SSA TPL in defining the engineering and development scope, technical requirements and changes of components.
Assist in ensuring test fleet monitoring data is correctly captured in the market, and participate in various development investigations
Initiate country needs and requirements for all priority identified countries in the African region to cluster the testing requirements for each market
Contribute to the competitor analysis database for all identified countries in Africa
Analyse and report the monitoring trends and research the market trends in relation to fuels, environment, products, legislation changes, etc.