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Vacancy Details
Pioneering Possibilities Join This Team as a Project Engineer. Are you ready to step into a world where your engineering expertise transforms concepts into reality? Are you eager to lead, innovate, and drive projects that shape industries and push boundaries? If you’re seeking a dynamic role where your technical prowess meets your passion for problem-solving, we invite you to explore the exciting opportunity of becoming a Project Engineer with us
Job Description
- As the Mechanical Design engineer, you will form part of a multidisciplinary engineering team reporting to the R & D Manager. The incumbent will be a qualified engineer with experience in production design and project management of the R&D projects.
- As the design engineer you will work with the engineering team by drawing on their insight to evaluate and contribute your mechanical knowledge to conceptualize new R&D projects. You will also assist by coordinating and administering team members tasks for each project to deliver results timeously through effective project planning.
- The role is office bound, with minimum travel for work. Working hours are fixed, with two options available.
Responsibilities
- As the Design Engineer your responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:
- Compile functional design specifications for automotive refrigeration equipment in terms of capacity, performance, efficiency, and dimensions.
- Management of open and new R&D projects from design, planning (Gantt charts), testing and administration.
- Provide technical presentations to appointed boards, management groups & staff.
- Evaluate mechanical design inputs from the engineering team members and follow the best design route based on engineering best practice, experience, producibility and cost.
- Manage ordering parts and samples, and liaison with suppliers to manufacture according to specification and within time.
- Manage, drive, and supervise the building of prototypes based on new engineering designs.
- Handover of newly designed products to the production team once design, prototyping and testing is complete.
- Project management utilizing internal project tools.
Requirements
- B.Eng/B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)
- Full Product lifecycle management (concept, design, testing and product release).
- Minimum 5 years’ work experience with 3D parametric software and CAD design – Ideally in a product design or production environment.
- Sheet metal design (essential)
- 5 years’ experience in project management, especially planning and the administrative function is essential.
- Custodian of product Bills of materials (BOMs) and associated costs for R&D – Populating, updating, and reducing cost is essential.
- Manage all associated R&D engineering files – Assemblies, parts, CAD libraries, DCN files etc.
- Own reliable transport.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership traits.
- Logical, organised & analytical thinking. Solving problems by deductive and inductive reasoning.
- Excellent at verbal articulation and writing skills.
- Experience in the following will be advantageous:
- SolidWorks
- FEA analysis using SolidWorks or Siemens NX Structures.
- An understanding of the vapor compression cycle in refrigeration.
- Expert knowledge in sheet metal design and weldments.
- Any work in the refrigeration industry.
- Any work in the automotive industry.
To Apply
Application Deadline: September 15 2023