Basic Requirements:

• Formal Tertiary education: N.Dip or higher in Mechanical Engineering Or Mechatronics Degree
• Drivers License: Code 8 – required

Languages:

• English (speak, read and write)
• Afrikaans (speak, read and write)
• German (advantageous)

Experience:

• Min 2-3 years’ experience in a design capacity
• Commissioning/Manufacturing experience advantageous
• Competent in concept development
• Intermediate machine calculations knowledge and FEA experience
• Basic understanding of material specification & processes
• Basic application of manufacturing and welding principles
• Basic project lead experience

Job Objectives:

• To work within the Design Department team to deliver engineering designs and solutions specific to customer requirements and/or specifications

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Understand and comprehend facility purpose and objectives
• Define and set up process flowcharts and sequence of operation for required facilities
• Establishing most effective design solution to achieve required specification
• To ensure that product solutions are developed / researched to achieve compliance with design objectives and project specifics
• Calculation of stresses, forces and accuracies
• To design and verify technical designs
• To specify components for the purpose of procurement
• To liaise with specialist consultants e.g. Design Consultants/Suppliers.
• To liaise with customer with regards to requirements and or changes during the design phase.
• To resolve manufacturing issues in the early stages of design and development
• To comply with ISO procedures with regards to Project Handover, Concept Development,
• Design Realisation and Design Sign off
• Create design release package for manufacturing purposes
• Create final designs within a controlled budget environment.