Mechanical Designer

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.