Product Development Engineer

Description

REQUIREMENTS

• National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (NQF 6)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (NQF 7) will be advantageous

• Up to 5 years of experience in engineering within the manufacturing environment, of which 3 years should be at supervisory level

• Computer literacy (MS Office Suite and advanced skills in Design, Autodesk Inventor)

• Knowledge of relevant production processes

• Understanding/ interpretation of technical drawings

• Knowledge of Autodesk Vault

• Project scoping and costing

• Knowledge of the design of jigs and fixtures

• Basic mechanical hand skills (grinding, machining, welding)

• Planning and organizing

• Supervisory skills

• Relationship building

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide engineering support services to contribute to the achievement of operational targets, whilst striving for optimal availability and safety within own area of responsibility

• Engineering support services

• Defines, plans, develops and validates products, systems and components in accordance with factory requirements

• Defines product functional analysis to translate customer specifications and internal requirements into clear product performance criteria

• Designs and develops mechanical equipment by benchmarking and considering industry standards and technological advancements

• Analyses customer product specifications and ensures compliance with applicable regulations

• Continuous improvement and projects

• Initiates continuous improvement initiatives and cost-saving opportunities whilst keeping abreast of new developments/ technology within the specialist field

• Conducts research work and pre-feasibility studies toward improving process flow

• Drives and oversees project design from start to implementation phase

• Evaluates and completes projects with minimum risk, within allocated timeframes and according to specified budgetary requirements

• Compliance

• Operates within controls and procedures to ensure the integrity of the company

• Identifies and monitors risks within own department and area of responsibility

• Assists in the maintenance of a risk register, reports discrepancies or areas of concern to management

• Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and policy frameworks to prevent fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure

• Cost and financial control

• Contributes to the budget preparation process

• Promotes and communicates the effective, efficient, economical and transparent use of financial and other resources

• Monitors and controls expenditure against budget and ensures spending occurs within budgetary limits and the company's financial guidelines, and reports deviations to the direct manager

• Explores opportunities to control and reduce costs

• Customer service management

• Maintains effective working relationships with customers (both internal and external) towards rendering the highest quality of services

• Represents the company in meetings with relevant stakeholders

• Identifies and solves problems creatively whilst demonstrating a high level of integrity in line with the company's core values

• Reports to management on internal stakeholder-related matters

• Maintains relationships in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements, as well as stakeholder management system requirements