Senior Manager, Projects Engineer, Air & Sea

DSV · Gauteng

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Main Purpose of The Role

  • To prepare method statements, technical proposals, route surveys, engineering drawings and calculations

Minimum Requirements

List compulsory skills/ competencies

  • Civil or Mechanical Engineering Graduate with license in country of origin
  • Can prepare heavy lift engineering calculations using excel
  • Can prepare method statements and technical proposals using MS Word
  • Can prepare engineering drawings using Autocad
  • Can prepare power point presentations
  • Can prepare route survey / reports

Years Experience

  • At least 2 years' experience in heavy lift / logistics engineering

Qualifications

Minimum requirement

  • Matric
  • National Diploma / B. Degree/ B. Tech preferable.
  • Computer packages
  • Office 365 Teams, OneNote, Forms, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Projects
  • Primavera Advantageous

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Project engineering, preparing engineering documents and implementing the method statement at project sites and support with sales load plans and method statements as well

Transport Engineering

  • Develop transport engineering solutions for oversized, overweight and heavy-lift cargo movements.
  • Prepare transport engineering studies, transport methodologies, method statements, logistics execution plans and transport philosophies.
  • Develop heavy haul, lifting, load-out, skidding, jacking, marine transportation and multimodal logistics concepts.
  • Evaluate transportability, constructability, execution risk and logistics interfaces throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Provide technical assurance that proposed logistics solutions are practical, safe and commercially viable.

Route Engineering

  • Conduct desktop transport feasibility studies and coordinate physical route surveys.
  • Assess bridge capacities, pavement loading, turning geometry, vertical clearances, permitting requirements and temporary works.
  • Develop mitigation strategies and detailed engineering recommendations.

Engineering Review

  • Review engineering drawings to assess transportability, lifting arrangements, centres of gravity, transport envelopes and fabrication constraints.
  • Recommend improvements that enhance logistics efficiency and reduce project risk.

Project & Tender Support

  • Support FEED studies, EPC tenders, RFIs and RFQs with technical engineering input.
  • Prepare technical narratives, engineering deliverables, budgets and execution philosophies.
  • Provide technical support during critical heavy transport operations.

Stakeholder Engagement

  • Interface directly with EPC contractors, owners, engineering consultants, heavy haul contractors, ports, Marine Warranty Surveyors and regulatory authorities.
  • Support Business Development during client meetings, technical workshops and strategic pursuits as the transport engineering SME.

Technical Leadership

  • Mentor junior engineers and project teams on transport engineering best practices.
  • Develop standards, templates, engineering tools and lessons learned across DPIS.
  • Promote innovation through digital route analysis, logistics simulation and engineering technologies.
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