Lead Design Engineer: Mechanical Design

SUMMARY:
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer required with at least 10-15 years experience. Min 5 years in a lead/managerial kind of a role. ability to manage Mechanical design engineers and act as Mentor. B Eng. Degree or B Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering.  3D CAD experience. Mainly USA client base. International design of equipment and automotive field. Manage design team of Mechanical Engineers.

POSITION INFO:
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Cape Town

Exciting career opportunity for engineers with a passion for Mechanical design and first Principle designs as first requirement and secondly be a good manager. 
Leadership position within the design environment.

Qualification and experience required:

• B Eng. Degree or B Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical design engineering experience (10-15 Years)
• 3D CAD experience

• Team Leadership
• Interface with customers to help establish and prioritize the utilization of design resources
• Delegate work to assigned engineering personnel
• Directs and guides design engineers on technical related issues
• Manage project / task timelines to ensure that agreed milestones are reached and to communicate and plan for non-compliance in a timely manner
• Take responsibility for the technical soundness and compliance of designs to the customer’s, and general engineering practices and standards
• Organize and lead “internal” design reviews to ensure that designs that are reviewed with the customer are properly checked for soundness and compliance
• Lead design reviews with the customer and suppliers
• Lead CAD Design