Mechanical Engineer/Design Engineer

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

NES018927/EV

Date posted:

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

SUMMARY:
An international leader in the custom pumping solution, for various applications including golf, landscape, municipal, and agricultural, has an opportunity for a Design Engineer.

POSITION INFO:
This position will report to the Director of Engineering. The ideal candidate will enjoy being in a support role, has mid-level experience, has applicable experience in our industry, and is an excellent communicator.

Duties:

Design skid-based equipment layouts, including pumps, motors, pressure vessels, manifolds, filters, piping, valves, electric controls, and system enclosures.
Model equipment in CAD from specifications/drawings/customer submittals. Prepare detailed, production-quality specifications and CAD drawings.
Promote design standards, design-for-mfg, and cost sensitive criteria throughout designs.
Specify standards of construction for major components such as structural skid bases and enclosures. Work with outside vendors, professional engineers, and professional service contractors as required.
Develop and maintain knowledge of various system layouts and configurations, while promoting product standardization through re-use of legacy design.
Monitor progress against schedule and keep self on track.
Proficient with 3D CAD software; SolidWorks preferred. Experience with AutoCad 2D is a plus.
Experience designing custom engineered products, preferably relating to water pumping stations for golf, landscaping, and agriculture irrigation systems, or similar technologies.
Knowledgeable in fluid hydraulics; including water pumps, valves, flow meters, pressure gages, filters, etc.
Ability to create custom engineered product designs, including the sizing and selection of pump-motor combinations, piping, filtration, valves, and fasteners, to achieve required system performance.
Ability to translate technical specifications, from Applications Engineering, into CAD based layouts and full bills of material, to support in-house fabrication and assembly.

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