SUMMARY:
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Automation) – Johannesburg
POSITION INFO:
Employer Description
Our client are specialists in turnkey Automation projects.
Job Description
Duties:
- Create and assist with complex project quotations.
- Plan and lead medium to large design projects.
- Perform design reviews.
- Manage project risks.
- Coach and mentor Junior Engineers.
- Conduct complex and high-risk designs.
- Ensure due diligence and go the extra mile.
- Look at overall department efficiency, digitization, workflow streamlining and planning for the future.
- Conceptualize and design mechanical purpose-built machinery, industrial equipment, robotic welding and assembly cells, body in white jigs, conveyance systems and lifting equipment.
- Analyse and check mechanical functionality of systems, including Finite Element Analysis.
- Specification of electro-mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic control systems.
- Develop manufacturing drawings in accordance with applicable company standards using Solidworks.
- Interface with customers, vendors, production managers and procurement to find optimal solutions.
- Read and interpret, technical drawings and schematics.
- Confer with automation engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions and provide technical information.
- Work to company CAD and PDM standards.
- Detailed designs must be done to applicable ISO, SABS and customer standards.
- Specify system components or direct modifications of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications
Qualifications
Skills
- 8+ years’ experience in mechanical design field, within the Automation industry
- Proficient in 3D CAD modelling – specifically Solidworks
- Background in automated engineered systems preferred
- Knowledge of electronic equipment and computer hardware and software (advantageous)
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