Mechanical Engineer at Bosch Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Job description

Bosch Projects, a level 2 B-BBEE company and member of the multi-disciplinary Bosch Holdings, founded in 1961, has an opportunity for a Lead Mechanical Engineer. This position will be based in Durban and reporting directly to the Sugar & Industrial Divisional Manager.

The Sugar & Industrial Division undertakes sugar and industrial projects in both the public and private sector. Typical projects involve multi-disciplinary engineering and project management in the sugar, industrial and related process plant sectors.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading mechanical design deliverables within the sugar or industrial sectors
• Producing, maintaining and taking responsibility for all mechanical engineering deliverables required in projects, including equipment specifications, plant layouts, general equipment arrangement drawings, piping drawings, input to PFDs and P&IDs, datasheets, equipment lists, tender enquiry documents and adjudications, commissioning and O&M documentation
• Co-ordinating multi-disciplinary engineering project teams
• Managing and interfacing directly with design draughtsman/s
• Interfacing with public and private sector Clients from scope definition and project inception phase through to project close-out and
• Providing business development assistance to the Divisional Manager where necessary.

The ideal Candidate should:

• Have a BSc. Eng. (Mechanical) / B.Eng. Mechanical or BTech Mechanical
• Be registered as a Professional Engineer/ Professional Technologist with ECSA
• Have a minimum of ten years engineering experience at least five years of which must have been accrued working as a mechanical engineer in a relevant factory environment or engineering consulting company
• Have extensive engineering experience in either sugar or pulp and paper processes would be an advantage
• Have extensive experience in materials handling would be an added advantage
• Possess a thorough understanding of project engineering workflow and a broad understanding of the other design engineering disciplines, i.e. Process, Structural, Instrumentation and Electrical engineering;
• Have effective computer skills e.g. Microsoft Office, 3D Mechanical Engineering Software packages
• Have competence in conducting finite element or analytical analyses (added advantage)
• Be an honest and effective communicator, capable of managing deliverables against strict deadlines
• Have strong interpersonal, analytical and problem solving skills
• Be prepared to travel within and outside RSA borders.

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted