Senior/Principal Mechanical Design Engineer at MegChem

Job description

Reference: 2017/036

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of B Eng/BSc Eng degree in Mechanical Engineering with minimum fifteen years’ experience.
• Registered with ECSA as Professional Engineer will be an advantage.
• Experience in detail engineering on small to medium size projects with exposure to all other engineering disciplines.
• At least five years’ experience in Finite element analysis
• Experience in detail design and engineering of equipment with hands-on experience or proper exposure to the manufacturing of own designs. Candidates to demonstrate their abilities by means of examples.
• First-hand experience of driving to get tasks done. Be able to share by means of examples.
• Leadership and organizational skills with the ability/willingness to coach younger engineers, be able to work independently and in a team, self-starter, “go-getter”.
• Experience in conducting business and managing the finances on own projects.
• Good interpersonal relations with the ability to market services
• Good report writing skills in the English language.
• Organized and self-disciplined.
• Valid driver’s license with own transport (Code B / EB)

WORK DESCRIPTION:

The engineer will be exposed to the detail design and engineering of new plants and of solutions to problems experienced with machinery and pressurized equipment in the petrochemical field. The engineer will bear full responsibility for the projects he executes in as far as contract management, technical integrity, schedule, safety and customer service. Design work will involve the use of various software tools and will also require the engineer to perform calculations based on first principles. For the first six months the engineer will focus most of his attention on FEA after which the focus will shift to maintenance support engineering and detail design services.

EQUITY STATEMENT:

MegChem supports the appointment of previously disadvantaged individuals.