Engineer, Mechanical at Exxaro Resources

Job Advert Summary

PURPOSE:

• To supply technical support to engineering discipline in projects.
• Ensures optimum plant and equipment availability in accordance with short and long-term project plans and priorities.
• Minimum Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

•    BEng Mechanical Engineering (Essential/Minimum or)
•    B Tech Engineering (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
•    Diploma Project Management (Recommended/Desirable)
•    Certificate First Line Management (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 5 years Experience in Mechanical Engineering of which at least 2 years Project management experience   (Essential/Minimum)   Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

•    Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted at Exxaro)
•    Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted at Exxaro)
•    Engineering Council of SA (Candidate) (Recommended/Desirable)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Business Performance and Operations  
•  Provide expert technical support to project teams
• Support Line with regards to discipline related technical issues
• Support Principal Engineer in execution of engineering contracts in multi-disciplinary projects
• Contribute in individual skill area including active involvement in peer review process
• Support senior engineer to create project work execution plans for discipline
• Deliver quality work with technical integrity through participation in contract review meetings, operations meetings and contract review stage of projects
• Support Senior Engineer with regards to related technical issues
• Provide inputs and technical leadership in Engineering discipline meetings
• Supervise day-to-day discipline related operational aspects of a project and scope as necessary
• Assist Principal Engineer to execute functional strategy
• Compliance, Governance and Assurance    
• Support Principal Engineer to conduct discipline related assurance reviews of engineering solutions, and to implement controls to ensure legal compliance within designated area
• Support Principal Engineer in implementation of effective Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) management systems for own job or for section, and in providing and participating in governance systems for best practice
• Recognise, understand and take/recommend action to manage risks that can impact on outputs of own job and section
• Adhere to requirements of quality management systems
• Customer and Client Relationship Management    
• Provide technical input to appropriate quantitative analyses conducted to evaluate financial viability of a project
• Act as project engineer in small projects and apply required leadership and knowledge to ensure implementation of engineering solutions which support business expectations
• Recognise, understand and take action to mitigate and manage risks that can impact on implementation of engineering solutions
• Ensure adequate discipline related change management
• Financial Support Services    
• Manage budget and/or capital budget agreed upon in project charter
• Manage cost recovery aligned to departmental targets
• Safe and Healthy Work Environment  
•  Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable SHE policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations
• Behavioural Alignment    

Demonstrates the following:

• Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
• Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective
• The appointment will be made in accordance with Exxaro’s Employment Equity policy.
• If you have not been contacted within 28 days of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.