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  • Posted: May 9, 2026
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • SGS South Africa was established in 1949. Today, we are South Africa’s leading inspection, testing, verification and certification company. Our network of offices and laboratories, strategically located around the country, enables us to serve clients in every region, including Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North-West Province, Limpopo, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, ...
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    Project Section Leader

    Job Description

    • To manage a team of draughtspersons in producing drawings to achieve project objectives.
    • Drawing Office (DO) set-up on projects per Company standards and procedures
    • Budget management forecast and reporting on design office resource requirements
    • Identify Project Drawing Office resource forecast requirements and communicating these requirements to Project, and Functional Management
    • Compilation and maintenance of the Drawing Register
    • Drawing office administration
    • Forecast and monthly reporting on progress in accordance with the project execution plan, and advising deviations and corrective actions to the Project Engineer
    • Generate and issue monthly reports listing key drawing office metrics
    • Undertake actual draughting work where/when required
    • Project change management:
    • Register all deviations to standard budget through change control procedure
    • Revise project plan to reflect time changes in project scope and deliverables
    • Project close-out and arranging for archiving
    • Provide input into man-hour/register generation for tenders complete with a write-up on strategy, assumptions, inclusions and exclusions

    Perform tasks in compliance with Company Systems, Standards and Procedures

    • Adhere to standards

    Promote the company’s image and team cohesion through effective communication and liaison

    • Actively promote the Company's professional image, both internally & externally.
    • Maintain effective inter-departmental communication.

    Communication

    • Maintain effective DO departmental and inter-project communication by:
    • Ensuring DO departmental representation at relevant internal project and inter-departmental meetings
    • Encouraging inter-departmental communication

    Innovation

    • Review industry norms/practices and technologies from time-to-time
    • Identify and implement continuous improvements initiatives

    Manage administration

    • Maintain personal administration.
    • Compile and manage man-hour budgets for discipline
    • Issue data to relevant parties on request
    • Distribute and expedite information coming into and out of Project DO
    • Generate final Project DO records and close-out report
    • Assist with Project DO Clerical duties where necessary

    Manage design office personnel

    • Develop job specs and generate call forward schedule
    • Control DO resourcing of project daily

    Ensure Personal Performance For Technical Responsibilities

    • Perform site visits.
    • Obtain feedback from Project Engineer and Lead Engineers
    • Check engineering 2D drawings or 3D models
    • Give feedback to draughtsperson for changes
    • Ensure drawings that are generated are fit-for-purpose while containing the appropriate amount of detail

    Qualifications QUALIFICATIONS

    • Multiple discipline drawing office practice certificate, a completed N6 and gained practical work experience in mineral processing plants.

    Skills And Experience

    • A proven track record of 10 - 15 years plus experience in discipline specific drawing design/draughting within a mineral processing or petrochemical plant projects environment, Most of the experience should ideally have been gained in a mineral processing background.
    • Experience should ideally be balanced between feasibility studies, project execution
    • Experience in managing other draughtspersons and interfacing with project team members outside of the DO.
    • Technical Draughting - To generate graphical deliverables from an engineering design
    • CAE Software - Ability to use software including setting up systems, procedures and guidelines e.g. AutoCAD
    • Engineering and Draughting - Knowledge of models and/or draughting environment including applications/interfaces and products across the disciplines
    • Legislation & Standards - Knowledge of sector specific law and knowledge standard specifications and the ability to integrate these standards
    • Continuous interface with other drawing office disciplines to resolve matters/clashes/interfaces
    • Regularly requests information or inputs required to advance work from engineers
    • Regularly questions incorrect/sub-optimal designs/solutions for the greater good of the project and proposes alternatives
    • Extremely dedicated and committed to project and Company success
    • Takes deadlines very serious and submits reasons and action plans well in advance should it become apparent that deadlines cannot be met
    • Able to work independently with no or minimal guidance and direction
    • Held in very high esteem by colleagues and seen as an authority in his/her discipline. Often approached by peers for advice or guidance.

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