Senior Manager, Projects Engineer, Air & Sea at DSV

Main Purpose of The Role:

• To prepare method statements, technical proposals, route surveys, engineering drawings and calculations

Minimum Requirements:

List compulsory skills/ competencies

• Civil or Mechanical Engineering Graduate with license in country of origin
• Can prepare heavy lift engineering calculations using excel
• Can prepare method statements and technical proposals using MS Word
• Can prepare engineering drawings using Autocad
• Can prepare power point presentations
• Can prepare route survey / reports  

Years Experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in heavy lift / logistics engineering

Qualifications: 

Minimum requirement

• Matric
• National Diploma / B. Degree/ B. Tech preferable.
• Computer packages
• Office 365 (Teams, OneNote, Forms), MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Projects
• Primavera (Advantageous)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Project engineering, preparing engineering documents and implementing the method statement at project sites and support with sales load plans and method statements as well

Transport Engineering

• Develop transport engineering solutions for oversized, overweight and heavy-lift cargo movements.
• Prepare transport engineering studies, transport methodologies, method statements, logistics execution plans and transport philosophies.
• Develop heavy haul, lifting, load-out, skidding, jacking, marine transportation and multimodal logistics concepts.
• Evaluate transportability, constructability, execution risk and logistics interfaces throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide technical assurance that proposed logistics solutions are practical, safe and commercially viable.

Route Engineering

• Conduct desktop transport feasibility studies and coordinate physical route surveys.
• Assess bridge capacities, pavement loading, turning geometry, vertical clearances, permitting requirements and temporary works.
• Develop mitigation strategies and detailed engineering recommendations.

Engineering Review

• Review engineering drawings to assess transportability, lifting arrangements, centres of gravity, transport envelopes and fabrication constraints.
• Recommend improvements that enhance logistics efficiency and reduce project risk.

Project & Tender Support

• Support FEED studies, EPC tenders, RFIs and RFQs with technical engineering input.
• Prepare technical narratives, engineering deliverables, budgets and execution philosophies.
• Provide technical support during critical heavy transport operations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Interface directly with EPC contractors, owners, engineering consultants, heavy haul contractors, ports, Marine Warranty Surveyors and regulatory authorities.
• Support Business Development during client meetings, technical workshops and strategic pursuits as the transport engineering SME.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor junior engineers and project teams on transport engineering best practices.
• Develop standards, templates, engineering tools and lessons learned across DPIS.
• Promote innovation through digital route analysis, logistics simulation and engineering technologies.