Mechanical Engineer

Competencies

• Engineers may be responsible for consultation, investigation, evaluation and planning, design, design review and approval, and/or determination of environmental and safety impacts of work processes and products; and manage implementation of projects/plans according to codes and regulations, which may include approval authority. • Possession of a designated level of technical engineering skill or knowledge and the ability to keep up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise. Possession of knowledge of statutes/codes/regulations, including program procedures, methods and practices and their application to specific situations, • Knowledge of and ability to use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions and/or reaching conclusions. Ability to make decisions and act consistent with available facts, constraints, and anticipated consequences Identify issues, obtain relevant information, relate, and compare data from different sources, and identify alternate solutions. • Ability to communicate, in written and oral form, detailed and technical engineering information, guidelines and standards/statutes/codes/regulations to various audiences to ensure that they understand the information and the message, and to seek compliance.

Key Performance Areas:

Responsible for Engineering Innovation for R &D, product development and proposal activities • Keep up to speed with the latest engineering innovations within our field and apply these innovations to our new business activities. • Be able to prepare detailed value engineering studies geared at optimisations within new and existing business activities. • Conduct special studies to develop and establish standard hour and related cost data or to effect cost reduction. • Prepare comprehensive and complete engineering proposals for budget approval of research and development activities and product development activities.

Ensure adherence to project specific quality targets and the company Quality Management System • Responsible for analysing tenders and proposals and building in costs for client and company quality requirements. • Determine site conditions by attending site inspections and clarify and address quality specific issues in the scope of work. • Establishes a programme to meet quality, cost and time standards which is inclusive of assessing scope of work, sub-contractor quotation requests for materials, plant and equipment hire, etc.