- eMalahleni
- Salary: R8 333.00 - R50 000.00 Per Month (Negotiable)
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Engineering Mining Management
- Reference: SEMFL
Vacancy Details
Employer: Express Employment Professionals (Middelburg)
Engineering Manager
- Frequently, and pro-actively communicates and interfaces with customers’ engineering and technical teams to discuss THE COMPANY Engineering capabilities, customer applications/requirements and coordinate project activities.
- Possessed a broad knowledge of controls, power conversion, automation, data analytics and their application to the industries, equipment and customers that THE COMPANY serves.
- Demonstrates strong project management independently, or in cooperation with others, to diligently collect information to form cost estimates, labor estimates, contingency plans, materials and supply chain lead times, prioritization and resource availability.
- Proficient at collecting voice of the customer intelligence, and translating the information into actionable plans and results.
- Stays up to date on current technologies in the industry as well as emerging technologies and trends.
- Research and conduct competitive analysis, including pricing and product, of solutions offered by key competitors and customers in the local market.
- Assist in overall product strategies and product roadmaps based on local markets.
- Own and develop product requirements/ enhancements /functional specification by working with customers, field service engineering, sales, and other associated product stakeholders.
- Well-versed in problem-solving, RCA and project management principles from training and experience.
- Develops and maintains local service engineering processes and standards.
- Prioritizes respective engineering group’s projects, and manages category pipeline.
- Actively assist in promoting THE COMPANY and THE COMPANY Service Engineering, and selling to customers, partners, and others.
- Play a critical role in defining the overall product and growth strategy, by partnering with Business Development and Product Management.
- Coordinate and execute new product introductions with other functional departments through Stage Gate Process and/or THE COMPANY commercialization process.
- Demonstrates proficiency in planning and managing departmental budgets and project costs.
- Execute work in effective and efficient ways to best serve customers and attain corporate regional and goals.
- Key contact for Corporate R&D teams, globally.
- Appreciate and demonstrate THE COMPANY’s Core Values and Principles, and Corporate Mission.
Required Skills
- Engineering: 10 years or more
- Mining: 8 to 9 years
- Abb: 4 to 5 years
- Earthmoving: 8 to 9 years
- Rockwell: 4 to 5 years
- Siemens: 5 to 6 years
Candidate Requirements
- Experience:
- >10 years of engineering experience.
- >15 years of industry and related experience.
- 10 years of experience in electric machines, drives, controls and/or systems
- A person that has 60% tech knowledge (Siemens, ABB and Rockwell PLC programming, drives and Control & Instrumentation)
- 40% management skills (Should be able to manage say 5 Engineers)
- Can present and engage with client’s senior management
- Experience in draglimes and shovels
- Education:
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Controls, Power, Software, Physics or Computer Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience from e.g. UP, UCT, Wits, Stellenbosch.
- Master’s of Science or Business Administration a plus
Other:
- Extensive and up to date knowledge in drives, controls and/or rotating electric machines.
- Knowledge and experience in industrial and/or machine control theory.
- Experience with mining machine systems applications including but not limited to electric mining shovels, draglines, haul trucks, rotary blast hole drills, and hydraulic excavators.
- Demonstrated experience in managing the product lifecycle of systems and products.
- Demonstrated success with the ability to identify key customer requirements and translate them into detailed product specifications for multi-generational products.
- Direct experience in formulating, producing, and implementing product roadmaps.
- Good business acumen and ability to cascade business goals to engineering objectives.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including presentation and demonstration skills to diverse technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong interpersonal skills working with technical team and senior leaders.
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong time management skills with the ability to multitask while coordinating multiple high level priorities.
- Leverageable experience with engineering tools and systems, including simulators, modeling, virtual prototyping and statistical analysis.
- Good ability to work with business ERP system.
- Strong knowledge of personal computers including Microsoft Office software.
- Ability to promote a positive company image to customers at all times.
- Ability to read, write, and comprehend complex written and verbal instructions.
- Ability to understand, perform, and retain various job related training, operational, and safety procedures.
- Must have ability to exercise initiative, judgment, and decision making related to non- routine duties.
- Anticipates preventable problems before they occur.
- Overnight travel including international required.
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About Express Employment Professionals (Middelburg)
Express Employment Professionals is a leading staffing provider in South Africa, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Botswana. Every day, we help job seekers find work and help businesses find qualified employees.
1998 Express was established in South Africa and currently has 25 offices throughout the country. Express Employment Professionals is 51% black owned with a level 1 BBBEE rating.
Globally, Express employs approximately 566 000 people each year. We are a global organisation that blends international and local demand with tailored products and services to our clients. Express Employment Professionals is proud to continue its 41-year legacy of helping businesses and job seekers succeed globally. We have grown to a network of 800+ employment agencies in five countries, while still maintaining local ownership for each office and providing quality service to each of our clients.
Express Respects People for who they are, their goals and their concerns and we Impact Business with a sharp business sense that benefits us, our clients, our franchisees, our consultants and our communities.
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