Design and Applications Engineer (Mechanical)

Key responsibilities

• Develop plant and equipment layouts for proposals and projects, including flowsheets, equipment selection and sizing, and general arrangements, with clear reasoning behind each choice
• Hand complete designs to the costing team so bids are priced on what will actually be built, and support each bid through to award
• Present and explain designs to clients on site and in meetings, including the trade-offs behind each choice
• Troubleshoot equipment and plant problems on site: diagnose, propose a fix, and see it through with the client and the team
• Carry out engineering calculations and selections covering throughput and capacity, drives, structures, wear and materials
• Produce and check drawings, from concept GAs to fabrication detail, in Autodesk Inventor, and work with the drawing office on the rest
• Feed site learnings back into the companys designs and equipment range, including standardisation, improvements and new designs

Minimum requirements

• BEng, BSc(Eng) or BTech in Mechanical Engineering
• 3 to 8 years experience in heavy industry, ideally minerals processing, materials handling or mining equipment, with real exposure to plant layout or equipment selection
• 3D CAD proficiency (Autodesk Inventor is used)
• Understanding of fabrication and installation, so that your designs can be built and maintained
• Comfortable on site and confident working on a machine that is not performing
• Able to explain technical choices in plain language and stay calm when challenged

Advantageous

• Progress toward ECSA registration
• Autodesk Inventor experience
• Comminution (crushing, milling and screening) experience

You are a steady, practical engineer who can hold a technical position with a client and change it when the facts say so, and who is happy to work across departments in a small team.