Automation Project Engineer Featured

Brief Role Description

The successful candidate will be expected to ensure that all new/upgraded facilities required for production are:

• Introduced on time.
• To budget
• Compliant (statutorily (OHS Act & SANS) and to Group standards) 
• And capable of producing to the required quality (outlined in product specification) and volume (outlined in the project premises)

Possible Tasks within this Role

• Preparing production facility investment studies and production concepts including timing, layouts, capacity concepts and different options for possible new products in Paint and Component Plants.
• Developing specifications that ensure requirements are met for: new production facilities, new systems, new equipment & life cycle upgrades.
• Setting up project management plans to ensure that all new/upgraded facilities required for production are introduced: on time, to budget, compliantly (statutorily: OHS Act & SANS), to Group Standards, being capable of producing to the required quality and volume & to the satisfaction of stakeholders.
• Technical evaluation of tenders.
• Project implementation: site establishment, construction/installation, change point management, co-ordination of stakeholders, commissioning & keeping to timing schedule
• Managing project budgets by tracking actual expenditure versus budget, progress payments and final payment.
• Ensuring that the supplier provides updated layouts to required Group Standard with all projects.
• Ensuring that the supplier provides documentation for facility i.e. operating manuals, maintenance manuals, component drawings, electrical drawings etc.
• Buy-off of new equipment with Final Acceptance Schedule (end of commissioning)

Qualification requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechatronic, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Experience needed

• 3 years of proven facility planning experience (e.g writing specifications; procurement & commissioning in a complex industrial environment)
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in Automation /Electronics
• 3 – 5 years ‘ experience in Project Management (e.g. Budgets, time, resource management)

Essestials:

• Able to read and interpret technical drawings.
• Organization, coordination and planning as well as resourcefulness skills.
• Logical, analytical and advanced technical insight and aptitude
• Ability to deal with complexity.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and simply and concisely explain and sell complex technical processes.
• Proven knowledge and experience in Industrial automation, networks and IT.
• People skills and stakeholder management
• Creative problem solving
• Highly computer literate