Aftermarket Engineer

Chart Industries, Inc.; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Chart Industries is seeking an experienced Aftermarket Engineer in South Africa to provide engineering and design support to internal and external clients. The role focuses on ensuring reliable equipment performance and serviceability in the aftermarket.

You will lead investigations, develop repair procedures, and mentor junior engineers while applying power plant process knowledge to ensure alignment with design intent.

Qualifications

• BSc or BEng in mechanical engineering is required.
• Experience with heavy engineering workshops is essential.
• Ability to perform vibration-related analyses and testing.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to Service, Spares and Manufacturing departments.
• Carry out engineering tasks and investigations to support aftermarket efforts.
• Lead major investigations and projects from an engineering perspective.
• Undertake new equipment selections and designs per user specifications.
• Assess equipment condition and generate repair procedures and reports.
• Check and approve designs, procedures and drawings for production.
• Develop engineering solutions for internal and external clients.
• Develop external client relationships and promote product range.
• Mentor less experienced staff and monitor workload distribution.
• Provide power plant process knowledge aligned with design intents.
• Develop and revise engineering department documentation.

Skills

Fan performance testing

Vibration troubleshooting

PowerPoint proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

B.Sc Mechanical Engineering

B.Eng Mechanical Engineering

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Job description

Location: Bedfordview, Gauteng, South Africa, 2007

Company: Chart Industries

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden, a Chart Industries Company is a leading global engineering business that focuses on providing mission-critical air and gas handling products to our clients, helping them to increase their environmental and operational efficiencies. At Howden, a Chart Industries Company we recognise the value of people and truly believe that by working together, aligned to a common purpose, we all have the opportunity to grow, learn and make a difference.

Howden South Africa is looking for an experienced Aftermarket Engineer . The position will be responsible for providing a competent engineering and design resource to external and internal clients.

What Will You Do?

• Provide support to Service, Spares and Manufacturing departments.
• Carry out Engineering tasks and investigations to assist Howden’s effort at supporting Howden aftermarket
• Lead major investigations and projects from an Engineering perspective.
• Undertake new equipment selections & designs to produce a fit-for-purpose end-product per the user specification
• Assess the condition of existing equipment & generate repair procedures & reports to produce a fit-for-purpose reconditioned product.
• Check & approve (sign-off) designs, repair procedures, drawings & other engineering tasks performed by others to ensure correctness & that errors are not carried through to production
• Provide workable engineering solutions to problems experienced by both internal & external clients to ensure their needs are met
• Develop external client relationships to promote the Howden product range & with the view to introducing enhancements to existing equipment
• Lead, mentor, delegate & monitor progress of tasks assigned to less experienced engineering staff to ensure an even workload spread for the department & assist with their development
• Provide expert power plant process knowledge as applied to the Howden product range to ensure equipment operation is in keeping with design intentions
• Develop & revise Engineering Department documentation (e.g. specifications, design manuals, welding procedures, software etc.) to ensure they are relevant & up-to-date

Your Experience Should Be...

• B.Sc Mechanical Engineering or B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering
• Fan performance testing and vibration troubleshooting
• Vibration and welding knowledge and experience
• 10 years experience in a heavy engineering workshop
• Proficient in MS Office especially PowerPoint presentations
• Valid driver’s license
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion.

Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.