Design and Applications Engineer (Mechanical)

Kenmore Crushing Solutions; Boksburg; Presencial; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Kenmore seeks a Design and Applications Engineer (Mechanical) to join its East Rand, Gauteng team. You will design plant layouts, select equipment, and prepare proposals for mining projects across Africa, with on-site problem solving as needed.

The role focuses on front-end project work, client communication, and practical design that can be built and priced. Autodesk Inventor experience is preferred, with 3D layout and field support.

Qualificações

• BEng, BSc(Eng) or BTech in mechanical engineering; ECSA registration a plus.
• Three to eight years in heavy industry with plant layout or equipment selection.
• Able to explain design choices clearly to clients without jargon; remain calm under challenge.

Responsabilidades

• Develop plant and equipment layouts for proposals and projects: flowsheets, selection, sizing, general arrangements and reasoning.
• Hand clear designs to the costing team so bids reflect what will actually be built.
• Present and explain designs to clients on site and in meetings; discuss trade-offs.

Conhecimentos

Problem solving

Client communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Formação académica

BEng/BSc(Eng)/BTech in Mechanical Engineering

Progress toward ECSA registration

3-8 years heavy industry experience

Ferramentas

Autodesk Inventor

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Design and Applications Engineer (Mechanical) | Kenmore | East Rand, Gauteng

Kenmore supplies the mining industry across Africa. We design and build complete crushing, milling and screening plants as turnkey projects, supply capital equipment, spares and wear parts to mines across the continent.

We are looking for a mechanical engineer to join our Technical team under the Technical Director. The heart of the role is plant and equipment layout: taking a client's ore, tonnage and site and turning it into a crushing, milling and screening solution, selecting the equipment, laying out the plant, and handing a clear design to our costing team to price. You will present and defend those choices to clients, and when a plant on site has a problem you will be one of the people sent to work out why. There is drawing work too, but the job is more about judgement than detailing. We are a small company and we work across lines: you will help Projects when they need it, and they will help you.

You have a BEng or BTech in mechanical engineering and three to eight years in heavy industry, ideally in minerals processing or materials handling. You can explain a technical choice in plain language, you are comfortable in front of a client, and you would rather be on site solving a problem than guessing from the office. 3D CAD experience is needed (we work in Autodesk Inventor).

Full job description

Title: Design and Applications Engineer (Mechanical)

Reports to: Technical Director

Location: East Rand, Gauteng, with site visits when a plant or piece of equipment needs attention

About Kenmore

Kenmore supplies the mining industry across Africa. We design and build complete crushing, milling and screening plants as turnkey projects, supply capital equipment, spares and wear parts to mines across the continent.

The role

The Design and Applications Engineer sits in our Technical team, which owns the engineering behind everything Kenmore sells and builds. The core of the job is the front end of a project: understanding what the client needs, selecting the right equipment, laying out the plant, and producing a design that our costing team can price and our clients can understand. Once a job is won, the design is detailed in the drawing office and built on site, and the Design and Applications Engineer stays close to it, answering queries, resolving problems and learning from what the field sends back. It is a role for a steady, practical engineer who can hold a technical position with a client and change it when the facts say so.

One thing to know about Kenmore: we are small and nimble, and there are no walls between departments. Most of the time you will be on technical and proposal work, but when a project needs an engineer on site for a few days you will step in, and Projects will do the same when the drawing office is under pressure. We want people who like working that way.

What you will do

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

Who you are

• BEng, BSc(Eng) or BTech in mechanical engineering. Progress toward ECSA registration is an advantage.
• Three to eight years in heavy industry, ideally minerals processing, materials handling or mining equipment, with real exposure to plant layout or equipment selection.
• A clear explainer: you can tell a client, or a colleague, why a design is the way it is, without hiding behind jargon, and you stay calm when challenged.
• A problem solver who is comfortable on site: you have stood in front of a machine that is not working and worked out why.
• Competent in 3D CAD; Autodesk Inventor experience is an advantage.
• You understand fabrication and installation well enough to design what can actually be built and maintained.
• Happy to work across departments in a small company: the job is the job that needs doing that week.
• Commminution (crushing, milling and screening) experience is an advantage, not a requirement.

Package

Market-related, negotiable on experience.