Design Manager

Lycopodium Limited; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development

Employee discounts

Job summary

Lycopodium Africa is seeking a qualified Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary engineering and design activities in Cape Town, reporting to the General Manager Engineering. You will coordinate project design teams, ensure quality and schedule adherence, and mentor engineers in training to deliver high‑quality, compliant designs.

The role requires 15+ years in mineral processing, professional registration, and a Cape Town base.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in mineral processing or related industries.
• Professional Registration with ECSA or equivalent.
• Cape Town based.
• Willing to travel domestically and internationally on ad-hoc basis.

Responsibilities

• Interdisciplinary coordination of project engineering, design and drafting.
• Monitor progress and performance of the design team; provide input and support.
• Progress reporting to the project management team.
• Coordinate multi-discipline resources to meet deliverables and milestones.
• Review and approve engineering designs, calculations and development.
• Ensure design procedures are followed, including change management and design reviews.
• Drive safety in design and maintain technical integrity throughout the process.
• Mentor engineers-in-training and support professional development.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across projects.

Skills

Mineral processing experience

Engineering leadership

ECSA registration

South African citizenship / PR

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical)

Job description

Lycopodium Africa is currently recruiting for a qualified, well experienced Design Manager to join our growing team in Cape Town, supporting the Manager of Engineering.

With offices in Southern Africa, Australia, Canada, USA, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Reporting to the General Manager Engineering, the Design Manager is a key stakeholder in managing and directing multi-disciplinary engineering and design activities, for projects and studies, in consultation with all project stakeholders to ensure that standards of technical compliance, quality, cost, safety, sustainability and environmental performance are observed and that time schedules are met.

The tasks you'll perform

• Interdisciplinary co-ordination of technical aspects of the project engineering, design and drafting.
• Monitoring the progress and performance of the project design team, giving input and providing feedback and support where necessary
• Progress reporting to the project management team
• Coordinating the multi-discipline engineering and design & draughting resources assigned to allocated tasks, to achieve agreed deliverable with the scheduled dates and allocated man-hour budgets.
• Consistently providing engineering designs and solutions within agreed milestone dates and to a high standard of accuracy and professionalism.
• Approve, guide and review engineering designs, including calculations & design development.
• Ensure associated engineering and design procedures are adhered to including, but not limited to, calculation checking, design reviews and change management.
• Maximise the productivity and efficiency of the study and project teams by planning, scheduling, appropriate allocation of resources and ensuring collaborative teamwork to ensure deliverables are met.
• Consistently incorporate safety in design and technical integrity within the engineering design process
• Contribute to engineers-in-training professional development by providing consistent mentoring and identify avenues of development.
• Develop and contribute to the delivery of improvement initiatives which support business priorities for continuous improvement.

The expertise you'll bring

• Tertiary level qualification in Engineering (Mechanical or equivalent)
• 15+ years’ experience in mineral processing or related industries. Experience in gold will be considered favourably.
• Professional Registration (ECSA or equivalent).
• South African Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Cape Town based
• High attention to detail, demonstrated high level of technical ability, and exceptional knowledge across a broad range of disciplines.
• Demonstrated commitment to providing high quality service to Clients within budget and time constraints.
• Extensive understanding of studies, projects and detailed design execution, mine operation challenges and requirements, and risk management process.
• Excellent interpersonal and client interaction skills.
• Willing to travel within and outside of South Africa on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and its operations.
• Commitment to continuously seek improvement in engineering solutions and design with a focus on new technologies and innovation.
• Intuitive leadership skills with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.
• Proven commitment to provide mentoring and identify avenues of professional development and succession planning to personnel within your team.

The benefits we’ll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.