Engineering Lead (Structures)

Key Recruitment Group; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 1.200.000 - 1.800.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Key Recruitment Group is representing a well-established design-build company in Cape Town seeking a Structural Engineer with strong leadership and project management skills. This is a managerial role focused on ensuring quality and timely delivery of structural projects, not a pure design position.

The candidate should hold a B.Eng or B.Sc in Civil/Structural Engineering (Pr. Eng preferred), with about 10 years in structural engineering and at least 5 years leading engineering teams to

Formación

• B.Eng or B.Sc in Civil/Structural Engineering required.
• Pr. Eng status preferred but not mandatory.
• Around 10 years in structural engineering with strong steel design.
• Minimum 5 years leading engineering teams.
• Proven ability to deliver projects on time.
• Experience in establishing or improving standards, QC and resources.
• SolidWorks and RFEM experience advantageous.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and manage the engineering team.
• Own engineering delivery on programme, including resource and task planning in SmartSuite.
• Prepare Basis of Design reports and structural design reports.
• Lead and review steel, connection and substructure design.
• Coordinate tensile engineering from outsourced and in-house tensile engineer.
• Act as primary engineering contact with Engineers of Record, consultants and clients.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, project management and installation departments.
• Drive workflow standardisation, QC and system adherence.
• Own engineering of pre-designed and modular product range.
• Build a credible second-in-command and succession plan.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Project management

Quality control

Resource planning

Team leadership

On-time delivery

Educación

B.Eng / B.Sc in Civil or Structural Engineering

Pr. Eng preferred

Herramientas

SolidWorks

RFEM

Descripción del empleo

Our client, a well-established design-build company in high-end lightweight structures seeks to employ a Structural Engineer with proven management and project management ability. THIS IS NOT A DESIGN ROLE, BUT A MANAGERIAL POSITION ENSURING QUALITY PRODUCTS ARE DELIVERED IN TIME. Cape Town based.

Qualifications:

• B. Eng/ B. Sc in Civil/Structural Engineering
• Pr. Eng would be preferable
• Around 10 years’ experience in structural engineering (strong steel design)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience leading engineering teams
• Proven ability to deliver projects on time
• Proven ability to set up or improve engineering standards, workflows, Quality Control (QC) and manage resources accordingly
• SolidWorks and RFEM experience advantageous and willingness to learn more applicable software systems

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the engineering team
• Own engineering delivery on programme, including resource and task planning in SmartSuite
• Prepare and own Basis of Design reports, structural design reports and reaction loads for structures by others
• Lead and review steel, connection and substructure design
• Coordinate tensile engineering delivered by our outsourced specialists and in-house tensile engineer
• Act as primary engineering contact with Engineers of Record, consultants and clients
• Work closely with manufacturing, project management and installation departments
• Drive workflow standardisation, QC and system adherence across the team
• Own the engineering of the pre-designed and modular product range
• Build a credible second-in-command and succession plan