Engineering Lead (Structures) — Deliver Quality, On Time

Key Recruitment Group; Wes-Kaap; Presencial; ZAR 900.000 - 1.600.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Key Recruitment Group in Cape Town seeks a Structural Engineer with strong management and project leadership to ensure timely delivery of high‑quality lightweight modular structures. This is a managerial role, not a design position, and the incumbent will oversee engineering delivery across the programme.

You will lead the engineering team, establish standards and QC workflows, coordinate with manufacturing and installation, and act as the primary contact with Engineers of Record and clients.

Formación

• B.Eng or 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.
• Ability to set up or improve engineering standards, workflows, QC and manage resources accordingly.
• SolidWorks and RFEM experience advantageous and willingness to learn more applicable software systems.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Project management

Quality Control

Resource planning

Stakeholder management

Educación

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

Pr. Eng preferable

Herramientas

SolidWorks

RFEM

Descripción del empleo

Key Recruitment Group in Cape Town seeks a Structural Engineer with strong management and project leadership to ensure timely delivery of high‑quality lightweight modular structures. This is a managerial role, not a design position, and the incumbent will oversee engineering delivery across the programme.

You will lead the engineering team, establish standards and QC workflows, coordinate with manufacturing and installation, and act as the primary contact with Engineers of Record and clients.