Engineering Manager (Heavy Engineering – Workshops and Site – Pr.Eng/Pr.Tech – Mechanical/Electrical) - Roodepoort

MECS Africa; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

MECS Africa in South Africa seeks a senior engineer with dual mechanical and electrical expertise. You will own design data, repair methods and deviations, while setting standards for rotating machines and pump overhaul.

The role requires guiding tender content, audits, and technical queries across projects, with site and factory travel. The candidate should have Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng status, eight years post-qualification in heavy industrial repair, and proven experience with IEC/IEEE/API

Qualifications

• BEng / BTech / National Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng.
• Eight years post-qualification in heavy industrial repair, OEM, power, mining, rail or similar.
• Must have signed off both electrical and mechanical work.

Responsibilities

• Own design data, repair methods, concessions and deviations.
• Cover both mechanical and electrical disciplines: shafts, pumps, motors, windings, protection and testing.
• Set the technical standard for rotating machines, pump overhaul, and site installation/commissioning.
• Write and review bids, scope, programme, and quality planning for tenders and OEM projects.
• Coach Production teams and sign off senior winders; lead complex failure investigations.

Skills

Mech Eng

Elec Eng

ECSA registration

Standards knowledge

Project leadership

Education

BEng / BTech / ND in Mech or Elec Eng

Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng

Job description

Discipline Mechanical and Electrical. This is one post, not two half-jobs.
Reports to General Manager
Works with Quality, Production, project managers, OEMs, clients and tender team
Scope Technical authority across all sectors and all product lines.
Employment Permanent, full time. Site, factory and outage travel.

Minimum requirements

• BEng / BTech / National Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, with proven competence in both disciplines.
• Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng.
• Eight years post-qualification in heavy industrial repair, OEM, power, mining, rail or similar, including rotating machines and mechanical plant.
• Must have signed off both electrical and mechanical work. A pure drawing-office career will not do.
• Working knowledge of IEC 60034 / 60034-23, SANS 10242-1, ISO 1940-1, ISO 10816 / 20816, IEEE 43, and API 610 where pumps apply.
• ECSA registration in progress or complete. Valid driver's licence. Site and factory travel.
• HV form-wound and large-pump / API experience in the same career.
• Tender and factory-assessment writing that has actually been scored.

Accountabilities

Technical authority

• Own design data, repair methods, concessions and deviations. Nothing material leaves the original design without a written engineering decision.
• Cover both disciplines: mechanical (shafts, fits, bearings, rotors, pumps, valves, alignment, balancing, NDT, lubrication) and electrical (LV / MV / HV windings, insulation systems, protection, test voltages, nameplate data, controls where YNF touches them).
• Set the technical standard for AC and DC rotating machines, pump and mechanical overhaul, and site installation / commissioning.
• Refuse metal spray, wrong wire, unapproved bearings or a rewind that does not match recorded data. Standards and methods
• Keep method statements, winding standards, mechanical repair standards and test specifications current.

Point-of-use copies match the controlled revision.

• Work to the applicable SANS, IEC, IEEE, ISO, API and client works instructions for that job. Do not force a motor standard onto a pump, or a pump standard onto a rewind.
• Support factory assessments, type tests, FAT / SAT and client technical queries.

Tenders, OEMs and multi-project load

• Write and review the technical content of bids: scope, exclusions, programme realism, personnel evidence and quality planning.
• Keep OEM / partner technical input in its lane. YNF remains responsible for what it signs.
• Prioritise engineering time across competing projects. A quiet job does not get a weaker standard.

People

• Coach Production, winders and fitters. Sign off that a Senior Winder is actually senior.
• Stand in on complex strips, failure investigations and warranty technical findings.

Authority

• Approve or reject repair methods, design changes and technical concessions.
• Stop a job that is technically unsafe or off standard.

Engineering does not release product.
Quality releases.
Production sequences the floor.