Fan System And Ventilation Engineer

Chart Industries, Inc.; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 60 000 - 80 000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering company is looking for a Fan System & Ventilation Engineer in Johannesburg. The role involves designing fan systems based on client specifications, managing projects, and supporting customer relations. Candidates should possess a tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering, three years of sales experience in the mining or industrial sectors, and strong communication skills. The position offers an exciting work environment with a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Attractive salary

Exciting work environment

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a mining or industrial sales environment.
• Membership of a reputable engineering body such as ECSA is beneficial.
• Good working knowledge of contracting methodologies like NEC & FIDIC.

Responsibilities

• Engage customers with application enquiries and perform fan station designs.
• Develop relationships to promote Howden and Chart products.
• Act as project manager for various projects as required.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering knowledge

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Project management experience

Education

Tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

AutoCAD

Job description

Fan System & Ventilation Engineer – Chart Industries

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Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Company: Chart Industries

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global engineering business that focuses on providing clients with industrial products that help multiple sectors improve their everyday processes.

Howden's core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling, and has over a century of experience in doing so.

Howden MEA Projects Division (covering the African and Middle East regions) is looking for an experienced specialist in the field of fan station and ventilation systems design.

This position is responsible for preparing innovative and competent technical solutions and tenders in the marketing and sales of turnkey projects, and for providing competent ventilation solutions to mining and industrial customers with an aim to add value to their infrastructure and development needs.

What will you do?

Engineering: Effectively engage customers with application enquiries, perform fan station designs and selections based on customer specifications, understand all requirements clearly, prepare well‑written tender documents inclusive of all returnable documents, lead each application's opportunity through the tender to order process, drive accurate forecasting of opportunities, and ensure customer feedback is captured to add value to engagements.

Documentation: Pre‑engineer fan system designs and generate fan curves suitable for selections, engage with legal and commercial departments to mitigate risks while satisfying client expectations, generate project budget documents, and produce accurate tender programmes and organograms to define scope and overhead within short lead times.

Engineering Support: Provide engineering support during the tendering phase, run a collaborative design process with the team to ensure solutions and supply scopes are clearly defined and tested, and advise on market and engineering trends to save on cost, design, and time.

Project Management: Act as project manager for various projects when required to ensure projects meet agreed standards and are delivered within agreed timeframes.

Customer relations: Develop relationships to promote Howden and Chart products, introduce enhancements to existing equipment, and engage early with customers, project houses, EPCs and consulting firms at planning stages.

Managing Tenders: Adhere to the tender process—including enquiry, risk, contracts, costs, and submission—to client specifications and Howden standards.

Marketing: Contribute to marketing of company products and technologies to convert tenders into sales in accordance with company procedure.

Compliance: Maintain SOX compliance by adhering to Sarbanes‑Oxley and AX controls.

Your Experience Should Be...

• A tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering (B-Tech, B-Eng, or BSC Eng).
• Membership of a reputable engineering body such as ECSA and / or SAIMech E is an added benefit.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, Projects, and Auto CAD.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a mining or industrial sales environment with mine ventilation engineering experience.
• Exposure to multiple engineering disciplines and the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and CFD studies.
• Good communication and negotiation skills.
• Working knowledge of standard contracting methodologies, preferably NEC & FIDIC.
• 2 years' experience in a project management environment and / or tender preparations.

Our Benefits Package

Howden provides a great benefits package in addition to an attractive salary.

The company also offers the opportunity to work in an exciting, fast‑paced environment within a global engineering firm.

Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information, or any other reason prohibited by law.

Chart is committed to providing promotion and advancement opportunities on a non‑discriminatory basis.

Chart complies with all applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Management and Manufacturing

Industries: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing #J Ljbffr