Project Section Leader

SGS; Heidelberg; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Bateman seeks an experienced Draughtsman/Lead to manage a team of draughtspersons and deliver drawings for processing plant projects. You will set up the Drawing Office per standards, forecast resources, and report on budgets and progress while ensuring high-quality, compliant drawings.

Join a multidisciplinary engineering team delivering integrated services with strong emphasis on ISO methodologies and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum drawing office certificate and completed N6 with practical plant experience.
• Experience in mineral processing or related plant environments preferred.
• Strong technical draughting and design aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of draughtspersons to deliver drawings per project objectives.
• Set up Drawing Office (DO) on projects per standards and procedures.
• Forecast DO resource requirements and report on budget and progress.
• Maintain the Drawing Register and DO administration.
• Generate monthly DO metrics and contribute to tender write-ups.
• Provide input into man-hour budgeting and project planning.
• Support DO clerical duties and close-out documentation.
• Ensure drawings are fit-for-purpose with appropriate detail.

Education

Drawing office certificate / N6

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Company Description

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 97,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

SGS Bateman’s multidiscipline engineering team provides integrated engineering services for processing plants and related operations. Using proven ISO methodologies enhanced by innovative approaches, the team transforms conceptual designs into operational manual processing plants of all sizes and complexities. An extensive suite of enhanced 3-D design tools and modeling software allow our engineering team to visualize all aspects of plant development.

Job Description

To manage a team of draughtspersons in producing drawings to achieve project objectives.

• Drawing Office (DO) set-up on projects per Company standards and procedures
• Budget management forecast and reporting on design office resource requirements
• Identify Project Drawing Office resource forecast requirements and communicating these requirements to Project, and Functional Management
• Compilation and maintenance of the Drawing Register
• Drawing office administration
• Forecast and monthly reporting on progress in accordance with the project execution plan, and advising deviations and corrective actions to the Project Engineer
• Generate and issue monthly reports listing key drawing office metrics
• Undertake actual draughting work where/when required
• Project change management:
• Register all deviations to standard budget through change control procedure
• Revise project plan to reflect time changes in project scope and deliverables
• Project close-out and arranging for archiving
• Provide input into man-hour/register generation for tenders complete with a write-up on strategy, assumptions, inclusions and exclusions

Perform tasks in compliance with Company Systems, Standards and Procedures

• Adhere to standards

Promote the company’s image and team cohesion through effective communication and liaison

• Actively promote the Company's professional image, both internally & externally.
• Maintain effective inter-departmental communication.

Communication

• Maintain effective DO departmental and inter-project communication by:
• Ensuring DO departmental representation at relevant internal project and inter-departmental meetings
• Encouraging inter-departmental communication

Innovation

• Review industry norms/practices and technologies from time-to-time
• Identify and implement continuous improvements initiatives

Manage administration

• Maintain personal administration.
• Compile and manage man-hour budgets for discipline
• Issue data to relevant parties on request
• Distribute and expedite information coming into and out of Project DO
• Generate final Project DO records and close-out report
• Assist with Project DO Clerical duties where necessary

Manage design office personnel

• Develop job specs and generate call forward schedule
• Control DO resourcing of project daily

Ensure Personal Performance For Technical Responsibilities

• Perform site visits.
• Obtain feedback from Project Engineer and Lead Engineers
• Check engineering 2D drawings or 3D models
• Give feedback to draughtsperson for changes
• Ensure drawings that are generated are fit-for-purpose while containing the appropriate amount of detail

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• Multiple discipline drawing office practice certificate, a completed N6 and gained practical work experience in mineral processing plants.

Skills And Experience

• A proven track record of 10 - 15 years plus experience in discipline specific drawing design/draughting within a mineral processing or petrochemical plant projects environment, Most of the experience should ideally have been gained in a mineral processing background.
• Experience should ideally be balanced between feasibility studies, project execution
• Experience in managing other draughtspersons and interfacing with project team members outside of the DO.
• Technical Draughting - To generate graphical deliverables from an engineering design
• CAE Software - Ability to use software including setting up systems, procedures and guidelines e.g. AutoCAD
• Engineering and Draughting - Knowledge of models and/or draughting environment including applications/interfaces and products across the disciplines
• Legislation & Standards - Knowledge of sector specific law and knowledge standard specifications and the ability to integrate these standards
• Continuous interface with other drawing office disciplines to resolve matters/clashes/interfaces
• Regularly requests information or inputs required to advance work from engineers
• Regularly questions incorrect/sub-optimal designs/solutions for the greater good of the project and proposes alternatives
• Extremely dedicated and committed to project and Company success
• Takes deadlines very serious and submits reasons and action plans well in advance should it become apparent that deadlines cannot be met
• Able to work independently with no or minimal guidance and direction
• Held in very high esteem by colleagues and seen as an authority in his/her discipline. Often approached by peers for advice or guidance.