Permanent - Manager Design - Potchefstroom - South Africa

CAD Management

• Manage CAD data for the engineering department.
• Administer the PDM system to ensure usability and efficiency.
• Manage CAD packages for the engineering department.

Process Management

• Overseeing the design process to ensure it runs smoothly and efficiently.
• Setting up workflows.
• Ensure design standards and best practices are followed.
• Optimization of the design process to ensure productivity and quality.

Project Coordination

• Coordinating design projects by managing schedules
• Communication with the project team.
• Ensure design tasks are aligned with project timelines.
• Ensure risks are managed effectively.
• Support manufacturing with design related queries.

Quality Assurance

• Ensure that CAD meets the required standards.
• Ensure that drawings meet the required standards.
• Ensure that regulatory requirements are met.
• Ensure that engineering change proposals are implemented.

Design

• Ensure that necessary design documentation is in place; SOR, CAD, calculations sheets, specification sheets and drawings.
• Guide design towards standardization of parts and equipment.
• Chair design review meetings.
• Chair risk assessments.
• Ensure that sound design principles are followed

• B.Eng or higher (Mechanical preferred)
• Courses or certification in explosives, ammunition systems and weapon systems (Advantageous)
• Product Data Management Certification (Advantageous)
• Experience in an equipment design environment (experience in explosives or ammunition environment is desirable).
• At least 8 years of engineering design experience.
• Design management experience would be
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Analytical thinker with good reasoning skills.
• Good communication, planning and organizing skills.
• Interdisciplinary skills related to engineering design.
• Highly organized and self-motivated.
• Ability to interact with people at all levels.
• Ability to work precisely and methodically with minimum supervision and a self-starting attitude.
• Technical writing and documentation experience.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Highly computer literate.
• Travel domestically and internationally.