HRD Design Engineer - Johannesburg at Epiroc

Qualification and Skills Requirements

• A driven and top-achieving Engineer with a minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electro-Mechanical or Mechatronic Engineering, preferably with honours or Masters. Conventional Mechanical or Electrical Bachelor’s degrees will be considered if the candidate can show suitable experience in related engineering work.
• Ability to problem solve and self-teach new skills and knowledge needed to advance your work.    
• Project management skills – either through formal qualification or credible experience.
• Able to demonstrate a history of competence and achievement within the Electro-mechanical engineering field.
• Competent in hydraulic systems.
• Aptitude to develop creative and innovative technology within a high-paced environment.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, self-manage, self-prioritise and action accordingly.

Competencies

• Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
• Academically inclined with an eagerness to continuously learn and develop knowledge.
• Confidence to question and verify information.
• Technically astute and detail focused.
• Good interpersonal skills – customer focused.
• Able to work comfortably in a high-paced environment.
• Able to manage a small team of lab technicians and assistants.
• Good communication skills, Comfortable with public speaking.
• Successfully interact with all organisational levels.
• Ability to assess priority levels and respond accordingly.
• Ability to interpret general instructions into specific task list.
• Diligence in completing a given task.
• Flexibility to adapt to a changing environment (manage multiple tasks in parallel).

Responsibilities

• The Design engineer will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the current HRD technologies through interactions with the RDO’s (end user) and the marketing and sales teams. Additional responsibilities will include the development of new electrically driven products and accessories to compliment the HRD system.
• New product conceptualisation and scoping. Participate in customer engagement via the marketing team to understand customer requirements and conceptualise solutions.
• Full product development life-cycle management and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to convert conceptual ideas into marketable products.
• Continuously design, develop and validate new product solutions to meet customer and business requirements.
• Value Engineering and supply chain optimisation to continuously improve production costs.
• Professional communication both written and verbal (Technical reports and presentations).
• Balance of desktop work, field trials and customer visits.
• Provide general support to the business line as required.