Project Engineer - Urgent Role

We are looking to hire a creative Project Engineer to join our passionate team at Tasiso in Cape Town, Western Cape.
Growing your career as a Full Time Project Engineer is an incredible opportunity to develop excellent skills.
If you are strong in leadership, presentation and have the right personality for the job, then apply for the position of Project Engineer at Tasiso today!

SUMMARY:
The Project Engineer is part of an integrated project team who, on behalf of the organisation, is responsible for
qualifying the Dish Structure prototype and managing the main contractor deliverables during the production phase;
ensuring that the dish structures are delivered, constructed, commissioned, and tested against its requirements and that associated documentation are reviewed and configured prior to being handed over for further acceptance, integration and verification. This position involves interfacing with other organisational functional groups and subsystems, as well as the main contractor and his sub-contractors.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

• Execute and/or support qualification and investigative tests on the first dish structure prototype
• Data Analysis and Report writing
• Managing Configuration and Change Control
• Witness and review the contractors' Site Acceptance Tests

Key Requirements: Qualification:

• BEng + 4 yearsô€‚·ô€€ƒexperience (preferably Mechanical or Mechatronics), or
• MEng + 3 yearsô€‚·ô€€ƒexperience (preferably Mechanical or Mechatronics), or
• PhD + 1 year experience (preferably Mechanical or Mechatronics), and
• Valid driver's license

Experience:

• Application and control of System Engineering processes and procedures, e.g. baseline establishment/management and change control
• Defining and execution of technical tests, post-processing of test data (MATLAB or PYTHON), root cause investigation and technical report writing
• Exposure to project lifecycle / production environment
• Working experience in the astronomy, space or military industry desirable

Knowledge:

• Quality assurance systems
• Engineering standards
• Configuration management and configuration management systems
• Systems engineering methods, procedures, tools and techniques
• Servo control systems
• Large steel structures e.g. welding, stress relief, etc.
• Mechanical component/assembly fabrication and acceptance
• Radio Frequency Interference principals
• Production environment
• Engineering life cycle

Additional Notes:

• Willingness to travel local and abroad
• Working at remote sites for extended periods
• Integrated project team experience
• Data processing using MATLAB or Python
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Word/Excel/Visio and PowerPoint
• Data processing and/or tests script development using Python or MATLAB
• Performing detail engineering tasks and analysis
• Conceptual / systems thinking
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to multi-task
• Effective communication in English (both written and verbally)
• Able to take initiative and work independently
• Self-disciplined, ordered and structure

Benefits of working as a Project Engineer in Cape Town, Western Cape:

● Company offers great benefits
● Opportunities to grow
● Advantageous package