Lead Project Engineer Mining Equipment

SUMMARY:
National Leader dealing within the mine winder and lifting equipment environment has an opportunity for a lead Project Engineer, OEM, responsibilities will include installations and commissioning Winder systems and related products, which spans the disciplines of Mechanical, Hydraulic and Electrical
engineering, production and site installation and commissioning.
Oversee all Project Management
Provide leadership on development of project management systems requirements within the
company relating to process flows, planning, information management and transfer between
departments.
Provide input into development of general business systems within the company.
Set up and manage project management operational processes within the company in line
with accepted best practice and appropriate to the business model and size of the company.
This includes formal development of Project Management Processes, Procedures and other
aspects as required by the company’s ISO9001:2015 certification.

POSITION INFO:

• More than 5 years’ Design experience.
• More than 5 years’ project engineering/management experience.
• Experience in leading a multi-disciplined team.
• 10 Years’ experience in mining machine OEM environment

The role is split between leading the project management team and managing projects.
Ensuring performance of projects within client and company expectations from time
of Sales and Marketing handover to time of completion of the defects Liability Period
and return of all bonds and other liabilities.
Interfacing with clients including all formal technical, commercial, financial,
scheduling, reporting and general communications.
Interfacing with and coordinating of actions of internal departments including
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Production,
Procurement, Services, QA/QC and SHE to ensure completion of projects within
allocated time and budget constraints while continually seeking to improve delivery
and financial performance parameters of projects.
Establishment and control of project schedules so as to ensure timeous expediting
and accurate reporting of project progress in line with contractual requirements.
Monitoring and ensuring the timeous carrying out of all necessary procurement,
fabrication, assembly and testing activities. Interface with heads of the following departments in order to achieve alignment of
operational aspects of the departments with the requirements of the company’s contractual
deliverables:
Automation Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Hydraulic Engineering
Electrical Production
Mechanical Production
Services
Chair weekly Major Projects Meetings where overall progress, scope, commercial,
engineering, production, site and quality aspects are touched on in order to ensure overall
alignment between the departments.