Senior Engineering Manager

We are looking for a SENIOR ENGINEERING MANAGER in Middelburg, Mpumalanga

The incumbent will be a Senior level member of our regional service engineering team, responsible for managing the engineering team, and leading assigned projects and tasks, by driving or participating in regular customer-facing technical engagements, technical strategy, innovation, trouble shooting and root cause analysis, and continuous improvement. The role is essential to the success of the organization and must possess a range of technical, strong human interface and leadership skills, as well as business and commercial acumen to excel in this role.

Essential Functions:

• Engineering Manager

o Possessed a broad knowledge of controls, power conversion, automation, data analytics and their application to the industries, equipment and customers that we serve.

o Well-versed in problem-solving, RCA and project management principles from training and experience.

o Actively assist in promoting our Service Engineering, and selling to customers, partners, and others.

o Play a critical role in defining the overall product and growth strategy, by partnering with Business Development and Product Management.

o Demonstrates proficiency in planning and managing departmental budgets and project costs.

o Execute work in effective and efficient ways to best serve customers and attain corporate regional and goals.

o Key contact for Corporate R&D teams, globally.

• Education:

o Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Controls, Power, Software, Physics or Computer Engineering or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience from e.g. UP, UCT, Wits, Stellenbosch.

o Master’s of Science or Business Administration a plus.

• Experience:

o >10 years of engineering experience.

o >15 years of industry and related experience.

o 10 years of experience in electric machines, drives, controls and/or systems.

o Extensive and up to date knowledge in drives, controls and/or rotating electric machines.

o Knowledge and experience in industrial and/or machine control theory.

o Experience with mining machine systems applications including but not limited to electric mining shovels, draglines, haul trucks, rotary blast hole drills, and hydraulic excavators.

o Demonstrated experience in managing the product lifecycle of systems and products.

o Demonstrated success with the ability to identify key customer requirements and translate them into detailed product specifications for multi-generational products.

o Leverageable experience with engineering tools and systems, including simulators, modeling, virtual prototyping and statistical analysis.

o Good ability to work with business ERP system.

Salary negotiable - Please forward CV to