Product Engineer

Product Engineer position available in Somerset West.

A renowned Aviation Engineering company is looking for a Product Engineer to join their team on a full-time permanent basis in the Helderberg Area, Cape Town.

Excellent salary on offer plus benefits and internal career advancement opportunities.

Requirements:

• Tertiary education: B.Eng. or B.Tech. Mechanical.
• Minimum 5-year relevant work experience, with at least 3 years project management experience in the manufacturing industry essential.
• Experience in operating in a multi-project environment with different customers.
• Demonstrated ability to work on a global level interfacing with diverse cultures.
• Expertise in composite design and manufacturing processes preferable.
• Sound knowledge in CAE software, preferably CATIA V5, Altair Hyperworks and MasterCAM Machining.
• SAP or equivalent ERP experience advantageous.
• Ability to walk and stand for prolonged periods, work in a dusty and noisy environment with exposure to raw materials and/or finished products.
• Willingness to travel locally and abroad on supplier and customer visits.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and support composite manufacturing processes for products including tooling, technical software, process optimisation and best practice methods from project initiation to serial production handover.
• Meet product technical specification requirements and project timelines.
• Engineering design and data management including milestone resource planning, reporting, technical guidance to designers, concept evaluation and change management.
• Review of Engineering Change Proposals.
• Participate in projects from KOM (Kick-off Meeting), through development & qualification phases, up to hand-over at PRRM (Production Readiness Review Meeting).
• Overseeing development and qualification testing with assistance of Testing and Certification staff.
• Management of production verification sampling.
• Assisting with requests for proposal from customers, in cooperation with Sales and Program Management.
• Customer liaison and on-site technical support may be required from time to time.