Fan System and Ventilation Engineer
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Engineering: Effectively engage customers with applications enquiries. Perform fan station designs, and fan selections based on customer specifications. Understand all customer requirements and specifications clearly as received with enquiries. Prepare well written and presentable tender documents, inclusive of all tender returnable documents. Lead each application's opportunity through the process of tender to order. Drive accurate forecasting of opportunities in the business and ensure customer feedback is always captured, and add value to customer engagements.
- Documentation: Pre-engineer fan system designs and generate fan curves suitable for selections made and to meet customer specifications. Engage with the legal and commercial departments with the objective of mitigating risks while satisfying client contractual expectations to secure orders. Generate a budget document suitable for project execution. Accurate tender programs and organograms to define full scope and overhead requirements within the shortest possible lead times.
- Engineering Support: Engineering support during the tendering phase. Run a collaborative design process with the engineering team to ensure the best solution and scope of supply are clearly defined, checked, and tested. Assist the engineering team with the latest market and engineering trends to save on cost, design, and time.
- Project Management: When required act as project manager for various projects to ensure relevant projects meet agreed standards and is delivered within an agreed timeframe.
- Customer relations: Develop customer relationships to promote the Howden and Chart products and services, with a view to introducing enhancements to existing equipment. Work towards early customer involvement by becoming a partner through their respective planning phases by regularly meeting up high level project teams from Customers (end-users), Project Houses, EPCs, and consulting firms.
- Managing Tenders: Adhere to the tender process (enquiry, risks, contracts, costs, and submission of documents) to be accomplished in line with client specifications and in accordance with Howden standards.
- Marketing: Contribute to the effective marketing of company products and technologies to ensure the conversion of a tender into a sale conducted in accordance with company procedure.
- Compliance: SOX Compliance: Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley and AX controls.
- A tertiary qualification in Mechanical Engineering (B-Tech, B-Eng or BSC Eng).
- Membership of a reputable engineering body such as ECSA and/or SAIMechE is an added benefit.
- Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Projects, and AutoCAD
- Minimum 3 years' experience in a mining or industrial sales environment with Mine Ventilation Engineering experience.
- Exposure to multiple disciplines of Engineering, and the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and CFD studies
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Working knowledge of standard contracting methodologies, preferably NEC & FIDIC.
- 2 years' experience in a project management environment and/or tender preparations