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Looking to take the next step in your career? Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated Chief Design Engineer (Tunnelling / Heavy Underground Works Structures) to join our Project Delivery Group (PDG) in Johannesburg.
PDG helps clients reach their business goals through a range of strong technical capabilities. We ensure world-class project delivery through the skills of our people, methodologies, governance, and systems. Our engineering and project management and construction disciplines ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable delivery of projects globally across the metals and mining, infrastructure, and energy sectors.
We manage our clients’ entire project lifecycle from studies to building assets, operating the assets, and developing efficiencies. Join our team and become part of a community that strives for positive change–providing the best solutions for our clients’ toughest challenges!
Job Title: Chief Design Engineer
Reports To: JV Project Mnager
Roles and responsibilities
- The key responsibilities will be to:
- Manage and coordinate the Detailed Design process
- Ensure full engineering integration
- Manage engineering schedule and budget
- Drive quality, peer review, check process etc
- Coordinate various design input occurring remotely across the JV firms.
- Review and implement any amendments to JV engineering management processes.
- Assist Project Manager in the budget for the Detailed Design task.
- Develop the engineering work packages (EWPs) for all deliverables and time-based functions.
- Develop an achievable engineering schedule to meet project requirements using the EWPs.
- Develop the engineering manpower plan to meet the engineering schedule with the Project Manager.
- Provide input into the project monthly report with respect to design progress, cost and issues of concern and recommend changes if required to achieve overall objectives.
- Coordinate with Procurement, Construction and Commissioning personnel early in the design effort to obtain their input and conduct any necessary reviews.
- Make contact with client management at key points throughout project to ensure that engineering deliverables are meeting client requirements.
- Assume responsibility for the engineering administrative function, directing Area Engineers, Discipline Engineers and other groups engaged in inter-related engineering responsibilities.
- Direct and review the engineering activities to ensure that work quality is satisfactory and appropriate technical personnel development programs are conducted.
- Raise safety awareness and ensure the design for safety principles are applied to the project.
- Ensure engineering risk assessments and HAZOPs are carried out and all identified issues are addressed.
- Arrange and facilitate design reviews and participate as required in engineering, management and construction reviews.
- Coordinate quality audit verifications to ensure compliance with all relevant engineering standards and internal procedures for all design activities. Instigate corrective actions as required.
- Cooperate with the Global Engineering practice of other Regions as directed on matters involving sharing of available expertise.
Qualifications and Experience
- BSc/BEng degree in an engineering discipline.
- Registration as a Professional Engineer with ECSA.
- Specific tunnelling experience is preferred but most necessarily a requirement.
- Typically 10 + years’ experience in a multi-disciplinary environment on major projects with specific focus on design of heavy underground works
- Typically 5 years’ experience in managing design engineering teams working on major projects.
- An extensive technical knowledge of engineering systems, design, applications of engineering processes and materials, and engineering applications of current engineering technologies.
- General knowledge of industry, regulatory standards and design criteria in engineering disciplines.
- Ability to plan, coordinate and organise at an advanced level.
- Comprehensive knowledge of project planning, controls and understanding of multi-discipline interdependencies.
- Knowledge of drawing production and document control methodologies.
- Knowledge of progress assessment and measurement and engineering control strategies.
- Ability to adapt to constant change and accommodate high pressure situations to support the team in meeting project objectives.
- An extensive knowledge of administrative practices and strong communication skills across all levels including client representatives.
- Ability to manage relationships with key stakeholders involved in the project (including internal and external clients).
- A high degree of understanding of procurement and contracting, construction and commissioning methodologies as related to the discipline.
- Ability to handle complex problem-solving tasks, applying appropriate analysis and consideration of high level technical detail
Why Join us
- Develop innovation partnerships
- Think locally, work globally
- Engage with people who make a difference
What we offer you?
- Flexible work environment.
- Long term career development
We are committed to fostering a workforce in each of our locations that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or any other protected status. If you have any special needs requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation.