Aftermarket Engineer

Location: Bedfordview, Gauteng, South Africa, 2007

• Provide support to Service, Spares and Manufacturing departments.
• Carry out Engineering tasks and investigations to assist Howden's effort at supporting Howden aftermarket.
• Lead major investigations and projects from an Engineering perspective.
• Undertake new equipment selections & designs to produce a fit-for-purpose end-product per the user specification.
• Assess the condition of existing equipment & generate repair procedures & reports to produce a fit-for-purpose reconditioned product.
• Check & approve (sign-off) designs, repair procedures, drawings & other engineering tasks performed by others to ensure correctness & that errors are not carried through to production.
• Provide workable engineering solutions to problems experienced by both internal & external clients to ensure their needs are met.
• Develop external client relationships to promote the Howden product range & with the view to introducing enhancements to existing equipment.
• Lead, mentor, delegate & monitor progress of tasks assigned to less experienced engineering staff to ensure an even workload spread for the department & assist with their development.
• Provide expert power plant process knowledge as applied to the Howden product range to ensure equipment operation is in keeping with design intentions.
• Develop & revise Engineering Department documentation (e.g. specifications, design manuals, welding procedures, software etc.) to ensure they are relevant & up-to-date.

• B.Sc Mechanical Engineering or B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering
• Fan performance testing and vibration troubleshooting
• Vibration and welding knowledge and experience
• 10 years experience in a heavy engineering workshop
• Proficient in MS Office especially PowerPoint presentations
• Valid driver's license
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.