Junior Design Engineer

Rock Processing, we're passionate about development and advanced technology, and we always aim to offer the best possible experience for our customers in a sustainable way. It's a mission that takes commitment, but as an industry leader we aim for nothing but excellence in everything we do.

We are looking for a an ambitious, motivated and results orientated Junior Design Engineer to join our Screening Media team.

The role will report into the Operations Manager. The role will be based at our offices in Crown Mines, Johannesburg.

Purpose of the role:

• The Junior Design Engineer scope of work will primarily consist of, but is not limited to, production responsibilities, with a secondary focus on application engineering. The application engineering responsibilities will include occasional local and international site visits.

The job responsibilities: Screen media engineering production responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

• Product drafting and detailing.
• Product tooling, drafting, and detailing
• Product vetting, description, and stock code creation.
• Maintaining the product tool registers.
• Issue tool manufacturing drawings to the toolmaker and assist with any queries.
• Product maximum bearing load calculations
• Product material mass calculations for costing.
• Assist with product quality check queries and identify areas of possible manufacturing process and design improvements.
• Assist with production queries.
• Product general arrangement drawings for customer approvals.
• Drawing and updating customer deck layouts.
• Data capturing of existing products and tools.
• Issuing part manufacturing drawings to production.
• Check external part manufacturing drawings before they are issued to production.
• Developing and maintaining product tooling configuration lists for production, assisting them with product manufacture.
• Reverse engineer existing tools, for which we do not have design details, for further development and tool maintenance.

Screen Media's application engineering responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Acting as the technical link between sales and clients, assisting sales with screen media enquiries.
• Product selection for specific applications.
• Product failure analysis and reporting.
• Process and product performance analysis to identify findings and apply solutions where needed.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• Degree - Baccalaureus Ingeneria in Mechanical Engineering.
• Familiar with Computer Aided Design and Drafting.

What is in it for you?

We offer you an interesting role in an international business environment, extraordinary products, great colleagues, and opportunities for your professional development. At Sandvik, we believe that diversity of experience, perspective and background will lead to a better environment for our employees, our business and, thereby, our customers. Visit our stories hub , LinkedIn Opens in new window or Facebook Opens in new window to get to know us better.

Application

• Send your application as soon as possible as we will be evaluating candidates continuously, and no later than 26 March 2026
• Read more about Sandvik Group and apply at home.sandvik/career,

About us:

• Rock Processing is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a leading supplier of equipment, tools, parts, service and solutions for processing rock and minerals in the mining and construction industries. Application areas include crushing and screening, breaking and demolition.