Permanent - Senior Product Development Engineer - Ground Support - Johannesburg South - South Africa

Job Title: Senior Product Development Engineer - Ground Support

Computer Skills: MS Office Suite

Industry: Mining

City: Johannesburg South

Province: Gauteng

The Product Development Engineer role reports into the Ground Support R&D Team. The R&D Department is a collaborative and high performing team of multidisciplinary engineers who liaise with both internal and external customers to develop innovative ground support and monitoring products and advance scientific knowledge within this field. As a Product Development Engineer, you will continuously develop your understanding of mechanical engineering principals as well as advanced ground support technology, and apply this knowledge towards the design and optimisation of new ground support systems, with a focus on integrating these products into other applicable technologies offered by the Group, such as mechanised mining equipment and digital technologies.

• Participate in customer engagement via the marketing team to understand customer requirements and conceptualise solutions.
• Design, develop and validate scalable product solutions to meet requirements.
• Manage full project life cycle and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to convert conceptual ideas into scalable and marketable products.
• Professional communication both written and verbal.
• Mentoring and development of junior team members.
• Support marketing team during development of high value projects.
• Provide on site technical support.

• Driven and top achieving Mechanical Engineer with a minimum bachelor's degree, preferably with honours or masters.
• Ability to problem solve and self teach new skills and knowledge needed to advance your work.
• Able to demonstrate a history of competence and achievement within the Mechanical Engineering field.
• Aptitude to develop innovative technology within a high paced environment.
• Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, self manage, self prioritise and action accordingly.
• Experience in the mining environment with an understanding of the ground support cycle and equipment (advantageous).