Junior Mechanical Engineer

Location: Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa, 1947

Company: Chart Industries

Ensuring Chart’s Success…

Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global leader in air and gas handling products, services and solutions. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling, and have over a century of experience in doing so.

We invite applications for the position of Junior Engineer at our Howden Africa Compressors & Turbines Division in Sasolburg. The Junior Engineer will be a comprehensive rotating equipment engineering resource to support internal departments and customers. Engineering support will consist of 80% of the job scope. Creating fabrication drawings (using Inventor software), reverse engineering by 3D scanning and control of drawing standards and drawing quality. Drafting activities will consist of 20% of the job scope. Development and upkeep of engineering protocols, procedures, specifications and documents.

What Will You Do?

• New equipment selection (of Howden Products) to meet customer specifications and ensure it is fit-for-purpose.
• Evaluate the condition of existing equipment and create repair procedures and reports to produce a reconditioned product that meets standards.
• 3D Scanning and reverse engineering of parts.
• Materials research and selection for part manufacturing.
• Create manufacturing drawings and review QCP’s to ensure accuracy and prevent errors in production.
• Provide engineering solutions to problems encountered by internal and external clients to meet their needs.
• Develop and maintain technical relationships with customers to promote the product range and introduce enhancements to existing equipment.
• Interact with the Chart Product Center Engineers and Technical Support to get resolutions to internal and external problems with equipment.
• Control of the Drawings office to ensure all drawings are filed correctly and drawings are accurate and complete.
• Support the Projects Manager to ensure all engineering aspects on projects are fulfilled according to Chart's standards.
• Support the quality inspectors and participate in improving overall product quality and quality procedures and standards.
• Develop and update Engineering Department documentation (e.g., specifications, design manuals, software) to ensure they are current and relevant.
• Assist the Manufacturing section with manufacturing processes (programming of CNC machines), material selection, procurement procedures, and heat treatment procedures.

Your Experience Should Be...

• Formal tertiary qualification in mechanical engineering (B-Tech, BEng).
• 3 years’ experience in rotating equipment, especially compressors and turbines.
• Experience in engineering workshop and machining practices.
• Material research and selection experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to demonstrate Howden products/applications/solutions in an open forum (PowerPoint presentations).
• Compressor and Turbine performance evaluation.
• Drafting experience using Inventor software.
• Ability to mentor/guide less experienced staff.

Our Benefits Package...

Howden provides a great benefits package in addition to an attractive salary. You will work alongside highly skilled professionals on complex industrial services that make a real impact. Join Howden where performance, innovation, and people development drive success.

Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion.

Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing “equal employment opportunity” and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.