About this role
Ensuring Chart’s Success…
Howden, a Chart Industries Company is a leading global engineering business that focuses on providing mission-critical air and gas handling products to our clients, helping them to increase their environmental and operational efficiencies. At Howden, a Chart Industries Company we recognise the value of people and truly believe that by working together, aligned to a common purpose, we all have the opportunity to grow, learn and make a difference.
Howden South Africa is looking for an experienced Aftermarket Engineer . The position will be responsible for providing a competent engineering and design resource to external and internal clients.
What Will You Do?
- 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
Your Experience Should Be...
- 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.