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Zutari: Co-creating an engineered impact. 

Zutari is a well-established, management-owned engineering firm with almost 90 years’ experience. 

As human-centred engineering consultants and advisors, we are trusted by our clients, business partners, communities and other stakeholders across Africa. 

We co-create engineering solutions that have a positive impact and improve people’s lives. Zutari  values inclusion and recognises the importance of a diverse, talented workforce, believing that people need other people to succeed. 

What kind of talent do we pursue? 

We employ people with the right attitude and a positive mindset, who are motivated by doing the right thing, getting things done and sharing a sense of urgency.

People who have an impact on our teams and broader community.

People who think differently and connect with those around them to co-create new opportunities and leave a meaningful legacy. 

Key Role Accountabilities

• Work collaboratively within Zutari to achieve goals 
• Client facing role 
• Prepare proposals and make presentations 
• Monthly reporting function across projects 
• Ensure substantiation of designs 
• Define, maintain and work to a project scope, design criteria and schedule 
• Manage drawing liaison and provide general engineering support 
• Manage and co-ordinate technical interfaces on projects 
• Generation of Tender and Project documentation and costings 
• Technical support during manufacturing, construction and quality assurance procedure 
• Provide support during trouble shooting 
• To know, understand, define, maintain and ensure work is executed to a project scope of work and general plant design criteria and specifications 
• Apply knowledge of statutory requirements and experience of similar projects 
• Ensure regular interaction between relevant parties and disciplines on a Project 
• Be aware of, and work to, the project budget 
• Site Involvement – Support to the Construction and Commissioning phases as and when required 

Minimum Requirements

• BEng/BSc in Mechanical Engineering, preferably with a postgraduate qualification
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa or evidence of registration progress
• Qualification related to the Design and Operations of Belt Conveyor or Belt Conveying of bulk solids would be advantageous  
• Certification pertaining to Bulk Transfer Chute Design and Modelling would be advantageous
• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience, including experience of lump sum turn-key type projects, EPCM projects and studies in the mining and materials handling sector
• Delivering front end engineering study work 
• Technical design and design management experience 
• Mechanical design experience 
• Relevant project management and/or engineering management and/or design experience related to large projects in a mining, industrial and/or energy environment  
• Experience in large multi-disciplinary projects  
• Experience in the management systems applicable to the management and reporting on large and/or EPCM and EPC projects  
• Ability to lead projects, develop business and manage client relationships 
• Excellent writing, presentation and communication skills (English)
• Computer literacy: BMH design package (Sidewinder and Belt Analyst), Flow simulation and 3D package (advantageous) and MS Office Suite