South Africa: Junior Mechanical Engineer posted by First Subsea Services (Vestrel)

Responsibilities:

Including, but not limited to:

• Complete training as
• Shadow Project & Mechanical Engineers, Field Service and Subsea Engineers in order to gain a fundamental understanding of the design, operation, inspection and repair of Capital Drilling Equipment, as well as all the processes, procedures, of the Company.
• Work alongside the current engineering team assisting with design requests for special
• Provide assistance to Project & Mechanical Engineers with in-house development, which will be primary function in this role, including strength calculations (from rst principles and FEA/Simulation when required), 3D CAD modelling and drawing using SolidWorks, manufacturing data pack generation (incl. BOM’s, QCP’s and Works Instructions) and vendor management during fabrication stage.
• Will join the design engineering team focusing on subsea well control equipment
• Manage design, development & manufacturing projects, which will be the secondary function in this role, from inception through to delivery, initially with assistance of management but ultimately unaided; this will include, but will not be limited to, procurement, logistics, resource planning, scheduling, reporting, inspection report reviews, databook generation and submission.
• Draft manuals and procedures as
• Report eectively to management and
• Always ensure a safe working

 Qualications & Experience:

• Mechanical Engineering
• Vacation or experiential training relevant to the eld, would be

 Skills:
The following are the minimum skills required to perform the function:

• An advanced knowledge of the MS Oce
• Excellent written communicator (email; technical report writing).
• Excellent level of English, both written and
• Sound understanding of 3D CAD packages, in particular SolidWorks would be
• Knowledge in FEA software, in particular SolidWorks Simulation, would be
• Knowledge in Engineering Calculations Software, Mathcad, MATLAB or similar, would be advantageous.