South Africa: Vehicle Engineer: Africa (1 Year FTC)

REQUIREMENTS South African citizen Minimum National Diploma or Degree in the field of Engineering Fluency in English Working knowledge of German Experience in an automotive engineering environment Exposure to and utilisation of project management systems Experience in the company’s group development environment Competency in Office Software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) Ability to plan and execute projects Ability to visualise, anticipate and predict the course of activities within the project Ability to monitor, follow up on the project progress, identify major project issues and to escalate these in project management forums Ability to lead and motivate engineering teams under pressure Ability to represent product engineering confidently at forums, locally at the director level and internationally Ability to operate and negotiate across cultural lines Ability to do presentations to multinational groups Complex problem-solving abilities Good interpersonal skills (negotiation and communication) RESPONSIBILITIES Represent vehicle engineering during divisional activities, by participating in projects, discussions, and presentations to define/ negotiate/ agree on engineering requirements and/ or support/ advise engineering matters to ensure compliance with country requirements Monitor the SSA vehicle development project budget by evaluating the project development costs for testing activities and manpower capacity Assist SSA TPL in defining the engineering and development scope, technical requirements and changes of components. Assist in ensuring test fleet monitoring data is correctly captured in the market, and participate in various development investigations Initiate country needs and requirements for all priority identified countries in the African region to cluster the testing requirements for each market Contribute to the competitor analysis database for all identified countries in Africa Analyse and report the monitoring trends and research the market trends in relation to fuels, environment, products, legislation changes, etc.