Epiroc R & D Internship Programme 2024
The role of the Research and Development (R&D) Engineer is to create and refine new or current trackless mobile equipment and technologies through a process of researching, designing, experimenting and testing.
Closing date: 01 October 2024
Location: Krugersdorp,
Life at Epiroc
By joining our team, you will be part of a group of knowledgeable and helpful colleagues who live by our core values: collaboration, commitment and innovation.
The work environment in the mining and construction industries presents unique and interesting challenges that you will not find in other industries.
Our culture is characterized by care for work-life balance, professional development, global professional opportunities, and an epic benefits package.
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
- Generate new and update existing engineering drawings in the form of free hand sketches, hand drawn and CAD system models.
- Check and approve drawings generated or changed by others in the department.
- Complete the documentation and maintain the configuration control of documents and drawings as prescribed in the company standards.
- Be familiar with national and international standards where they affect the company’s products.
- Be familiar with the company’s business systems as they affect engineering matters.
- Calculate cost effects of modifications and design detail changes.
- Perform engineering design calculations of systems, structures, and components.
- Investigate the causes of engineering problems and generate report.
- Use engineering techniques to find solutions and to solve engineering problems.
- Interpret client or user requirement specifications to develop engineering specifications or systems, structures, or components.
- Confirm design specifications with details to assure conformance.
- Be familiar with materials, processes, and heat treatment as they affect the company’s products.
- Liaise with production to ensure most economical methods of manufacture are built into the product at the design and detail stage.
- Plan and control the development and testing of engineering systems, structures, and components.
- Analyze and interpret engineering test data.
- Structure Engineering BOMs and manufacturing BOMs on Windchill.
- Plan and control engineering projects.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective action for reported quality defects.
Competences, skills and experience
- Turn a design idea into an accurate picture i.e. diagram for a machine.
- PTC Creo and Windchill advantageous.
- Syspro advantageous.
- Microsoft Visio advantageous.
- Highly proficient level computer skills including Ms Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
- Programming and changing of FW Murphy controller and system advantageous.
- J1939 can bus protocol.
- The ability to follow directions while paying a close attention to details.
- Able to maintain many projects at once.
- Be a strong communicator (written, spoken, and visual).
- Deadline driven.
- Able to work independently and must be people and team oriented.
Behaviours
- Honest and responsible.
- Self-motivated.
- Team member.
- Take ownership and pride in his work
- Self-starter energized and focused.
- Exceptional good work ethic and good customer service.
- At all times be medically fit to perform duties.
- Perform any other reasonable duties generated by management not covered in above requirements.
Educational Qualifications:
- BSC/B Eng Mechanical/B Tech Mechanical with strong electrical background 3 to 5 years experience
