Short Description / Purpose of Job:
We are seeking a Lead Draughtsman responsible for ensuring drafting deliverables comply with health and safety standards and company specifications.
This role involves managing a team of draftsmen, providing technical direction, maintaining Engineering Information Governance Standards, ensuring quality control, and liaising with project stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review drafting deliverables for compliance with health and safety standards (ASME B31.3, ASME B31.1, EN 13480).- Perform flexibility analysis on piping systems.- Ensure compliance with company specifications and standards.- Develop and optimize quality management practices.- Manage interfaces between engineering disciplines, maintenance, projects, and external technical communities.- Implement best practices and capture lessons learned.- Ensure deviation management and identify corrective actions.- Respond to technical queries and recommend concessions.- Manage and develop team members, facilitating knowledge sharing and innovation.- Maintain effective Engineering Information Governance Standards and processes.- Serve as a technical expert for Engineering Information Draughting Services.- Continuously improve processes and implement improvement solutions.- Build positive relationships with stakeholders and evaluate against SLAs.- Manage team performance, development, and safety training.- Report on budget utilization, forecasting, and changes.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree or Bachelor of Technology.- Minimum of 6+ years of experience.- ECSA Registration (preferred).
Competencies:
- Analytics: Systematic analysis of data or statistics.- Business Leadership: Commercial acumen and global mindset.- Compliance: Understanding of statutory requirements.- Continuous Improvement: Enhancing business process effectiveness and efficiency.- Critical Reasoning: Logical and sensible thinking.- Data Management: Managing organizational data.- Partnership Leadership: Building relationships for win-win outcomes.- People Leadership: Engaging people inclusively and leading cultural transformation.- Problem Solving: Defining, searching, and testing solutions systematically.- Project Management: Planning and managing tasks and resources to achieve objectives.- Self-Mastery: Personal growth through self-awareness and feedback.- Strategic Leadership: Providing vision, direction, and leading change.