Mechanical Processor

**Basic Requirements**:

- Formal Tertiary education:

- Grade 12
- Artisan Qualification (Toolmaker/Turner or Equivalent)
- Drivers Licence: Code 8- (required)
- Languages:

- English - Read, write and speak (required)
- Afrikaans - Read, write and speak (optional)
- German (Advantageous)

**Experience**:

- Computer Literate (MS Office)
- Commissioning Experience (Advantageous)
- 5+ years of mechanical tool making experience in the automotive industry
- Ability to read & interpret detail & requirements from a mechanical design drawing
- Knowledge of different metals & materials & the characteristics of the material, especially during the manufacturing process (weld, bending, metal hardness & coating possibilities.
- Experience with interfacing / extracting information provided externally by customers / suppliers to be incorporated into existing manufacturing / assembly methods
- 2D CAD experience
- CNC Machining Experience
- Knowledge of mechanics / materials
- Practical manufacturing for material ordering

**Job Objectives**:

- To work within the design department team, as Mechanical Processor
- Capture raw material sizing and special requirements for material acquisition
- Preparation of cutting/bending CAD files used by material suppliers
- Review drawings and record all deviations from design office standards which require correction
- Issuing bill of material to purchasing for quotation and ordering

**Main Tasks and Responsibilities**
- Specify the raw material sizes required for ordering
- Have a good knowledge of material types, restrictions/limitations, and availability
- Create cut profiles used for sheet/plate cutting and bending processes
- Review drawing packs to ensure that the detailing conforms to the latest design office standards
- Record any discrepancies and flag items that need to be corrected before design release
- Ensure that all parts are designed in line with our manufacturing capabilities / restrictions
- To liaise with specialist consultants e.g. Design Consultants/Suppliers
- Identify any design areas of improvement to reduce the material / manufacturing costs
- To resolve manufacturing issues in the early stages of design and development.
- Issuing of raw material BOM to purchasing for quotation and order
- Confirm that material order is aligned with the design release worksheet and that there are no outstanding updates/quantity changes to the material order
- Approval of the design release before handover to manufacturing
- “Outside the box” thinking
- Perform model checking responsibilities as per training instructions.
- Actively reduce costs. Provide suggestions and opportunities for cost savings
- Proactively involved with the designer/manufacturing team to ensure highly successful project outcomes
- Mentor, instruct, and uplift Junior Team Members
- Holistic view of a project and its requirements in the interest of producing a better overall product

**_ Preference will be given to employees from the designated groups in line with the provisions of the Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998_