Principal Engineer - Mechanical, Data Centers

Responsibilities

• Act as a senior technical resource and serve as a technical advisor for the team.
• Plan work, provide technical reviews and manage quality.
• Share technical expertise and experience with others in the company through internal technical communication and presentations.
• Develop high‑quality design outputs and perform hands‑on design when required.
• May act as a line manager, mentoring, monitoring timekeeping and carrying out performance reviews and providing feedback to allocated technical staff.
• Act in a supporting role to the Team Leader/Manager/Associate Director/Director by delegating work and directing less experienced staff to complete assigned projects’ technical tasks.
• Monitor and track the budget for specific tasks within the project.
• Prepare technical specification sections, complete feasibility studies, and add input and value to designs.
• Perform quality control reviews of design calculations and drawings, serve as Lead Verifier, confirming that the technical approach satisfies client scope of services and expectations.
• Provide specialised input to studies and design within the specific area of expertise and act as an in‑house expert on specific technologies or processes.
• Develop solutions to complex and challenging issues, creating new procedures where needed.
• Independently evaluate, select, and apply standard industry techniques to execute work assignments.
• Identify and develop new processes that improve efficiency or work quality.
• Engage with project technical teams to confirm project approach and review deliverables within budget and scope.
• Liaise with authorities to obtain permits and approvals and discuss technical advances.
• Resolve technical issues concerning conflicting requirements or complex coordination.
• Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical effort/man‑hours for projects.
• Support the design team with design tasks and perform hands‑on design when required.
• Support the design team on technically complex and challenging projects, bringing innovation into the design.
• Assist with project bids and lead verification.
• Act as Project Manager on small to medium size discipline‑specific projects.
• Have an excellent understanding of project delivery requirements and be well versed with the company’s project delivery procedures.
• Be well versed in the use of Earned Value Management to assess progress of design against budget.
• Support business development and selling initiatives, manage client relationships and expectations, and assist with proposals.
• Lead communication with clients to discuss work scope, request information to support execution, and receive client comments on draft work products.
• Present to clients, senior leadership and other project stakeholders to demonstrate progress and clearly explain design principles.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure no design gaps and provide fully coordinated design deliverables.
• Provide support of the construction supervision teams.

• Bachelor of Science or Engineering from an accredited university.
• 12+ years of experience within the built environment after obtaining an undergraduate degree.
• Professionally registered as an Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).
• Experience in all three mechanical engineering disciplines (HVAC, Wet Services & Fire) advantageous.

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