About the position
Southern Wind Ship Yard is looking to appoint an experienced Mechanical / Composites Engineer with 5 - 10 years experience. The successfull candidate will play a key role in the Drawing Office working on composite design and engineering and deck hardware and deck outfitting design. Scope of work will include structural layout of the boat and composites engineering. The successfull candidate will be working with the Drawing Office team of specialists who are responsible to deliver drawings for production to the required standard and produciton deadlines.
Desired Skills:
- Practical Sailing experience
- SolidWorks 3D CAD (or similar)
- AutoCAD 2D (or similar)
- MS Office
- Methodical
- Dependable
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good technical skills and knowledge
- Fluency in English
- Good perception of 3D space
- Good communication skills.
- South African Citizen prefered
Desired Work Experience:
- 5 to 10 years
Desired Qualification Level:
- Degree
About The Employer:
Southern Wind Shipyard builds luxury sailing yachts for the global market. The yachts are of contemporary Italian design and built with South African craftsmanship. Each yacht is unique, offering a high level of customization and the option of adapting design elements according to Clients' personal preferences. The company has been in existence for more than 30 years with a Marketing division based in Italy and manufacturing facility based in Athlone Industria. For more information please visit [URL Removed]