Permanent - Drawing Office Manager - Ekurhuleni (East Rand) - South Africa

REPORTING TO THE ENGINEERING EXECUTIVE

JOB PURPOSE:

To manage the Drawing Office operations, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of high-quality drawings. This role includes maintaining compliance with standards, supporting various stakeholders including sales and production teams and project management, and maintaining an environment that supports the effective execution of customer orders.

JOB FUNCTION:

Continuous Improvement:

Identify and address areas for continuous improvement, including drawing office related systems and processes

Implement product improvement in conjunction with Engineering to improve designs and minimise costs

Implement drawing office strategy set by management

Customer/Stakeholder Support:

Establish and maintain relationships with internal/external clients

Provide responsive support to sales and production queries that meets customer satisfaction

Drawing Office Responsiveness:

Ensure all drawings are free of errors and meet the required accuracy standards Produce designs that meet customer requirements and design intent

Ensure drawings are delivered within set timeframes

Drawing Quality Management:

Produce designs that meet customer requirements and design intent Ensure all drawings comply with established drawing standards

Financial Management:

Review income statements monthly to ensure accuracy and reporting anomalies

Ensure cost-effective deployment of CAD software and external service providers

Manage the utilisation and recovery of man hours spent on DO requests

People Management:

Plan, select, develop and manage manpower capabilities for the function as required by the operation

Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures and effect discipline where required in line with company policy

Product Data Management:

Ensure the latest version of all issued drawings is maintained in OnBase

Ensure that all drawings are consistently stored in the Vault/Windchill

Quality Management:

Report monthly on drawing office performance, risk, improvements, financials, and workforce Adhere to procedures, design specifications and ISO standards

QUALIFICATION & REQUIREMENTS:

Degree or Minimum National Diploma in Engineering, or similar 8 years applicable technical experience in a similar environment of which at least 3 years should have been in a section leader/management capacity

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD and Vault. Creo and Windchill advantageous.

Customer focused, problem solver, can build a successful team, good decision making, communication, planning and organising skills, attention to detail, innovative, quality and safety orientated

Engineering and technology: Displays in-depth knowledge of drawing techniques, software applications, and industry standards