Vacancy at Debswana Diamond Company – Technical Services

Debswana Diamond Company – Technical Services would like to invite suitably qualified innovative, results oriented and self-driven individuals to apply for the position listed and described below and join a professional team driven by service excellence, where the demands of the business are met by encouraging team work and addressing the needs of the individual.

DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN (x3)
Ref: DCC 0000220

Job Summary
To produce technically accurate and legally compliant plans/drawings to allow the effi cient construction/operation of the mine

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• National Diploma in Draughting and design technology or equivalent
• Four (4) years in a mining or heavy engineering environment. 2 of which should be in a mining environment of which 2 years must have been at Maintenance Foreman Level or equivalent.
• CAD or equivalent training
• Basic MS Offi ce application

Key activities

• Provides technical information to assist in the compilation of budgets
• Participates in the control of sectional costs by optimizing resource utilization in area of work
• Assesses design requests (Project briefs) and investigates associated technical problems and produces solutions accordingly
• Plans and schedules all jobs as allocated to him/her
• Produces complex sketches from information received from clients and/or the supervisor
• Produces preliminary layouts, sections and fi nal assembly drawings from information received from the client , site measurements, sketches or existing drawings using CAD or manual draughting techniques
• Details complex component parts of equipment from existing drawings, actual parts or information received from the client
• Revises existing designs as per request from clients or Supervisor and updates all applicable drawings
• Carries out basic engineering design related calculations in accordance with engineering codes of practice, safety and environmental standards on request from clients or the Supervisor
• Examines each design proposal from external sources for adherence to engineering specifi cations and standards and recommends improvements where necessary
• Maintains and develops the drawing offi ce technology and ensures optimum utilization thereof e.g. software up- grading
• Attends to all administrative functions, taking cognizance of the need to create a clear audit trail, by carrying out and observing all associated administrative procedures, maintaining an information management system and com- piling reports and statistics as required
• Maintains the Drawing Offi ce database and fi ling system by updating revised drawings and archiving plans as ap-
• propriate, circulating all revisions of plans/drawings to the relevant Line Managers concerned, receiving, sorting and capturing all drawings on the database or fi ling them as appropriate and retrieving plans on request
• Attends to all project work by assisting the supervisor in setting up project plans taking cognizance of spares, tools, labour and other resource requirement and carrying out project related work according to set standards, plans and scheduled targets
• Adheres to all safety, health and environmental policies and procedures in area of responsibility

Closing date and application instructions

Only candidates who meet the above requirements need apply by visiting us on http://www.debswana.com/careers to register and apply.

Closing Date: 21st May 2016