# Design Office Manager (Mechanical Engineering)

Duties and ResponsibilitiesDesign office leadership Lead, plan and manage the design office, including resource planning, drawing scheduling and workload allocation Chair and participate in design reviews Set and enforce CAD standards, document control and engineering workflows Administer Autodesk Vault and manage revision control across the drawing office Drive design automation, standardisation and continuous improvement Coach, mentor and develop designers and draughtspersons, and manage team performance Engineering designLead the design of heavy fabricated and mineral processing equipment Develop plant layouts and modular plant designs Oversee structural steel detailing, sheet metal and platework design, and piping design and routing Apply sound mechanical design principles along with Design for Manufacture, Design for Assembly and Design for Maintainability Ensure designs align with welding and fabrication practice, machining limitations, surface treatment, assembly and quality requirements Engineering documentationPrepare and review general arrangement, detail, assembly and manufacturing drawings Compile and review plant layouts, bills of materials, mechanical equipment lists,

- **Id**: 987619
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/job-mail-design-office-manager-mechanical-engineering>
- **Role**: Administrative
- **Role family**: Administrative
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Klerksdorp, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-17T00:13:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-23
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-23T15:52:21Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 59
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2619
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Recruiting & Staffing

## Company

- **Id**: 4075817
- **Name**: Recruit Pro
- **Domain**: recruitpro.io
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/recruit-pro>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Listed via**: jobmail.co.za

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 74
- **Open postings**: 24
- **Ghost share**: 0.375
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0.583
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 10
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 14500
- **Max usd**: 29000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 18

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 2
- **Flags**: repost
- **Days open**: 58

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-17T00:13:58Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-18T07:37:56Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-18T16:17:16Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-18T19:33:31Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-19T12:08:58Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-19T23:45:18Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-20T18:11:58Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-21T07:15:26Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-21T17:20:59Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-22T06:20:54Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-22T13:48:18Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-09-22T23:13:17Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-01T15:48:49Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-03T19:36:13Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-04T18:59:47Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-05T05:55:40Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-05T20:14:48Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-06T06:13:42Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-06T12:40:39Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-06T14:16:18Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-06T19:47:19Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-08T14:04:48Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-08T20:15:41Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-10T07:11:45Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-10T19:02:45Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-12T05:13:43Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-12T19:48:23Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-13T05:20:30Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-13T20:09:35Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-14T16:59:26Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-15T19:48:26Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 5
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 0.85
- **P active**: 0.157
- **P room**: 0.35
- **Age days**: 59
- **Expected fill days**: 10
- **Reasons**: seen:22, repost:2, agency, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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