# Mechanical Engineer (Project Costing)

Are you a Mechanical Engineer with project experience who enjoys the costing, tendering and commercial side of engineering more than the demands of site work? We're recruiting two Cost Engineers for an established South African engineering company with an international client base, delivering multimillion-rand engineering projects locally and abroad. This is an excellent opportunity for Mechanical Engineers who have gained practical experience in project execution, engineering, procurement, fabrication or contract management and are interested in developing a specialist career in Cost Engineering. You don't necessarily need to be a Cost Engineer already. If you understand how engineering projects come together, can interpret technical drawings and have been involved in project costing, tenders, procurement or commercial project activities, we'd like to hear from you. Your responsibilities will include: Prepare accurate cost estimates and budgets for engineering projects, equipment and fabricated components. Interpret mechanical drawings, technical specifications and bills of materials to determine project costs. Develop an understanding of manufacturing and fabrication processes,

- **Id**: 3568222
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/job-mail-mechanical-engineer-project-costing>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-31T13:30:45Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-31
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-02T20:16:10Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-02T20:16:10Z
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3466
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 701519
- **Name**: Job Mail
- **Domain**: jobmail.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/job-mail>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: yes
- **Listed via**: jobmail.co.za
- **Ats vendor**: Schema

## Salary

- **Min**: 300000
- **Max**: 660000
- **Currency**: ZAR
- **Period**: month
- **Usd annual**: 474552

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-31T13:30:45Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-02T20:16:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 474552
- **Is top pay**: yes

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