# Design Office Manager (Mechanical Engineering)

SUMMARY: We are recruiting on behalf of a well established manufacturer of mineral processing and heavy fabricated equipment supplying the mining industry locally and internationally. We are looking for an experienced design leader with a passion for innovation, product development and manufacturing excellence. The successful candidate will combine strong technical capability with proven leadership experience and a practical understanding of heavy engineering and mineral processing equipment. POSITION INFO: Duties and Responsibilities Design 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 design Lead the design of heavy fabricated and mineral processing equipment Develop plant layouts and modular plant designs Oversee structural steel detaili

- **Id**: 3714918
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/recruitpro-solutions-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**: 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 21
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3142
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 4497489
- **Name**: Recruitpro Solutions
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/recruitpro-solutions>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

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

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 21

## Requirements

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T00:03:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 33
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 0.85
- **P active**: 0.52
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 21
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:21, agency, velocity, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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