Location:
Athlone Industria, Cape Town, South Africa.
Job Description:
The organisation is looking for permanent employee to join our drawing office.
The successful candidate will primarily be tasked with the designing all exterior outfitting aspects on our yachts, among which deck layout, technical areas arrangement, transom and tender mechanical cinematic systems, production and machining drawings, deck hardware design and update.
This post is based at our manufacturing site in Athlone Industria, Cape Town.
Mandatory Requirement
The applicant must hold SA citizenship, permanent residency or another form of accepted work visa.
JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Educational:
BSc Mechanical Designer
Experience/Technical:
2+ years’ experience working in mechanical systems. Experience in yachting industry is a very strong plus.
Solid experience in 3D parametric modeling (SolidWorks or similar) and 2D drawing (Draftsight or similar) is required.
Personal:
Language:
Fluent in English
The employer:
Southern Wind Shipyard builds luxury sailing yachts for the global market. The yachts are of contemporary Italian design and built with South African craftsmanship. Each yacht is unique, offering a high level of customization and the option of adapting design elements according to Clients’ personal preferences. The company has been in existence for more than 27 years with a Marketing division based in Italy and manufacturing facility based in Athlone Industria. For more information please visit www.sws-yachts.com
Please submit your details to apply for the above position
To apply please submit your Curriculum Vitae (maximum 4 pages) including three relevant & contactable references, a short motivational letter (maximum 1 page), and current contact details via form or email to recruitment@sws-yachts.com.
Please note: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for follow-up interviews. Candidates who have received no response within three weeks of the closing date should kindly assume that their application has not been successful.