Yacht Mechanical Deck Designer

Job description 

POSITION AVAILABLE FROM:
March 2025

Location:
Athlone Industria, Cape Town, South Africa.

Job Description:
The organisation is looking for permanent employee to reinforce our Design 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.

Remuneration:
Salary matching experience and industry standards.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Regularly reporting to the Design Office Supervisor, the successful candidate will, as a non-exhaustive tasks list :

• Be in close relation with Technical Coordinator
• Take into account specifications and keep updated on rules and regulations
• Be force of proposals to decision makers
• Produce 3D models, sub assemblies using SolidWorks
• Use 3D models to check interaction with interior and structure
• Produce 2D production drawing and prepare relevant CNC files
• Produce schematics for systems (P & ID)
• Liaise with sub-contractors and designer to insure design integration

CORE COMPETENCIES, ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS and PREFERENCES
Educational:
BSc Mechanical Designer

Experience/Technical:
5+ 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.
Good practical sailing knowledge is desirable.

Personal:

• Team spirit
• Teamwork
• Challenge yourself
• Capable of adapting easily to different requests, environments and situations
• Attentive to details, open minded, proactive, creative, orderly and reactive
• Able to work in a multicultural environment
• Able to respect deadlines
• Able to work overtime if required.

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.