Mechanical Engineer

The family-owned company SCHMIDT, founded in 1948, is one of the leading logistics service providers in the bulk goods sector and today operates with over 3,500 employees at 49 locations worldwide. More than 1,000 trucks, around 6,500 bulk containers and almost 1,300 storage silos are part of the SCHMIDT Group’s equipment. Whether consulting, planning, construction or operation of logistics centers, whether storage, transport or handling – SCHMIDT offers, with its many years of know-how, the professional all-round service from a single source that is expected today from a good logistics expert.

If you are interested in contributing to the success of an internationally active family business, then you have come to the right place.

For our branch in Atyrau we are looking for Mechanical Engineer

Main Tasks

• Provide the KDI with clear design inputs, requirements and technical instructions based on project specifications, applicable Kazakhstan requirements and agreed project decisions.
• Review KDI equipment layouts, arrangements, schedules and BOQ/BOM against vendor drawings and project requirements. Check operating capacity, installation clearances, maintenance access and equipment removal arrangements.
• Review vendor datasheets and design/installation requirements. Verify dimensions, weights, loads, anchors, utilities and service conditions and their incorporation into the KDI design. Arrange specialist review of equipment calculations where needed.
• Issue substantiated review comments, resolve KDI queries and prepare responses to Owner comments. Check corrections in revised documents and track outstanding deliverables and technical actions.
• Coordinate equipment interfaces with structures, piping, electrical and control systems. Resolve gaps or overlaps in supply boundaries with the KDI, offshore engineers and suppliers.
• Prepare or update selected equipment specifications, datasheets and material requisitions when assigned by the Engineering Manager. Support technical bid evaluations and review proposed deviations.
• Resolve construction technical queries (TQs), discrepancies and proposed substitutions with the KDI and site team. Obtain required design approvals and ensure affected documents are updated.
• Provide engineering support to vendor tests, installation checks and mechanical completion. Verify technical punch closure, applicable conformity documents, equipment passports and operating and maintenance documentation.

Requirements

• Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Equipment or a related discipline.
• Experience in industrial equipment engineering or technical review of equipment packages, including vendor documentation and independent coordination of an assigned scope.
• Ability to assess equipment duties, arrangements and vendor data; practical understanding of loads, anchoring, materials, utility connections, guarding and maintainability, and when specialist calculation review is required.
• Working knowledge of Kazakhstan requirements for industrial equipment, applicable EAEU conformity and technical passport requirements, and project-selected international standards.
• Ability to review and mark up drawings using AutoCAD or an equivalent viewer, and work with technical registers in Excel and Word.