Overview
Machine Development Lead / Industrial Engineering Manager Jobs in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt at Asfour For Mining & Refractories
Title: Machine Development Lead / Industrial Engineering Manager
Company: Asfour For Mining & Refractories
Location: Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
🔹 Engineering Project Leadership — Identify production bottlenecks and improvement opportunities; prioritize by savings, productivity, downtime, safety, and operational impact; lead projects from concept to execution, coordinating across production, maintenance, workshop, electrical, procurement, and suppliers.
🔹 Machine Design & Development — Design mechanical systems, custom equipment, jigs, conveyors, and material-handling systems; review drawings, calculations, and select motors, gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics, hydraulics, and sensors; ensure manufacturability, assembly, operability, and improved reliability.
🔹 Reverse Engineering & Spare Parts Localization — Reverse-engineer critical spare parts and machine components; analyze failure root causes and improve material, geometry, tolerances, or manufacturing method; prepare drawings and inspection specs for local manufacturing where feasible.
🔹 Manufacturing & Installation — Coordinate with internal and external workshops on machining, welding, fabrication, assembly, and installation; review manufacturing quality against drawings and specs; resolve fabrication/installation issues for heavy industrial operation.
🔹 Automation & Line Optimization — Work with electrical/automation teams to implement semi-automated and automated solutions; support integration of PLC, HMI, sensors, VFDs, servos, and safety systems; optimize handling, loading, unloading, cutting, mixing/dosing, conveying, and packing.
🔹 Testing & Commissioning — Oversee start-up and testing under real production conditions; troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, and operational issues; train operators and maintenance staff, and prepare handover documentation and spare parts lists.
🔹 Team Building & Engineering Standards — Help build and lead the internal engineering team; mentor engineers, technicians, and workshop staff; set practical standards for drawings, documentation, design reviews, and project tracking.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
✅ Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
✅ 10–20 years of experience in machine design, plant engineering projects, equipment improvement, industrial automation, or manufacturing engineering.
✅ Hands-on experience building or modifying machines, reverse engineering, commissioning, or production line optimization.
✅ Proven ability to lead engineering projects from concept through execution.
✅ Solid practical understanding of machining, welding, fabrication, assembly, installation, and commissioning.
✅ Strong ability to review technical drawings, calculations, and mechanical designs.
Preferred Background:
🏭 Machine/custom equipment manufacturers.
🏭 Industrial automation and production line integration companies.
🏭 Service, installation, or commissioning teams at OEM equipment suppliers.
🏭 Cement, steel, glass, ceramics, packaging, food, mining, or heavy industries — where engineers own modification, improvement, fabrication, and operation, not just maintenance.
Key Technical Skills:
- Mechanical Design: Mechanisms, chassis, jigs, conveyors, handling, line layout.
- Machine Components: Bearings, shafts, chains, belts, gears, couplings, motors, pneumatics, hydraulics.
- Manufacturing: Machining, welding, assembly, tolerances, inspection, workshop coordination.
- Reverse Engineering: Measurement, drawings, failure analysis, material selection, parts localization.
- CAD & Documentation: SolidWorks, Inventor, or AutoCAD; technical drawings, BOMs, maintenance docs.
- Automation Understanding: PLC, sensors, VFD, servo, HMI, machine safety — hands-on exposure preferred.
Personal Attributes
💪 Hands-on, comfortable on the plant floor.
💪 Strong troubleshooter, decisive under pressure.
💪 Leads engineers, technicians, welders, electricians, and suppliers.
💪 Cost- and safety-conscious, organized, execution-focused.
💪 Turns ideas into solutions that actually work on the plant floor.