Profession dismantling engineer

Dismantling engineers research and plan the optimal way to dismantle industrial equipment, machinery and buildings that reached the end-of-life phase. They analyse the required work and schedule the various operations. They give team leaders instructions and supervise their work.

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Personality Type

• Investigative / Realistic
• Realistic / Investigative

Knowledge

• Safety engineering

  The engineering discipline used to ensure that systems, machines and equipment work according to the set safety standards and laws, such as environmental law.

• Blueprints

  Must be able to read and understand blueprints, drawings and plans and maintain simple written records.

• Design principles

  The elements used in design such as unity, scale, proportion, balance, symmetry, space, form, texture, colour, light, shade and congruence and their application into practice.

Skills

• Develop project schedule

  Define the project completion stages and create a timeline. Synchronise necessary activities, taking into account the convergence of production elements. Establish a schedule.

• Provide advice to technicians

  Offer help and advice to service technicians in case of machine malfunctions and other repair tasks.

• Disassemble machines

  Disassemble machines following defined procedures and inventory for the suitable handling of parts. Ensure that machines can be reassembled following disassembly.

• Lead a team

  Lead, supervise and motivate a group of people, in order to meet the expected results within a given timeline and with the foreseen resources in mind.

• Draw blueprints

  Draw layout specifications for machinery, equipment and building structures. Specify which materials should be used and the size of the components. Show different angles and views of the product.

• Instruct on safety measures

  Provide instruction on the possible causes of accidents or sources of danger and explain the protective measures that should be taken to guarantee health and safety.

• Review construction plans authorisations

  Review plans for conformance to codes and authorised approval for construction.

• Identify construction materials from blueprints

  Identify materials defined by the sketches and blueprints of the building to be constructed.

• Write stress analysis reports

  Write down a report with all your findings encountered during the stress analysis. Write down performances, failures and other conclusions.

• Perform risk analysis

  Identify and assess factors that may jeopardise the success of a project or threaten the organisation's functioning. Implement procedures to avoid or minimise their impact.

• Perform safety data analysis

  Use different safety databases to perform analyses of information on actual or potential safety threats.

• Follow health and safety procedures in construction

  Apply the relevant health and safety procedures in construction in order to prevent accidents, pollution and other risks.

• Dismantle broken appliances

  Dismantle equipment and appliances which are broken and ineligible for repair so that their separate components can be sorted, recycled, and disposed of in a manner which is compliant with waste and recycling legislation.

• Disassemble equipment

  Disassembles equipment using hand tools in order to clean equipments and to perform regular operational maintenance.

• Manage schedule of tasks

  Maintain an overview of all the incoming tasks in order to prioritise the tasks, plan their execution, and integrate new tasks as they present themselves.

• Develop design plans

  Develop design plans by using computer-aided-design (CAD); work in accordance with budget estimates; organise and conduct meetings with clients.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB