💼 Full-Time Position

Engineer I / Trim Development Engineer

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Profile Personnel
📍 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Location
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Posted
May 29, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Responsibilities 



  • Developing trim covers to optimize the sewing process for manufacturing and obtain quality approval from the OEM customer.

  • Strip sample seats/trim covers and make paper templates for each cut panel

  • Digitize each paper panel and ensure all technical details are correct

  • Plot patterns on a 1:1 scale, ID each pattern by material type and add sewing borders

  • Confirm sewing process steps (Process flow diagram)

  • Verify sew line distances by simulating sewing start to end on Accumark or AutoCad software or manually comparing 2D templates

  • Hand optimized digital or paper patterns over for marker making and CNC cutting

  • Construct bill of material for each trim cover showing hang on parts

  • Sew trim covers or review sewing process to ensure optimized sewing process

  • Built seat or review seat building process to review the quality of the comp...