About This Role
This is a working supervisor role at Hagbes, one of Ethiopia's longest-established engineering and automotive companies, where you would split your time between the workshop floor and the design desk. It suits someone who came up through metal fabrication or vehicle body repair and then added formal drafting and design skills — a combination that is genuinely rare locally. The position carries real weight because Hagbes builds and modifies vehicle bodies rather than only servicing them, so your drawings translate directly into finished products. Expect accountability for both the quality of what leaves the workshop and the pace at which it gets there.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The seniority band tells you this is not a training position — the employer expects someone who has already run crews and can make call on fitment, tolerances, and rework without escalating every decision. The dual demand for CAD proficiency and hands-on fabrication knowledge signals that pure desk engineers and pure tradesmen will both fall short; they want a bridge between the two. Preparing BOQs and production plans also points to commercial awareness, since material estimates feed directly into quoting and cost control. The troubleshooting element suggests the workshop regularly encounters non-standard jobs, not a repetitive production line.
How to Approach This Application
Lead with concrete examples of body-building or fabrication projects you supervised from drawing to delivery — named vehicle types, tonnage, or component categories speak louder than generic duties. If you can show a design change or fabrication method you introduced that saved material, time, or rework, put that near the top; it directly addresses what this role is measured on. Bring evidence of your CAD work if possible — sample drawings or a portfolio — since the employer needs to trust that your designs are manufacturable, not just visually correct. Be ready to discuss how you handle a crew member whose work fails inspection, as supervision judgment is clearly central here.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to an experienced foreman or senior fabricator with formal drafting ability who is comfortable in both overalls and design software. Given how few candidates combine those skill sets in Addis Ababa, competition is likely modest on paper but the interview bar will be high on demonstrated project ownership.
- Supervise and coordinate daily vehicle body repair, metal fabrication, and workshop activities.
- Prepare mechanical designs, fabrication drawings, and blueprints for vehicle body and metal fabrication projects using CAD software (e.g., SolidWorks, CATIA, AutoCAD).
- Interpret customer requirements, technical specifications, and engineering drawings to produce accurate fabrication drawings.
- Develop new vehicle body components, tools, and fabrication solutions as required.
- Prepare Bills of Quantities (BOQs), material estimates, and production plans.
- Monitor fabrication and repair work to ensure compliance with design specifications, quality standards, and safety procedures.
- Inspect completed products and verify conformity with approved drawings and specifications.
- Troubleshoot design and fabrication issues and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain design records, technical documentation, inspection reports, and workshop documentation.
- Train, guide, and supervise workshop technicians to ensure efficient performance.
- Ensure proper use and maintenance of workshop tools, equipment, and machinery.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in vehicle body fabrication, metal works, or mechanical design, including supervisory experience.
- Proficiency in CAD software such as SolidWorks, CATIA, or AutoCAD.
- Knowledge of metal fabrication, welding processes, vehicle body construction, and
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
- Excellent technical drawing and mechanical design skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
How To Apply
Qualified and Interested applicants can send their Work Experience and Educational Certificate via Ethiojobs or submit in person at Hagbes PLC , Head Office, Bole road in front of Millennium Hall, Sevita Building Ground Floor until October 31, 2026
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