Senior Process Engineer

This Position Is For A Major Global Company With Position In Gauteng

Minimum Requirements

• See Spec

Job Specification

• This Company is a leading provider of mineral processing and associated infrastructure solutions to the global resources industry.
• Specializing in the design, construction and operation of coal handling and preparation plants (CHPPs), This Company is recognized internationally for its mineral processing and materials handling technologies.
• The company services the global coal and metalliferous markets by offering innovative Engineering and Operations capabilities.
• The Company Head Office is in Brisbane with international offices established in Beijing, Santiago and Johannesburg targeting the growth regions of China/Mongolia, the Americas and southern Africa.

Experience:

• Tertiary Bachelor of Engineering

Business/Technical Skills:

• Leadership
• Project Management
• Time Management
• Negotiation skills

Essential:

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in design/consultancy/operational environment in engineering capacities
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in heavy industry environment (Chemical / Process / Metallurgical) 
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Coal
• Minimum 2 years’ experience leading & managing technical/project teams

• MS Word, MS Excel
• MS Office Suite
• AutoCAD / CADWORX P&ID
• MS Access Runtime
• NavisWorks
• Ability to safely & effectively self manage time, priorities and activities

Desirable:

• Accreditation experience in COAL QUALITY

Duties:

• Report to Engineering Manager
• To provide Process Engineering services at a Snr Level, covering all activities ranging from client interaction.

• Design, 
• Detail Design, 
• Construction Support & commissioning in line with Safety, 
• Schedule, 
• Budget & Quality parameters

HSEC Management

• Focus on Safety Culture Change for the Team
• Contribute to improving lead & lag (RIFR) indicators for the team and display a positive, proactive knowledge of Company Safety performance
• Contribute to reviews undertaken for projects to ensure compliance with statutory SA obligations
• Ensure the appropriate statutory and industry accreditations, training and competency levels are obtained
• Ensure hazardous area designs are reviewed and implemented as required
• People Development
• Identify own training and development needs and ensure statutory requirements are met
• Participate in the performance management process by developing a personal plan and identifying specific skills developments
• Provide timely and meaningful communication to the team, Group Leader and the Engineering Manager.
• Participate in resource planning across the Engineering Team to ensure that the engineering team and project needs are met.
• Participate in Graduate Program and provide mentoring (non-technical) during program.
• Coach, advise and support team members (technically and professionally) and contribute positively to team cohesiveness
• Raise team member concerns/issues and expectations with the Group Leader and Engineering Manager in a timely manner
• Ensure self-awareness and compliance with company policies and procedures.

Business Performance

• Provide engineering support to the project teams in line with direction from the Group Leaders and Engineering Leadership Team whilst maximising individual and teams utilisation
• Produce and monitor engineering man hour budgets during concept, study, tender and detailed design stage as required
• Engineering Administration – Manage scheduling of work, priorities, and resource requirements
• Focus on meeting schedule expectations described by the Lead Engineers and Design Leaders / Study Leaders.
• Focus on meeting quality expectations described by the Lead Engineer / Design Leaders / Study Leaders
• Focus on internal & external client satisfaction.  
• Communicate with client representatives on projects to ensure the customer has input into project delivery standards and outcomes

Business Development

• Ensure engineering designs follow the standard Company design workflows, systems and procedure
• Continuous improvement of design systems used by the organisation (CAD development, calculations, models, review process, SAS, in-house tools, etc).
• Investigate and implement innovative solutions to enable Company to meet Clients commitments during a high engineering demand in the industry
• Design Management
• Ensure project time and cost KPI’s are met - Monitor effectiveness of plant designs, scheduling of work, resource
• requirements and review compliance with project execution plan (schedule) and client expectations.
• Contribute to periodic reporting: Project progress; resource requirements, Project budget versus cost, priorities, allocation of work, team needs.
• Ensure checking and review processes are completed. Review designs to ensure accuracy and compliance with codes, Australian / International Standards and Company Standards.
• Comply with any Change Management process for engineering design
• Estimating, budgeting, final design take-offs (FDT’s) and basic document control using SAS or similar

Quality Assurance

• Participate in the development and continuous improvement of the Quality assurance system
• Ensure all documentation is auditable and correctly filed, collated and indexed by originator as part of normal procedure.
• Ensure all issued documentation meets Company filing, emailing and document control procedures and protocols.
• Develop a strong appreciation for Company standard specifications, typical/standard drawings, and calculations/simulations to reflect current industry standards