About the position
Main Purpose
The Process Engineer will be responsible for all activities related to the effective and professional compilation of proposals / tenders as well cost-effective, compliant, fit-for-purpose, safe engineering, design, construction support and commissioning assistance during the execution of projects. This shall be rendered in the Water market segments.
Key Performance Areas:
- Deliver engineered packages to comply to the overall project budget, schedule and quality standards
- Fit for purpose engineering and design in all required industry segments
- Manage hours, budgets and change / variations in a manner that enhances gross profits on projects
- Ensure that projects are executed in accordance with the relevant Client and company policies, procedures, and frameworks.
- Construction, installation, and commissioning project support.
- Reporting as and when required.
- Reviewing relevant tender and/or project specifications to ensure clarity of scope.
- Engineering and design package generation for proposals/bids and projects.
- Define, organise, execute, and coordinate process engineering scope/assignments.
- Perform process engineering design for proposals/tenders and projects including but not limited to piping systems, pump hydraulics, tank and vessels, heat transfer, controls equipment and process equipment.
- Develop project deliverables including PFD's, P&IDs', heat and mass balances, basis of designs, schedules, project estimates, bid document, equipment specification and the like.
- Plan and organise project work together with a multidisciplinary team.
- Research, design and specify equipment, controls, and process for chemical, mechanical, hydraulic, and other industrial systems.
- Provide on-site construction management assistance during installation, commission and start-up of equipment and related systems.
- Execution and assistance during FAT or plant simulations.
- Travel required and/as dependent on the project and client needs
- Exercise creative thinking to devise new systems and innovative ways to work.
- Understand complex water processes and be able to analyse, design and troubleshoot.
- Develop and maintain relationships with technology and equipment suppliers.
- Authoring / verifying all required technical documentation as required for a project.
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures
Minimum Requirements:
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills
- Capacity to handle pressure
- Ability to work in a team and mentor peers
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication with both internal and external stakeholders
- Output / results and deliverables driven
- At least 10 years related work experience.
- Demonstrated experience of engineering and execution of projects in the Water sector preferred.
- Professionally qualified with a bachelor's degree.
- Professional Engineer Certification (ECSA) required
Desired Skills:
- Process manufacturing
- Project Planning
- FAT
- Water Sector
Desired Work Experience:
- More than 10 years Other Architecture & Engineering
Desired Qualification Level & Accreditations:
- Degree
- Engineering Council of South Africa
About The Employer:
With a focus on water reclamation and desalination technology for application in complex industrial and wastewater systems, this company began a journey to develop, implement and operate world-class industrial desalination projects.
