Job Description

A vacancy exists in Bellville, Cape Town for an individual who has initiative and drive and can work under the pressure.
Responsibilities:
1. Advise on selection and procurement of strategic materials for boilers and pressure vessels
Review national and international standards as far as design, manufacture and materials are concerned
Regularly review stock items and levels
Review strategic materials lists for actual manufacture
Assist and review of strategic material purchase requisitions to Purchasing department
Standardisation of material stock holding based on production requirements and in accordance with stock holding policy
2 Advise design officer on material strategies and selection
Experience in the field of mechanical equipment and pressure parts
In-depth knowledge of metallurgy and applications of relevant materials
3. Stay abreast of best steel mills and stockists
Maintain contact with principal suppliers
Travel overseas to inspect and release material orders as required
Attend tube/pipe/plate exhibitions as required
4. Metallurgical inspections and investigations
Frequent national and international travels to boiler sites, especially in Africa
Metallurgical analyses and reports
Competent in hardness testing (including material surface preparation)
Competent in material replication (including material surface preparation)
Competent in replica assessment and interpretation
Competent with microscope to evaluate heat damage based on steel micro-structure
Boiler inspections and inspection reports
Failure analyses and failure analysis reports
Meetings and written communications
Skilled in clear and professional verbal and written communication in English
Skilled in public speaking
5. Quality aspects
Give advice on QC procedures for various activities
Assist foundry with operations and QC control procedures
Assist with heat treatment procedures as required for pressure part manufacturing
6. General Duties
Provide metallurgical assistance as and when required to all business units within company
Give metallurgical lectures to customers as part of the company boiler training course
Writing, publishing, and presenting technical papers. (Beneficial to have list of published technical papers in the field of Metallurgy)
QUALIFICATIONS
BSc or BEng degree in Metallurgical engineering or BSc or BEng degree in mechanical engineering plus masters degree in metallurgical engineering
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Minimum of 5 years of experience of working on boilers and industrial plants
SPECIAL INTERESTS, UNDERSTANDING AND SKILLS
Industrial boilers including shell and tube and watertube design
Combustion in boilers and heat distribution across components
Boiler circulation
Boiler and pressure vessel manufacturing and life assessment
Boiler water treatment
Corrosion mechanisms and chemistry
Metallurgy and Alloy Steel Applications
Failure Mechanics and Analyses
Should you not receive a response within 10 working days, please consider your application as unsuccessful