Job Description

Job Title
Project Process Engineer

Organisational Unit
Mondi South Africa -> Richards Bay Operations -> RB Projects

Position Type
Permanent

Minimum years relevant experience
4-5 years

Location
Richards Bay - Richards Bay, KZN ZA (Primary)


% Travel
0 - 10%

Job Advert
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: The successful incumbent will play pivotal role within project delivery and will be involved in process specification within a multi-disciplinary engineering throughout the project life cycle: project definition, project planning, project execution and project closure. The process engineer is a key interface between the CAPEX Team and Business Unit in ensuring that the project scope is clearly defined and will achieve the Business Unit objective.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERTISE:

• Tertiary qualification in Chemical Engineering (BSc/BEng)
• Registration with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) or eligible

JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:

• 2 to 5 yearsxe2x80x99 relevant experience in the pulp & paper, petroleum, water, sugar, energy, mining or related industries.
• 2 years minimum experience in a projects environment.
• Must have an understanding of projects elements which includes scope, time, quality, costs, human resource, communication, risk and procurement management.
• Must have an understanding of projects life cycles.
• Knowledge and experience in engineering design process.
• Knowledge and experience in process safety deliverables e.g. HAZOP studies and SIL Classification.
• Developing and maintaining of systems to meet required specifications.
• Must have an understanding of the design process and perform process engineering calculations e.g. hydraulic calculations, line sizing and pump sizing.
• Must have an understanding of process control, applicable automation standards and process safety system related standards.
• Must have a reasonable understanding of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. of South Africa.
• Compile design basis in line with overall project requirements.
• Compile and perform related deliverables (for example, Flow Diagrams; P&IDs; Heat and Material Balances).

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA:

• Development of selected process engineering solutions to appropriate level of detail for capital expenditure (capex) application.
• Ensure control and management of key process deliverables i.e. P&IDs.
• Actively involved with the identification and selection of suitable process engineering solutions for projects during the project planning phase.
• Perform process engineering calculations.
• Provide inputs to the preliminary engineering plans during the initiating phase of a project, and detailed engineering plans during the planning phase of a project from a process engineering point of view.
• Accountable for implementation of process engineering solutions after capex approval. This will be done in conjunction with original equipment suppliers and external design consultants where necessary.
• Co-ordination of process drawing and design work and ensuring proper approval of all related process drawings.
• Ensuring that all relevant project documentation and drawings supplied by equipment suppliers / consultants are reviewed and approved.
• Management and coordination of work conducted by external design consultants and suppliers.
• Ensuring that relevant engineering processes and standards are applied.
• Provide first line troubleshooting and problem solving expertise for process problems.
• Resource management within the Process Discipline. Conducting performance reviews for staff personnel.
• Ensuring Process Design Safety practices have been implemented for all projects.

JOB COMPETENCIES / ATTRIBUTES/SKILLS:

• Good understanding of process engineering best practices and standards.
• Understanding of applicable technical standards and legislative requirements.
• Ability to work effectively in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment.
• Excellent technical problem solving abilities & leadership abilities.
• Analytical skills for troubleshooting designs not working as planned, asking the right questions and finding answers that work.
• Interpersonal skills in developing positive working relationships with other employees working with the Business Unit and CAPEX team.
• Ability to communicate requirements clearly and effectively in verbal and written formats.
• Ability to work efficiently in a high pressure environment.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills within a team environment.

This appointment will be made in line with our Employment Equity Plan.
The above advert has minimum requirements listed, however Management reserves the right to use additional/relevant information as criteria for short listing.



Closing Date
12/12/2023