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Job Summary Minimum of 5 years experience within the field of Smelters/Furnaces. Qualifications: Bachelors Degree/Diploma in Chemical or Metallurgical Engineering, Pr.Eng/Pr.Tech. Relevant post graduate qualifications could be advantageous. Experience: Minimum of 5 years experience within the field of process plant design. Experience with mass and energy balances for pyrometallurgical processes from first principles and through a relevant simulation package like HSC Sim, Pyrosim etc. Pyro metallurgical modelling in FactSage or Python (With CHEMMAP). Process Plant commissioning experience. Good theoretical knowledge and practical experience on refractory materials and selection. Experience in the operation of Process Plants at a responsibility level that would allow the incumbent to make process decisions would be advantageous. Knowledge required: Advanced understanding of process plant design principles and sizing. Pyrometallurgical processing. All aspects of furnace design and operation. Industry codes/standards and interdepartmental practices and procedures. Pricing, tendering and budgeting principles, tools and control. Safety consciousness and application of good practice health and safety. Skills: Project scoping, costing, design and detail engineering. Project construction, supervision, commissioning and handover. Designing and developing new processes and integrating into existing processes. Maintaining and modifying existing systems. Troubleshooting and problem solving. Working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment with design engineers and other internal staff. Commercial awareness and sound written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Liaising with clients, suppliers, contractors and relevant authorities Project managing within cost and time constrained environments. Understanding and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations and quality standards. Team leadership skills. Listening to, interpreting and understanding feedback from clients and team members. RESPONSIBILITIES: Act as lead process engineer on projects. Provide project related engineering and procurement deliverables and services for studies, tenders and projects. Preparation of process designs, Block Diagrams, PFD's, P&ID's, and all technical process documents. Develop and implement systems and procedures and manage support engineers, other discipline personnel and clients to successfully achieve their project objectives. Preliminary cost estimates for potential projects and budget proposal. Planning, design, specification, procurement, reporting, construction, commissioning and handover of project packages. Ensure scopes of works for various projects are correctly specified and matches budget. Manage all the resources in best interest of the company. Provide technical leadership and maintaining technical quality norms and standards, ensuring that appropriate technologies are incorporated into the designs, and they comply with the relevant engineering standards. Co-ordinating of designs and drawing with all relevant engineering disciplines. Contribute to the development and or refining of all ISO aligned, process systems and procedures. Maintain professional registration(s) and keep up to date to new technologies as well as changes in the application of current process technologies. Knowledge sharing and transfer on all applicable process and technologies including the primary and secondary beneficiation of all applicable ores into the products as required. Compiling and delivering of technical papers and presentations.

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