Process Engineer

Job Description Business Development/Marketing  Provide process engineering input to marketing and proposals by providing technical assistance to support Business Development and Marketing strategies  Produce cost effective, conceptual & timeous proposals   Determine customer's requirements  Communicate with customer and review customer's enquiry documents and evaluate requirements and constraints  Define the process/plant scope of work  Produce the conceptual design and generate alternatives  Produce and agree mass and energy balances and conceptual PFD's  Contribute to basic design criteria document through preliminary equipment & motor list, preliminary control criteria and major equipment & material specification Project Life Cycle  Provide Process engineering input to project implementation and Project set up  Provide input to generate scope of work, schedules and budgets  Refine scope of work, review contract and design discipline design criteria and engineering deliverables  Define Battery limits and control and report scope variances  Generate detail discipline schedules and review overall discipline requirements  Contribute to procurement and identify long lead items  Determine/prioritize work breakdown structure   Issue data to planner  Review/co-ordinate & adhere to schedule of implementation  Control and report variances  Generate and develop detail discipline budgets and identify indirect/resource costs   Adhere to budget implementation and control and report budget variances  Consolidate documentation for monthly project progress report  Provide input to monthly discipline reports  Provide feedback to functional manager Design  Generate the following engineering deliverables:  Detailed mass & energy balance  Detailed PFD's  Detailed equipment/motor list  Equipment specifications  Data Sheets (Develop & Approval)  Operation & Control Philosophy  Detailed functional specifications  Write operating manual  Generate detailed plant process guarantees  Check and review design layouts, including vendor packages  Adhere to schedules and budgets  Issue, review and control final process design documentation  Check and obtain approval of calculations and specifications  Consult with specialists for novel or unusual designs Client Relations (Internal & External)  Prepare approved vendor list and issue enquiry documents  Perform technical and commercial adjudication  Obtain client approval  Participate in pre-award meetings, review quality plan and contract  Review quality/expediting reports and witness key manufacturing hold points  Provide technical backup for expediting team  Proactively maintain information flow  Attend co-ordination meetings  Advise changes early  Co-ordinate deliveries  Adopt flexible approach  Respond to needs of other disciplines  Ensure awareness of Company vision and departmental goals/objectives Plant commissioning  Produce and submit commissioning plan/manual  Determine critical path and establish commissioning sequence/schedule  Define and secure resources  Define battery limits of commissioning  Define commissioning systems/procedure  Produce commissioning files, including commissioning documentation  Ensure commissioning meets project requirements  Issue remedial inspection reports during construction  Monitor installation and commissioning checklists  Arrange and co-ordinate commissioning meetings  Conduct on-site commissioning  Provide technical back-up for site QA team  Assist in performance testing in terms of design base  Supervise and train operating personnel  Contribute to close-out report and adhere to close out procedures  Provide post-commissioning process support  Ensure plant optimization and plant operating analysis  Ensure regular visits/communications with client Legislation, Policies & Procedures  Lead design reviews and Hazops   Ensure legal compliance with design codes and authorities  Contribute to public participation process as per National Environmental Management Act (NEMA)  Enforce process veto rights  Maintain standards  Adhere to and update Company standards  Utilize engineering tools/systems Continuous Improvement  Consult with specialists for novel or unusual designs  Review industry standards making use of network periodicals, attending shows and conferences  Identify areas of improvement  Review all previous close-out report  Review systems and procedures  Recommend best practices  Continuous professional development  Identify and address training needs Qualifications QUALIFICATIONS  Chemical Engineering or Extractive Metallurgy or Minerals Processing Degree from a recognized tertiary institution SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE At least 4-8 years' experience in the EPCM environment and successful technical design in variety of commodities especially Gold