Process Engineer

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 specificationProject 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 managerDesign    

    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 designsClient 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/objectivesPlant 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 clientLegislation, 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/systemsContinuous 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