Process Engineer

Minimum Requirements:
A successful history and background in Process Engineering or Extractive Metallurgy or Minerals Processing with METSIM experience i
B.Eng. / B.Sc. / B. Tech in Chemical Engineering or Metallurgy
2-4 years experience in the an EPCM / EPM/ environment doing projects ideally within the mining and minerals sector
Primary Job Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager you work as Lead Process Engineer by defining the process philosophy and strategy for the study to ultimately ensure a satisfactory process solution.
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 customers requirements
Communicate with customer and review customers 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 PFDs
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 PFDs
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 en