Principal 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 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