Senior C&I Engineer at Aurecon

Job description

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Lead control and instrumentation engineer responsible for design, technical management, manufacturing quality assurance and site acceptance testing of overland conveyors and mine water handling facility.

Minimum Qualifications

B Eng / BSc Eng (Electronic, Electrical, Computer) or similar

Professional Registrations

• ECSA Pr. Eng.
• Review and approval of detail designs.

Experience Required

• 10 or more years design experience on mining related projects.
• Control & Instrumentation work relating to mining, including detail design, procurement, tender evaluation, construction quality assurance and commissioning.
• C&I Discipline Skills
• Process control system architecture design.
• Preparation of control philosophies.
• Preparation of functional requirement specifications for control systems.
• Coordination and input to P&ID designs.
• Preparation of instrumentation data sheets.
• Preparation of C&I equipment specifications.
• Wi-Fi communication design
• Digital surveillance design
• Software lifecycle experience
• Software Skills
• Individual needs to be literate in Microsoft Office suite of software.
• Individual needs to be an expert on Dessoft’s FDES, with at least 5 years design experience.

Key Personal Attributes

• Attention to detail and quality of work (meticulous).
• Able to interface with a team of technical people across several disciplines.
• Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Able to deal with change.
• Ability to manage clients, suppliers and contractors.

Travel Requirements

• Based in Lynnwood, Pretoria.
• Must be willing to travel for factory acceptance testing and site acceptance testing

Management Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility of Lead Engineer on a large project
• Compile man-hour estimate budgets for projects.
• Compile deliverables for projects
• Planning of own and team’s task to tie in with the project schedule.
• Planning of tasks to be allocated to designers and drafters.
• Regular reporting against project program and budgets.
• Effective use, compliance and improvement of C&I discipline standards

Performance Goals

• Achieve project margin targets as reported by financial system by performing all discipline work strictly according to budget and schedule in a cost effective manner whilst fulfilling the client’s technical requirements.
• Demonstrate active and timely financial management and commercial acumen on all projects. Ensure the diligent completion of all financial management aspects of project delivery. This includes but is not limited to:

Negotiation skills (internal and external clients, labour rates and profit declaration).

• Timely submission of weekly timesheets.
• Verification of loaded budgets and labour rates as per proposal budget.
• Actively manage client satisfaction and loyalty by delivering a solutions based approach to client service founded on a deep understanding of our clients and their businesses. Client satisfaction can be demonstrated by activities such as:
• Demonstrating innovation, responsiveness, cost consciousness and an ease of doing business in all client engagements.
• Achieve an inspiring and performance based culture through actively coaching and developing employees. People leadership will be demonstrated by completing the following activities as a minimum:
• Delivery of timely and effective feedback and communication.
• Clearly define expectations from team members, and provide constructive feedback on results.