Mechanical Engineer - Sasolburg at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• Matric (Maths and Science)
• BSc Mechanical Engineering
• ECSA – PR.Eng. (Will be an advantage)

Experience

• 6 - 10 years Industrial Experience
• Six sigma green belt will be an advantage

Duties

To ensure process safety adherence:

• Prevent occupational and process safety incidents by implementing integral safe design principles.
• Conducting risk assessments for tasks and process deviations.
• Facilitating Design Reviews, risk assessments and Hazop Studies to minimise risks of new projects.
• Find root causes and mitigating actions to prevent/eliminate safety incidents.

Drive high performance targets with the team:

• Process development and mechanical design.
• Driving focused and continuous improvement.
• Review expense report and correct deviations.
• Correct performance deviations.
• Communicate progress to performance indicators to all levels.
• Identify process deviations, their root causes and take corrective action.
• Ensure reliability of processes.
• Managing costs according to budget.
• Providing technical support to production facility.
• Equipment sizing, procurement and Commissioning.

Effective project and team management:

• Frequent engagement with Production and other relevant stakeholders.
• Resource & Project Management.
• Factoring safety risk, maintenance costs, capital expense into plans.
• Procuring equipment, instrumentation, piping and valves.
• Testing control loops.
• Team member in Pre, cold & hot Commissioning.
• Responsible for BEP and managing EPC for projects.

To ensure quality adherence:

• Monitor and take corrective action on reliability issues.
• Ensure projects undertaken are executed to specified standard and with excellence.

Excellent & systematic administration:

• Proper written communication and interpretation.
• Preparing papers on Capital expenditure requests detailing financial costs versus benefits for projects.
• Writing reports, preparing presentations, creating graphs from data (data reporting), Sending emails, running meetings, text, social media savvy.