Latest Jobs at Hatch

• Hatch is seeking Civil Engineering Graduates who will support projects globally.   
• The Civil & Structural teams are comprised of professional engineers, designers and technologists. We have experience in the design, construction and commissioning of facilities throughout the world.  We are looking for young engineers eager to be involved in complex small and large-scale engineering projects, and able to demonstrate their keen problem-solving skills in developing practical solutions. 
• The candidate must be a self-motivated individual capable of working both independently and within a team environment. 
• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering graduates in Civil Engineering.

 As the successful candidate, you will:

• Be encouraged to be the best version of yourself with many opportunities to pursue work in Mining & Metals, Energy, Digital, or Infrastructure sectors.
• Have the benefit of formal and informal mentorship from some of the leading minds and authorities in the industry.
• Have the opportunity to gain project experience in South Africa and around the world.
• Collaborate with different people across a multitude of cultures around our global organisation.
• Work in an exciting environment where you can use your Engineering degree in your choice of traditional sectors or emerging, innovative and evolving industries.
• Be part of our local Professional Development Programs.

Minimum requirements:

• You must be a South African Citizen.
• You must be a final year student studying towards a BSc or BEng in Civil Engineering or hold a completed qualification from a recognised tertiary institution.
• You must have 12 months or less working experience. 
• You must have an average academic achievement of 65% or above.
• You must attach a copy of your most recent full academic transcript.
• Be flexible to work in any province within South Africa. 

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• Hatch is seeking Mechanical Engineering Graduates who will support projects globally.   
• The Mechanical group is comprised of a group of professional engineers, designers and technologists. We have experience in the design, construction and commissioning of facilities throughout the world.  We are looking for young engineers eager to be involved in complex small and large-scale engineering projects, and able to demonstrate their keen problem-solving skills in developing practical solutions. 
• The candidate must be a self-motivated individual capable of working both independently and within a team environment.   
• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering graduates in Mechanical Engineering.

 As the successful candidate, you will:

• Be encouraged to be the best version of yourself with many opportunities to pursue work in Mining & Metals, Energy, Digital, or Infrastructure sectors.
• Have the benefit of formal and informal mentorship from some of the leading minds and authorities in the industry.
• Have the opportunity to gain project experience in South Africa and around the world.
• Collaborate with different people across a multitude of cultures around our global organisation.
• Work in an exciting environment where you can use your Engineering degree in your choice of traditional sectors or emerging, innovative and evolving industries.
• Be part of our local Professional Development Programs.

Minimum requirements:

• You must be a South African Citizen.
• You must be a final year student studying towards a BSc or BEng in Mechanical Engineering or hold a completed qualification from a recognised tertiary institution.
• You must have 12 months or less working experience. 
• You must have an average academic achievement of 65% or above.
• You must attach a copy of your most recent full academic transcript.
• Be flexible to work in any province within South Africa. 

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• Hatch is seeking Electrical Engineering Graduates who will support projects globally.   
• The Electroical team is comprised of professional engineers, designers and technologists. We have experience in the design, construction and commissioning of facilities throughout the world.  We are looking for young engineers eager to be involved in complex small and large-scale engineering projects, and able to demonstrate their keen problem-solving skills in developing practical solutions. 
• The candidate must be a self-motivated individual capable of working both independently and within a team environment.   
• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Engineering graduates in Electrical Engineering.

 As the successful candidate, you will:

• Be encouraged to be the best version of yourself with many opportunities to pursue work in Mining & Metals, Energy, Digital, or Infrastructure sectors.
• Have the benefit of formal and informal mentorship from some of the leading minds and authorities in the industry.
• Have the opportunity to gain project experience in South Africa and around the world.
• Collaborate with different people across a multitude of cultures around our global organisation.
• Work in an exciting environment where you can use your Engineering degree in your choice of traditional sectors or emerging, innovative and evolving industries.
• Be part of our local Professional Development Programs.

Minimum requirements:

• You must be a South African Citizen.
• You must be a final year student studying towards a BSc or BEng in Electrical Engineering or hold a completed qualification from a recognised tertiary institution.
• You must have 12 months or less working experience. 
• You must have an average academic achievement of 65% or above.
• You must attach a copy of your most recent full academic transcript.
• Be flexible to work in any province within South Africa. 

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Role Overview

• We are conducting a global search for Principals and Senior Principals in Operational Readiness to lead strategy, planning and execution operational readiness for mega projects worldwide. This is a rare opportunity for individuals who combine deep technical expertise in operations, operations excellence, and operational readiness with strategic leadership and client engagement skills.
• As an experienced professional, you will act as a trusted leader, safety champion, and mentor of operational readiness professionals. Beyond delivering engagements, you will engage with clients to grow Hatch’s CORE practice and unlock business opportunities.
• We are looking for professionals who think and act like owners, thrive on creating new approaches and improving processes, and can bridge technical execution with strategic foresight to deliver exceptional client value. Most importantly, you will inspire and develop our teams to be the best operational readiness professionals there is, sustaining the growth of our expertise for decades to come.
• Candidates must be willing to travel to meet teams and clients including remote project sites as required, and participate in site assignments, sometimes requiring fly-in/fly-out arrangements for periods of time.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Role model, safety culture, Collaborative leadership, and behaviors.
• Develop and implement OR strategies, frameworks, and execution plans covering workforce, systems, documentation, maintenance readiness, training, asset integrity, logistics, and business process readiness.
• Lead OR programs from early definition through execution and ramp‑up, ensuring alignment with project objectives, operating philosophy, and asset performance requirements.
• Guide projects through readiness assessments, risk reviews, readiness gates, and stage‑appropriate deliverables.
• Drive integration between Construction, Completions, Commissioning, and Operations to ensure a seamless “path to operations.”
• Support major projects in applying best practice OR methodologies, tools, and systems.
• Oversee planning, scheduling, and resource allocation across project phases from early FEL stages to sustaining operations as well as brownfields/capital improvement phases.

Execution Excellence

• Lead site operational readiness integrated team, ensuring safe, quality, and timely delivery.
• Advise, guide and support the owner team, operation and functional teams, operational readiness management team and other internal and external stakeholders with delivering safe and effective operational readiness programs.
• Travel to remote sites when required, including fly-in/fly-out assignments if applicable.

Client Engagement & Growth

• Identify opportunities where OR services bring value to clients in early study phases, project execution, or operational improvement.
• Act as a thought leader for OR across the organization and outside—writing guidance documents, presenting at internal and external forums, sharing lessons learned, and mentoring teams.
• Lead proposal development, scopes of work, and execution strategies for OR engagements.
• Act as a trusted advisor, elevating conversations beyond execution to strategic value.
• Represent Hatch in client meetings, governance forums, and project steering committees.

Leadership & Workforce Development

• Mentor and coach emerging operational readiness managers, fostering a culture of safety, professional growth and excellence.
• Work seamlessly across borders in a flat, connected organization aligned with Hatch’s values.
• Promote a one‑team culture that aligns OR activities with project requirements and operational goals

Continuous Improvement

• In collaboration with Hatch’s Global Director of Operational Readiness, bring best practices and drive innovation in operational readiness practices and improve processes for better client outcomes.

Qualifications

Experience:

• 15+ years in operation excellence, operational readiness program delivery, with proven leadership with additional consideration given to past experience on mega projects (>$1B).
• Cross-functional experience and exposure to a variety of roles and responsibilities within operations (site management, production, maintenance, health, safety, environment and community, warehouse and inventory management, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience leading Operational Readiness (OR) programs or major OR workstreams on large, complex projects, including greenfield developments within organizations with low maturity.
• Proven experience in building practices focused on operations improvement, operational readiness, asset management, commissioning and/or ramp-up.
• Strong understanding of asset lifecycle, maintenance programs, digital systems (CMMS / EAM), training systems, spares strategy, and operational processes.
• Demonstrated success in client engagement and business development.
• Deep experience in one of our three (3) main sectors:
• Metals (from mining to minerals processing, to metallurgy (pyro & hydro)
• Energy (Nuclear Power, Hydro Power, Thermal Power, Renewable Power, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, Oil & Gas)
• Infrastructure (Water, Transit, Rails, Ports & Terminals, Aviation, etc.)

Skills:

• Strategic planning and site execution leadership and management expertise.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage complexity and deliver under pressure.

Attributes:

• Safety-conscious and ethical.
• Collaborative, committed to long-term success—not transactional.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ambition to grow into influential leadership roles.
• Client relationship, communication and team building acumen
• Ability to interact and connect with all levels (top leadership and working levels) of the organization
• Ability to identify business opportunities for CORE operational readiness but also for all other services of Hatch
• Competent technical communicator and able to adapt to the audience (empathy): facility to adapt script to the context of the audience and to simplify the messaging when required 
• Interest in providing governance and support on projects

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• The Senior Planner is responsible for the delivery of project planning and progress measurement, ensuring that Hatch procedures and best practices are applied, as appropriate, and recommending changes to the Project Controls Manager where required. The Project Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining the project master schedule to meet the project objectives.

As the successful candidate, you will:

Key Responsibilities:

Safety

• Have a strong personal commitment to safety
• Take personal responsibility for safety incident reporting
• Embrace Behavioral-based safety ethos
• Take personal responsibility for stopping any unsafe behavior as and when it occurs, and thereafter reporting the safety incident so that corrective action may be obtained
• Have/gain familiarization with Hatch safety processes, protocols and procedures.

FEL3 data verification and Project set-up

• Meet Functional Managers to finalize FEL4 project set-up schedule (using standard template)
• Conduct interactive planning meeting with Functional Managers to finalize project implementation schedule
• Confirm level 1and 2 project schedule and critical path and set baseline for project implementation phase
• Confirm and refine FEL4 level 3 scheduling (incl. early works and understand schedule basis).

Project master schedule development

• Confirm and refine FEL4 level 3 scheduling
• Identify and schedule critical vendor data requirements
• Populate approved measurable commodity quantities and labor to produce baseline S-curves
• Participate in project schedule risk analysis and include resultant contingency in baseline
• Maintain FEL4 schedule basis
• Using progress reports (early and late curves) and project schedule (level 3 baseline); maintain, optimize and monitor progress. Identify and resolve issues
• Develop FEL4 level 3 commissioning schedule
• Analyze contractor level 4 schedule and provide recommendations.

Project schedule monitoring and updates

• Generate and verify weekly updates and issue progress reports
• Maintain and optimize schedule, monitor progress, highlight and resolve schedule issues
• Generate all progress curves
• Develop and maintain commodity and resource profile
• Extract and publish four-week look ahead schedule
• Monitor slippages and critical and near critical paths and discuss with Project Controls Manager for resolution w Establish all equipment/ material and contractor ROS (Required on Site) dates
• Provide schedule input to the procurement bid process including reporting requirements and vendor and contractor milestone dates
• Assist with bid evaluation and ongoing management of the vendors and contractors with respect to their schedule commitments.

Project trend and change management

• Once a change is approved, maintain and optimize the schedule, monitor progress and highlight/ resolve areas of potential concern.

Project progress measurement and earned value

• Generate and verify weekly updates and issue progress reports
• Obtain progress info via progress reports, EPCM status report, vendor progress report and cost report and calculate progress for construction packages

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential

• Tertiary qualification in engineering or other relevant discipline or appropriate substituted experience
• 8-15 years experience as a planner in a multi-discipline project environment
• Sound technical knowledge in a multi-discipline environment
• Knowledge of the estimating and tendering processes
• Knowledge in the use of Primavera Project Planner P6
• Technical overview of work methods and techniques
• Risk management principles
• Good knowledge of project management principles
• Knowledge of forms of contract will be a definite advantage.

Preferred

• Interpersonal and good communication skills in the areas of both written and verbal communication
• Computer literacy (MS Office package)
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Planning and organizing
• Problem solving and mitigating skills
• Presentation skills

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Role Overview

• We are conducting a global search for Principals and Senior Principals in Commissioning to lead planning and execution for mega projects worldwide. This is a rare opportunity for individuals who combine deep technical expertise in commissioning with strategic leadership and client engagement skills.
• You will act as a trusted leader, safety champion, and mentor of commissioning professionals. Beyond execution, you will engage with clients to grow Hatch’s CORE practice and unlock business opportunities, which includes: Commissioning (construction completions, pre-commissioning, load commissioning), operational readiness, asset management and ramp-up services.
• We are looking for professionals who think and act like owners, thrive on creating new approaches and improving processes, and can bridge technical execution with strategic foresight to deliver exceptional client value. Most importantly, you will inspire, develop and lead our teams with a focus on developing future great commissioning professionals, sustaining the growth of our expertise for decades to come.
• Candidates must be willing to travel to meet teams and clients including remote project sites as required, and participate in site assignments, sometimes requiring fly-in/fly-out arrangements for periods of time.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership

• Role model, safety culture, Collaborative leadership, and behaviors.
• Develop and implement commissioning strategies and lead commissioning planning for large, complex projects.
• Oversee planning, scheduling, and resource allocation for commissioning phases.
• Lead readiness assessments, commissioning risk reviews, and constructability /commissionability evaluations during early project phases.
• Advise projects on systems completion, turnover strategies, punch listing, walkdowns, and technical acceptance criteria.
• Support critical-path decision-making during commissioning and early operations.
• Liaise with senior EPCM and Operational Readiness stakeholders during project planning phases to ensure interfacing and alignment

Execution Excellence

• Provide senior-level commissioning expertise on major projects—either embedded in the delivery team or in an oversight/assurance role.
• Lead or support the development of Commissioning Execution Plans, systemization strategies, and sequence logic.
• Facilitate alignment between engineering, construction, completions, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Travel to project sites to support troubleshooting, readiness reviews, start-up preparation, and ramp-up performance optimization
• Ensure commissioning deliverables meet safety, quality, and performance expectations.

Client Engagement & Growth

• Build strong relationships with clients, represent the commissioning discipline in key meetings, and provide trusted technical guidance.
• Lead proposal development, scopes of work, estimation and execution strategies for commissioning engagements.
• Represent Hatch in client meetings, governance forums, and project steering committees.
• Help identify opportunities to expand commissioning, operational readiness, and ramp-up services with existing and new clients (in a consultative, non-salesy manner).

Leadership & Workforce Development

• Mentor and coach emerging commissioning managers, fostering a culture of safety, professional growth and excellence.
• Share best practices and lessons learned across global teams.
• Work seamlessly across borders in a flat, connected organization aligned with Hatch’s values.
• Continuous Improvement
• In collaboration with Hatch’s Global Director of Commissioning, bring best practices and drive innovation in commissioning practices and improve processes for better client outcomes.
• Champion a culture of safety throughout all commissioning activities.

Qualifications

Experience:

• 15-25+ years in commissioning, with proven leadership on major capital projects (>$1B).
• Project experience across diverse geographies and cultures.
• Demonstrated success in client engagement and business development.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated expertise in at least one of our three (3) main sectors:
• Metals (from mining to minerals processing, to metallurgy (pyro & hydro)
• Energy (Nuclear Power, Hydro Power, Thermal Power, Renewable Power, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, Oil & Gas)
• Infrastructure (Water, Transit, Rails, Ports & Terminals, Aviation, etc.)
• Additional experience in another of the CORE service lines (operational readiness, asset management, ramp-up) is an asset.

Skills:

• Strategic planning and site execution leadership and management expertise.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage complexity and deliver under pressure.

Attributes:

• Safety-conscious and ethical.
• Collaborative, committed to long-term success—not transactional.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ambition to grow into influential leadership roles.
• Client relationship, communication and team building acumen
• Ability to interact and connect with all levels (top leadership and working levels) of the organization
• Ability to identify business opportunities for CORE Commissioning but also for all other services of Hatch
• Competent technical communicator and able to adapt to the audience (empathy): facility to adapt script to the context of the audience and to simplify the messaging when required 
• Interest in providing governance and support on projects

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• Join our Project Delivery Group (PDG), a dynamic team of professionals passionately committed to world-class project delivery across the globe. With expertise in sustainable studies, asset building and operations, and industry-leading efficiencies, our best-in-class team leverages methodologies, governance and systems that are unparalleled in the engineering space. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Lead Civil Designer with the delivery of project requirements as they relate to scope, quantities, cost and schedule
• Co-ordinate and check the work of draftspersons in the preparation of contract drawings, record keeping and other statistical work
• Produce and maintain technical and engineering drawings using 2D and 3D CAD software as required
• Perform conceptual layout work
• Develop design details
• Check drawings prior to release
• Ensure coordination with designers and engineers within the civil discipline and with other disciplines
• Perform clash detection of models with other discipline models
• Participation in formal engineering review processes
• Verify on-site condition and dimensions relating to existing facilities
• Construction supervision dependent upon project demands
• Incorporate safety in design.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential

• Engineering diploma (N Dip) or equivalent (civil/structural) Bachelor of Technology (BTech)
• Minimum of five years civil design experience
• Experience within a large-project, multi-disciplinary EPCM environment
• Proficient in the use of 2D and 3D civil design software packages
• Knowledge of industry or regulatory standards, regulations and codes pertinent to the design and systems related to the project
• Understanding of other discipline requirements
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good safety awareness. 

Preferred

• Professional engineering technician (Pr. Techni/PrTech) registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) or as applicable for the specific country
• Ability to delegate tasks and effectively supervise others
• Experience in the use of Hatch procedures, adopted standard software and workflows in the execution of proj