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Job Profile: 

• Serve as the primary interface between Operations, Maintenance, Facilities, and Engineering to ensure that critical and high priority assets are designed, operated, installed, and maintained in a way that meets all applicable codes and standards to ensure maximum reliability, equipment availability, and minimal life cycle cost.

Key Performance Areas:                     

• Provide Control and Instrumentation engineering support to achieve production goals and objectives.
• Maintain advanced process control strategies to optimize plant operations, improve process safety, and enhance product quality.
• Collaborate with operations, instrumentation, maintenance and process engineering teams to identify opportunities for process and system optimization.
• Collaborates with other engineers to develop accurate, efficient equipment and instrumentation in accordance with safety and usability standards and client expectations.
• Oversees the implementation of new measuring devices and control systems, ensuring devices are correctly installed and properly tested.
• Optimise and oversee the efficiency, reliability, and safety of the plant's operational processes.
• Implement, and maintain advanced process control strategies for various process units to improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure process control systems are compliant with industry standards and company guidelines.
• Analyse plant data to determine control performance, identify issues, and recommend solutions.
• Drafts and presents formal technical documents, reports, and testing results to manager for approval.
• Drafts technical manuals for instrumentation.
• Manage and coordinate process improvement activities to achieve production, safety and efficiency goals.
• Prepare and submit regulatory reports as required.
• Identify and analyse equipment or machinery failures and takes corrective actions.
• Design and implement equipment modifications to help improve safety and reliability.
• Outage Scope Verification and Aging Analysis.
• Manage and execute assigned projects in accordance with policies and performance targets.
• Participate and lead multidisciplinary teams in support of site initiatives.
• Manage implementation of assigned projects to successfully meet scope, schedule and cost.
• Deliver engineering solutions to operations that improve yield, cost and productivity.
• Incorporate the approved design processes and safety, licensing and SHEQ-INS requirements into products/output to ensure compliance with the design control plan and applicable regulations and stakeholder requirements.
• Contribute to Design Reviews and update design accordingly.
• Contribute to Hazard and Operability Studies and update design accordingly.
• Undertake problem solving and optimisation across Necsa and subsidiaries relating to chemical/process engineering aspects in process plants, (e.g. product purity, equipment malfunctioning, etc.) on an ad-hoc basis/ as requested with limited specialized guidance
• Perform and document economic and technical feasibility studies for process improvements.
• Conduct research and analysis to ensure recommendation of optimal and effective solutions to control and instrumentation engineering problems.
•  Coordinates work performed by outside contractors, vendors, and engineering consultants.
• Provides training related to devices to employees and/or customers.
• Develop Work methods & techniques.
• Develop Policies & Procedures.
• Introduce innovative approaches, systems and processes within the Engineering Framework.

Requirements
JOB REQUIREMENTS

KEY KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Sound knowledge of the systems acquisition process, from plant design to commissioning.
• Knowledge of process engineering calculations (mass and energy balances, sizing of process equipment, pressure drop calculations, etc.) and specifications.
• Knowledge of chemical unit operations and nuclear processes.
• Ability to perform control and instrumentation engineering design and PLC programming.
• General knowledge of all other engineering disciplines.
• Ability to apply recommended Engineering Standards for specific applications.
• Ability to perform work of medium to complex nature accurately and promptly, without supervision.
• Computer literacy and ability to learn to use new advanced engineering software as required.
• Self-training to attain new skills and knowledge when required.
• Be physically and mentally fit to work in nuclear and processing facilities (e.g. be registered as radiation and chemical workers when required).

COMPETENCIES

• Analytical Thinking & Attention to Detail
• Problem Solving
• Creativity / Innovation
• Time & Self-Management
• Drive (Results Orientation)
• Relationship Building
• Customer Service Orientation
• Effective communication
• Efficient and concise writing skills
• Ability to identify scope of work and deliver focused output to address the scope and solve the essence of problems
• Ability to solve problems
• Safety Orientations

Technical / Professional Competence

• Knowledge Sharing
• Teamwork

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.Eng/ BSc.Eng) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

OR

• Bachelor’s degree (B.Eng/ BSc.Eng) in Electrical Engineering.

OR

• Bachelor’s degree (B.Eng/ BSc.Eng) in Electronic Engineering.

Minimum Experience:

• 1 year’s experience in a control and instrumentation engineering environment or completed a related GIT program.

Closing date: 15 December 2025.

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Position Overview/About the Job:

• Reporting to the Managing Director: NTP Logistics, the Incumbent will be responsible for overseeing financial operations, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing financial risks, and optimising financial performance. This role requires a deep understanding of the logistics industry, financial planning, and reporting, as well as strong leadership skills to manage finance teams effectively.

Key Performance Areas:

Financial Management:

• The incumbent is accountable for the overall finance department of NTP Logistics

Financial Strategy:

• Develop and implement financial strategies to support growth and profitability, driving the company's financial success.

Strategic Insights:

• Analyze financial data and provide strategic insights and recommendations to senior management to support decision-making.

Accounts Receivable:

• Coordinate the team to ensure timeous customer payments are handled efficiently.

Accounts Payable:

• Manage all the company's payments to suppliers within regulated timeframes.

Audit, compliance and reporting:

• Lead the internal audit and external audit processes Submit all documents on time Oversee NTP Logistics’ financial operations to ensure that they are in line with internal and external policies and regulations. Improve reporting performance and quality to Auditors.

Payroll:

• Administration and documentation of all salaries, bonuses and deductions received by employees, contract workers and learnerships.

Tax Planning:

• Responsible for managing and planning all tax-related expenses.
• Submit all SARS returns on time.
• Ensure adherence to SARS (South African Revenue Service) tax regulations, including VAT and customs duties.
• Submit provisional and annual tax returns to SARS including all supporting schedules and documentation.
• Submit monthly VAT returns to SARS including all supporting schedules and documentation.

Treasury:

• Manage all the company’s assets to maximize liquidity and reduce risk.

Cash Flow and working capital Management:

• Manage working capital and credit to ensure the company has enough to always pay bills. Make receivables management a key role for your finance department.
• Implement credit risk assessment and debt recovery policies.
• Oversee banking relationships and foreign exchange transactions.

Debt Service:

• Keep an eye on credit use, including interest amounts NTP Logistics is generating, the scheduling of payments and the status of credit report and scores.

Cost Containment:

• Ensure that NTPL gets the best quality at the lowest price for materials, supplies and services.

Expense management:

• Monitor and audit all company expenses on a weekly basis.

Accurate Record Keeping:

• Keep accurate financial records. This should meet financial regulatory requirements.

BBBEE:

• Ensure compliance with BEE (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment) financial requirements.

Management Accounts and Statutory Reports

• Knowledge of SAP IT system will be advantageous.
• Receive financial data from financial and related systems and review for correctness and completeness.
• Analyse data, highlight problem areas and make necessary adjustments.
• Analyse monthly results against budget and forecast.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly management accounts comprising of a Statement of Profit and Loss, a statement of Financial Position and a Cash flow statement.
• Responsible for submission of monthly and quarterly management accounts to the shareholder, NTP Logistics Management, NTP Board and relevant committees.
• Prepare all Annual Financial Statements supporting schedules and reconciliations for submission to the preparer of the annual financial statements and the external auditors.

Budgets and Forecasts

• Support line management in preparation of budgets and forecasts in providing guidance, information and directives applicable to the budget and forecast inputs.
• Plan NTPL budget preparation and deadlines and required inputs in line with Necsa Group instructions and guidelines.
• Prepare high level budget assumptions applicable to NTPL.
• Prepare the NTPL Annual and 5-year budget for submission to the shareholder, NTPL management, NTPL Board and committees. The budget must comprise of a Statement of Profit and Loss, Statement of Financial Position and Cash flow statement.
• Prepare a quarterly forecast for NTP Logistics for submission to the shareholder, NTPL management, NTPL Board and committees. The forecast comprises of a Statement of Profit and Loss, Statement of Financial Positions and Cash flow statement.

Cost Control & Profitability

• Analyse freight and logistics costs to identify savings.
• Work with operations teams to ensure cost-efficient freight forwarding processes.
• Implement financial controls to prevent fraud and inefficiencies.

Risk Management & Internal Controls

• Identify and mitigate financial risks, including currency fluctuations and credit risks.
• Ensure robust internal controls and financial governance policies.
• Monitor compliance with international trade and customs regulations.

Leadership & Team Management

• Management of finance teams, including guidance and coaching to develop staff and ensure that expertise is optimally applied.
• Allocating duties to staff and redeployment is necessary to ensure that all accounting entries are performed accurately, are complete and in time and in line with internal control measures, systems, policies and procedures.
• Performance management staff to meet performance standards and outputs, correct unacceptable behaviour and take disciplinary steps as and when appropriate.
• Review all inputs, transactions and reconciliations performed by accounting staff.
• Provide financial training to non-financial staff.
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Requirements
Qualifications, Experience & Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Major in Accounting).
• 10 years in financial management of which 3 to 5 years in a management position.
• Experience in freight forwarding, logistics, or supply chain industries added as a strong advantage.
• Knowledge and understanding of PFMA, PPPFA and Corporate Governance.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of IFRS, tax laws, and customs regulations.
• Proficiency in accounting software (SAP, Pastel, or similar).
• Leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of international trade finance and forex transactions.

Competencies

• Analytical Thinking and Attention to Detail
• Administrative
• Change Management
• Commercial Orientation
• Safety Orientation
• Action Orientation and Decisiveness
• Building Strategic Partnerships / Networking
• Communication
• Analytical thinking
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Conflict Management
• Decision Making
• Interpersonal Skills
• Problem Solving
• Relationship Management
• Time Management

Closing date: 10 December 2025