Vacancies at Thyssenkrupp Uhde

Your responsibilities

• To act as technical leader, expert and mentor in the Process Engineering department. This includes technical responsibility for engineering input related to proposals, contracts and after sales service. Reducing the overall cost of process solutions and seeking technical differentiators where possible is a key focus in order to improve Business Line competitiveness.
• He/she must ensure that designs and technical solutions are produced in a professional and cost effective manner, to high standards, have engineering integrity and complies with legal and industry requirements.
• The Manager: Process Engineering will serve as the single technical point of contact within this field internally, to the relevant BUs and to clients. She / He remains the liaison with Business Lines ensuring that the department grows in line with present and future requirements.
• The incumbent must understand the requirements of all other engineering departments and ensure project execution supports this.
• The incumbent is required to keep abreast of all projects executed within the department by performing regular team meetings and should maintain a fluid technical dashboard and current manpower resourcing tool.

Your profile

• The Manager Process Engineering must be in possession of a BSc. Chemical Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15 years engineering experience of which 10 years should be in a contracting environment.
• Professional Registration with ECSA is required.
• The incumbent must have a firm understanding of the various engineering phases and the extent of engineering required to satisfy the requirements. Fundamental knowledge of unit operation sizing, process safety systems, design procedures and development of process engineering deliverables is required.
• Project site experience including commissioning experience is advantageous.
• The successful candidate must have strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• An understanding and application of process software (ASPEN, HTRI, Fathom) is essential to understand designs and provide input for optimisation

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The successful candidate will be required to fulfil the job as summarised below, but not limited to:

• Develop in-depth knowledge of thyssenkrupp Uhde’s technology portfolio and project execution models (EP, EPC, EPCM)
• Continuously research and analyse markets and opportunities as well as monitor bid sites and platforms
• Maintenance of leads and proposals database

Review tender documents and provide the following:

• Facilitate Bid no Bid meeting to obtain bid decision
• Compile bid initiation documents
• Determine submission compliance requirements
• Allocate bid team as per work breakdown structure
• Facilitate bid kick off meeting with the bid team
• Allocate and manage bid budget and bid schedule
• Facilitate the development of a win strategy with the bid team
• Facilitate coordination with Engineering, Procurement and Construction to ensure external and internal costs are correct and optimised
• Ensure that resumes, references and method statements are aligned to the tender submission requirements
• Consolidate inputs and compile estimates
• Develop compliant tender submission documentation including integration and editing of technical and commercial inputs from internal and external parties

Your profile

• The candidate must be in possession of a BSc / B.Eng / B.Tech / Commercial qualification.
• The candidate must have a minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience.