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Cape Town: Principle Process Engineer posted by SET Consulting

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Job Description

Lead Process Engineer Cape Town

Duties

  • Ensure that Process Engineering activities are conducted to the highest quality, ethical and in line with Company, Client and regulatory requirement.
  • Establish design standards in areas of expertise for the process team.
  • Coordinate the resources necessary to ensure that studies are completed on time, on budget and to the appropriate standard.
  • Work collaboratively with personnel across all business units.
  • Ensure overall process deliverables are achieved to a consistently high standard. Respond immediately to change to ensure projects are completed on time in accordance with the contractual scope of work and services.
  • Utilise project reporting requirements in accordance with Company and Client standards to a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
  • Responsible and accountable for all Process design functions carried out on designated Projects, whether handled personally or delegated to subordinate staff members.
  • Deliver best practice process designs in accordance with project time, budget and technical requirements.
  • Prepare and review study documents adhering to Company policies and procedures to a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
  • Analyse data and its relationship to the process design.
  • Manage the process components of scoping, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies to ensure they are correct and thorough, appropriate to the study phase.
  • Carry out peer reviews of particular designs.
  • Actively solicit new business and assist with established client maintenance.
  • Suggest methods to improve operational efficiency within the Process Engineering team.
  • Work in conjunction with a range of internal and external stakeholders to meet project design work criteria and deliverables.
  • Develop and contribute to the delivery of improvement initiatives which support business priorities for continuous improvement.
  • Contribute to engineers in training professional development by providing consistent mentoring and identify avenues of development.
  • Proactively support other team members as required to ensure Project deliverables are met.
  • Ensure a high level of communication is attained within the Process Engineering group.
  • Provide leadership, guidance and direction to the Process Engineering group as required.
  • Travel on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and its operations.
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Minimum Requirements

  • University degree in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or equivalent qualification.
  • A minimum of 15+ years of experience in mineral processing and/or related industries and post graduate experience.
  • Mix of process plant operations and project development roles, within mining companies, and contract engineering organisations.
  • South African Citizen or Permanent Resident
  • Cape Town based (or willing to relocate)

Commodity:

  • Gold and silver free milling and refractory ores.
  • Platinum group metals and chrome.
  • Uranium
  • Base metals (copper/lead/zinc/nickel/cobalt) sulphides in particular, and oxides.
  • Battery minerals (graphite/lithium).
  • Iron ore (haematite/magnetite).
  • Mineral sands (ilmenite/rutile/zircon/monatize).
  • Industrial minerals (limestone/barite/talc/gypsum/potash/phosphates/etc).

Unit Process Focus:

  • Comminution crushing and screening, HPGR, milling (SAG, ball, rod, attrition) and classification.
  • Ore preconcentration DMS, machine sorting.
  • Gravity separation spirals, centrifugal bowl, tables, jigs.
  • Froth flotation including alternative equipment technologies Jamieson, Woodgrove, Concorde, etc.
  • Electrostatic separation.
  • Magnetic separation
  • Dewatering thickening, filtration, centrifuging.
  • Hydrometallurgical operations leaching, carbon adsorption/desorption, solvent extraction, ion exchange, electrowinning.
  • Refractory ore processing roasting, pressure oxidation, Biox, ultrafine grinding, Albion process.
  • Heat exchange process heating and cooling, crystallisers, dryers.
  • Process plant instrumentation and control philosophy.
  • Interpretation of mineralogical and metallurgical test work results.

Process Simulation/Digital:

  • IDEAS or similar software.
  • Digital twinning.
  • Scenario modelling.
  • Solid technical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Build and sustain positive relationships with all stakeholders, including clients, vendors and co-workers.
  • Ability to work with people at all levels within an organisation and external providers.
  • Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise to a high standard of accuracy and professionalism.
  • Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision whilst consistently producing a high quality of deliverables.
  • Personal qualities of integrity, credibility and commitment.
  • Demonstrate a strict practice of confidentiality, personal responsibility and discretion.
  • Exemplify and encourage the core values and ethos of the business.
  • Provide mentoring and identify avenues of professional development and succession planning for personnel within your group.
  • Intuitive leader with the ability to initiate, lead and manage change in a complex environment.
  • Capacity to delegate appropriately.
  • Capacity to evaluate work practices, implement systems and suggest alternatives and refinements where necessary.
  • Demonstrated ability to achieve consistently high standards within both budgetary and schedule constraints.
  • Well-developed business acumen with the ability to adapt to different business environments.
  • High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge of contract law and contract document requirements.
  • Ability to travel on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and its operations.
  • High degree of professional ethics.
  • Highly developed negotiation, influencing, analytical and problem resolution skills.
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