Johannesburg: Senior Instrument Engineer

About the Role

The Senior Instrument Engineer will be responsible for leading the design and approval of all instrument work on assigned projects, ensuring that engineering activities are executed within budgeted man-hours and approved schedules in compliance with project procedures, standards, and specifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the design and approval of all Instrument work on assigned projects.
• Prepare and approve project related standards and job notes.
• Review and approve project schedules with the Project Engineer to ensure realistic dates, rates of progress, and design periods.
• Reflect instrument requirements on project MFDs/P&IDs utilizing ISA standards and symbology.
• Prepare a project instrument index reflecting all instrumentation requirements, including instrument type selection compliant to process criteria.
• Prepare requisition index for Instrument work, indicating planned issue date for each requisition. Update and re-issue monthly.
• Check and approve the drawing index for Instrument drawings.
• Prepare and approve general notes requisitions for Instrumentation.
• Design and requisition Instrumentation, including instrument size and protection methodology calculations and verification checks.
• Assist designers with the preparation of Instrument drawings.
• Review and approve all Instrument drawings to ensure satisfactory quality standards.
• Prepare technical bid analysis for Instrumentation.
• Attend coordination meetings and engineering review meetings with suppliers as required.
• Review document requirements and issue dates for major equipment with suppliers and assist Procurement Department in compiling a Suppliers Document Index.
• Assist Procurement Department with the expediting of supplier documents.
• Review and approve supplier documents for Instrumentation and distribute.
• Review Instrument aspects of package unit suppliers drawings as requested by the engineer responsible for the equipment.
• Ensure that Instrument engineering operations are complete in accordance with the approved project schedule and within allocated man-hours.
• Coordinate with Procurement Department to ensure certified drawings are available in time to meet the engineering schedules.
• Notify the Project Engineer of all deficiencies in the flow of data or other basic information required for execution of work.
• Provide progress report information, at the required frequency and with the required content, to the Project Engineer.
• Alert the Project Engineer/Project Manager to circumstances considered to be subject to contract change.
• Follow up Instrumentation construction work on project sites to ensure correct interpretation of designs regarding installation.
• Keep abreast of development in the Instrument engineering field.
• Suggest ways to improve efficiency, costs, and service in the execution of projects.
• Assist where necessary in the compilation of operating manuals and mechanical catalogues.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years working experience in a project engineering environment, preferably within the resources/minerals processing industry in Africa.
• Site instrument engineer with plant installation and commissioning experience.
• Willing and able to work in Mauritania QA/QC activities, contractor supervision.
• Experience in managing relationships with clients, contractors, and service providers.

Qualifications

• Degree, BTech or National Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering.
• ECSA registration as Professional Engineer or Professional Technologist Engineer (or working towards registration).