South Africa: Senior Process (Chemical) Engineer (Utilities) posted by AtripleA recruitment & temps

About the Role

Our client in the Utilities Industry is seeking a highly skilled Senior Process Engineer to join their team. As a key member of the engineering team, you will be responsible for driving innovation and delivering high-quality projects that meet business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Competencies:

• Engineers may be responsible for consultation, investigation, evaluation and planning, design, design review and approval, and/or determination of environmental and safety impacts of work processes and products; and manage implementation of projects/plans according to codes and regulations.

• Possession of a designated level of technical engineering skill or knowledge and the ability to keep up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise.

• Knowledge of and ability to use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions and/or reaching conclusions.

• Ability to communicate, in written and oral form, detailed and technical engineering information, guidelines and standards/statutes/codes/regulations to various audiences to ensure that they understand the information and the message, and to seek compliance.

• Project Management Competencies:

• Understands the overall project life cycle of multi-disciplinary projects.

• Appreciates the dynamic relationships of all engineering disciplines on the project.

• Can interrogate project method plans and statements to identify shortfalls and risks that would need to be address in the project planning stages.

• Ability to coordinate and administer programs, activities, and protocols.

• Estimating and Costing Competency:

• Takes profit and loss/risk issues into account and reward effective decisions and behaviour in support of efficiency management and business optimisation.

• Adds value to the unit/entity by Recognising new business opportunities, capitalizing on it to increase competitive advantage, and reducing costs.

• Understands and applies commercial and financial principles in the evaluation of business practices and processes.

• Understands and applies engineering principles in the evaluation of technical designs to create a technical advantage and reduce costs.

• Views issues in terms of costs, profits, markets, added value and return on investment.

• Anticipates and evaluates the impact of own work and that of the unit/entity on profits.

• Ensures that sufficient data about financial and other parameters of organisational performance are available and interpreting the information objectively against appropriate benchmarks.

• Empower and Motivate others effectively and Enthusiastically Productive:

• Clear and positive engagement and communication in a team driven environment to drive performance of the team and realise the short term and long-term goals of the team.

• Invests appropriate trust in others to undertake individual responsibilities.

• Keeps team focused on tasks and encourages others through enthusiasm and by recognising their contributions.

• Regularly reviews the work of team members and gives helpful and meaningful advice to help improve performance.

• Accepting and tackling demanding goals, working longer hours when necessary and identifying opportunities for progressing to more challenging roles.

Requirements

• Technical engineering skill or knowledge
• Ability to keep up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise
• Knowledge of statutes/codes/regulations, including program procedures, methods and practices and their application to specific situations

Qualifications

• Valid RSA driver’s license