RB 401408 - Senior Process Engineer (Furnaces) – Johannesburg

Employer Description

Our client is a leading engineering services provider to the mineral processing industry.

Job Description

Reporting to the Projects Director, You will be responsible for:

• Design and sizing as well as commissioning of processes and vessels related to the worldwide Submerged Arc Furnace (SAF) industry.
• You will be an integral part of a project team that may include involvement in both the sales and execution phases of projects varying from studies to full EPC
• Provide project related engineering and procurement deliverables and services for studies,
  tenders and projects.
• Preparation of process designs, Block Diagrams, PFD’s, P&ID’s, and all technical process
  documents
• Preliminary cost estimates for potential projects and budget proposal.
• Planning, design, specification, procurement, reporting, construction, commissioning and
  handover of project packages.
• Co-ordinating of designs and drawing with all relevant engineering disciplines.
• Maintain professional registration and keep up to date to new technologies as well as
  changes in the application of current process technologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in Chemical or Metallurgical Engineering
• Pr Eng / Pr Tech

Skills

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience within the field of submerged arc furnace process engineering and process plant design.
• Experience with mass and energy balances for pyrometallurgical processes from first principles and through a relevant simulation package like HSC.
• Experience in the operation of submerged arc furnaces at a responsibility level that would allow the incumbent to make process decisions would be advantageous .
• Submerged arc furnace commissioning experience
• Good theoretical knowledge of refractory materials and selection.