Senior Industrial Engineer Consultant

 

Recruiter:

VBKOM

Job Ref:

2021/2

Date posted:

Friday, May 28, 2021

Location:

Pretoria, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related


SUMMARY:
Industrial Engineer

POSITION INFO:

      Monte Carlo software such as @Risk will be an advantage.

      Exceptional verbal and written language skills i.e., write convincingly, clearly, concisely, and correctly and structure information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience.

Ability to Minimum Qualifications:  B. Eng. (Industrial) Degree

Experience Required: 5-10 Years in Industrial Engineering. Consulting experience in mining will be an advantage.

EE/AA:  Preferred, but not mandatory

Location:  Centurion, Gauteng. Consultant will be expected to travel periodically to client sites and stay over to perform project work. Unless there are exceptions our consultants generally do not stay longer than 3 days on site and do not stay on site over weekends. Our clients are distributed across South Africa and the rest of Africa.

Availability / Start:  Immediately

Package:  Market Related

Appointment:  Permanent / full time basis. Associate/contractor appointments will also be considered if near full time availability can be provided over the next 6 months.

 

Company Background:

      VBKOM (Pty) Ltd is a consulting firm within the mining industry where it provides various services to blue chip and junior mining clients to develop mining resources. These services include but is not limited to geological modelling and interpretation, mining engineering, metallurgical engineering, industrial engineering, project & risk management as well as project and operational support. The industrial engineering focus is on:

  • Decision Support Services, including:
    • Simulation
    • Financial Modelling
    • Project Risk and Decision Tree Analysis
    • Data Mining and Business Intelligence
  • Value Engineering, including:
    • Operational Readiness (Ensuring fit for purpose solutions with a smooth project handovers and efficient operational systems)
    • Supply Chain Analysis
    • Engineering Logistics (Asset configuration and maintenance management)
  • Continuous Improvement, including:
    • Theory of Constraints Analysis
    • General Productivity Improvement
    • Business Process Analysis
    • Time Studies

      The appointed candidate will report to a principal consultant as line manager who will act as mentor and manage the position’s growth and performance requirements.

      We expect all our industrial engineers to be multi-skilled and the successful candidate will need to upskill himself/herself in the industrial engineering focus areas listed above as well as project and risk management and obtain a detail understanding of mining engineering principals.

 

The successful applicant will be responsible to:

      Align with the VBKOM values published on our website at <--------Please upload your CV here--------.

      Add value for our clients and generate income for the VBKOM consulting business through delivery of our service offerings.

      Meet clients’ needs for consulting solutions and services.

      Know and consider the total value chain and business functions of our clients’ organisations to ensure our deliverables benefit the total business.

      Professionally engage with clients as part of the team.

      Effectively utilize the full capability of our specialist software packages and available technology to meet objectives for client deliverables.

      Apply specialist and detailed technical expertise and provide solid technical inputs to every project/problem/situation that might arise under the project framework.

      Make rational judgements from the available information and analysis.

      Continuously stay up to date with new technical/engineering developments.

      Complete consulting deliverables in a systematic, methodical, and orderly way.

      Effectively work as part of a team in order to reach project objectives.

      Maintain high standards for quality and quantity consulting deliverables.

      Consistently achieve project goals within a set project timeframe.

      Set clearly defined objectives, planning activities and projects well in advance and take account of possible changing circumstances.

      Identify and organise resources needed to accomplish tasks.

      Monitor and maintain quality and productivity.

      Adhere to the internal company administrative policies and procedures.

      Take accountability for personal development.

      Effectively manage internal administration such as backup of data in ordered manner and keeping timesheets.

 

Requirements:

      B. Eng. (Industrial) Degree is mandatory; ECSA Pr.Eng. will be an advantage.

      Project management qualification or accreditation (PMBOK, PRINCE2, PMP, etc) is preferred.

      Master of Business Administration (MBA) qualification or similar business/ financial masters degree will be an advantage.

      Ability to analyse data, formulate problems and derive relevant solutions within the VBKOM service offering.

      Proven Financial Modelling skills i.e., determine NPV, IRR, payback, etc. will be an advantage, including:

  • Experience as a project financial modeler on mining feasibility and/or mega studies in mining industry and proven track record of project success.
  • Specific training qualification/ accreditation in financial modelling.

      Simulation Modelling skills will be an advantage, including:

  • Experience as a project simulation modeler in the mining industry.
  • Proven simulation modelling skills in Simio software in mining industry and proven track record of project success.
  • Specific training qualification/ accreditation in Simio simulation modelling.

      Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Projects and Power BI software is mandatory.

      Proficiency in work independently and proactively.

      Excellent people skills.

      A sound work ethic.

      Able to upskill self on new technical processes and specialist software packages required to deliver a service.



 

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