Utilities Engineer: Project Utilities and Environmental Speciali

We are looking for an experienced Utilities Engineer: Project Utilities and Environmental Specialist for a 4-month fixed term contract for our client in Johannesburg North.

 

Purpose of the role of this role it to define and deliver strategic direction and ensures compliance to local, state and national environmental legislation and technical specifications.

 

Leads development work for projects (scoping, costing, design and permitting) and ongoing support to the implementation team as required. Leads the development of projects ensuring that business requirements are met while supporting the delivery strategic priorities.

 

We are looking for the following:

• At least 5 years FMCG or beverage experience would be an advantage
• Design experience on multidisciplinary process projects with project value in excess of $5m
• Detailed understanding of environmental legal regulations, permit approval requirements, EIAâ??s and other regulations pertaining to industrial projects.
• Solid understanding of project management tools and techniques such as PMBOK.
• Good understanding of best-in-class civil construction solutions to enable accurate technical reviews and adjudication of contractors bids.
• Experience in plant operations would be an advantage

 

Minimum educational level:                                                      

• Bachelor degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering or equivalent with 8-10 yearsâ?? work experience

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide high level scopes and budget in consultation with the Global, Zone and regional teams for annual planning purposes.
• Consider environmental legislation, government regulations, potential environment hazards and other factors in the planning and risk analysis phase of project development
• Actively reviews State of the Art design and performance improvement options available in the market with a view to implementing them in cases where there is a compelling business case that delivers operational performance improvement.
• Reviews existing Brewery Installations and makes recommendations to simplify and modernise as required so that plant safety, operational performance and maintenance practices are optimised/improved to support business continuity.
• Leads the Design Management and enables this by planning and organising the engineering and design work for the project. Oversees, directs and coordinates this work.
• Ensures that environmental permit applications are compiled and submitted to local, state and national agencies in accordance with the legislative requirements.
• Ensures designs are aligned to Zone SD strategies and efficiency targets.
• Understands and implements all design, technical specifications and engineering requirements for projects from concept to detailed design (FEL 0 to FEL3) level of detail so that RFQâ??s can be prepared and detailed design supported.
• Ensures that FEL3 designs are implemented in the project Build Phase and any significant changes that may affect quality, cost, time or outputs are documented and approved via the project management system with decision support notes.
• Participate as required in the technical supplier adjudications to assist with appropriate appointments that meet the Companies operational performance, and safety KPIâ??s
• After supplier appointments have been made, provide support to the Implementation team to ensure that the detailed integration work can be carried out between the various contractors.
• Enables a value engineering mind-set to the design review process.