Project Engineer THPE120626

Job Title: Project Engineer

Location: Witbank

Job Type: 9 month contract, expected to work Full-Time hours (Onsite)

Key responsibilities

· Engineering and construction contracts management including budget and schedule.

· Ensure that competent engineers with the required qualifications are appointed on the project by consultants.

· Obtain sign-off on engineering deliverables from all required internal Client stakeholders which include the Discipline Engineers and the Operations Team (Mine General Manager and Heads of Department). Sign-off to be obtained in-line with the agreed schedule (as per contractual obligations with contractors) and budget.

· Management of external stakeholder approvals and performance on projects e.g. Eskom, Transnet and SANRAL.

· Change management on engineering and construction contracts.

· Change management on project capital budget and schedule as a result of engineering related changes.

· Engineering discipline interface management and engineering deliverable quality checking to ensure that there are no interface issues/errors in the project implementation phase.

· Construction contract technical adjudications.

· Review contractor proposals and project capital estimates and schedules and provide optimisation opportunities.

· Ensure that technical queries are timeously responded to and closed out without delays to the project.

· Ensure that QCP’s, issued during the implementation phase are signed off by the relevant discipline engineer and engineering consultant engineer.

· During implementation phase, arrange “off-site” fabrication inspections and Factory Acceptance Testing with the relevant discipline engineer, engineering consultant engineer and clerks of works.

· Ensure “on-site” inspections during project implementation are timeously attended by the relevant discipline engineer and engineering consultant engineer.

· Maintain safe working environment – conduct site inspections and check compliance to safety procedures, rules and regulations.

· Provide inputs into the commissioning management plan and provide oversight on commissioning activities ensuring that all activities are implemented safely without asset damage and project cost and schedule impacts.

· Operational readiness, liaising with the operations team and hand-over from the project team to the operations team.

· Performance testing of infrastructure post commissioning.

· Provide the design and engineering, quality, operational performance and lessons learnt inputs as part of the project close-out process.

· Contribute to team Key Performance Indicators by achieving targets as the project progresses.

Requirements

· Diploma / Degree in Engineering or related field.

· Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is advantageous.

· Project Management Professional (PMP®) is advantageous.

· GCC Mines and Works is advantageous.

· Valid Driver’s Licence.

· Good working knowledge of relevant legislation relating to the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), Occupational Health and Safety Act and or any other regulatory acts which may influence engineering/procurement/construction environment.

Minimum 10 years of experience in the following:

· Engineering/Procurement/Construction/Project Management environment.

· Contractor Management

· Mining, Bulk Material Handlings and Processing coal operations environment.

· Commissioning experience.

· Construction quality experience.

· Technical query resolution experience.

· Technical experience during plant shut works would be advantageous.