Plant Engineer: Automation, Reliability & Projects
cquail
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Job summary
cquail is seeking an experienced Plant Engineer to oversee engineering standards, plant optimisation, and technical compliance within a production environment. The role covers the full lifecycle from design through commissioning and handover, providing technical leadership around plant equipment, automation, control systems, reliability and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate has a relevant engineering degree, 5+ years in manufacturing, hands-on project delivery, and strong collaboration
Qualifications
- BSc Engineering, BTech Engineering or equivalent technical qualification.
- Approximately 5+ years' engineering experience, with at least 3 years in manufacturing/production.
- Experience managing engineering projects.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
- Experience with plant equipment and production systems.
- Experience with CAD applications.
- Strong stakeholder and contractor-management ability.
- Desirable Professional Engineer registration and Project Management certification.
- Automation or control-system experience.
- Exposure to mining, explosives, chemicals or process-manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Manage engineering projects from concept to handover.
- Design and improve production facilities, plant equipment and systems.
- Support automation and plant control systems.
- Develop equipment repair and maintenance procedures.
- Analyze production and engineering performance data.
- Identify opportunities to improve plant availability, reliability and efficiency.
- Maintain and upgrade production software and control systems.
- Commission plant, production equipment and engineering systems.
- Conduct engineering audits and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Investigate engineering problems and provide technical solutions.
- Work closely with operations, contractors, engineering teams and other stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain engineering standards and technical documentation.
- Manage engineering databases and technical information.
- Manage third-party contractors and SLAs.
- Ensure engineering projects comply with health, safety, explosives and regulatory requirements.
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Job description
cquail is seeking an experienced Plant Engineer to oversee engineering standards, plant optimisation, and technical compliance within a production environment. The role covers the full lifecycle from design through commissioning and handover, providing technical leadership around plant equipment, automation, control systems, reliability and continuous improvement.
The ideal candidate has a relevant engineering degree, 5+ years in manufacturing, hands-on project delivery, and strong collaboration
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