Chemical Engineer | Projects & Process Improvement

Pronel Personnel; Durban; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Pronel Personnel is recruiting a Chemical Engineer to join our client’s Projects team in Durban. You will work closely with Production, Maintenance, SHEQ, Procurement and other teams to take projects from concept through execution, commissioning and benefit realisation, while gaining hands-on exposure to both project engineering and plant operations.

The role focuses on process optimization, improving efficiency, reliability and product quality, with an opportunity to develop deep technical and

Qualifications

• BSc in Chemical Engineering is required.
• 5+ years’ relevant experience in chemical/manufacturing/industrial plant environments.
• Proven experience in process engineering, plant projects, production support or process improvement.
• Hands-on approach to turning engineering insight into measurable plant results.

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver process optimisation, debottlenecking and capital projects
• Develop scopes, technical solutions, business cases, budgets and implementation plans
• Lead equipment sizing, process design, specifications, costing and technical reviews
• Troubleshoot production, quality and reliability challenges and drive root-cause solutions
• Plan and oversee laboratory and plant trials, commissioning and process changes
• Analyse plant data to uncover losses, constraints and improvement opportunities
• Drive improvements in production, yield, energy efficiency, cost, reliability and quality
• Support HAZOPs, risk assessments, MOC and incident investigations
• Embed sustainable improvements through SOPs, training, standards and monitoring

Skills

Process optimization

Debottlenecking

Capital projects

Root-cause analysis

Data-driven decision making

Education

BSc in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Are you a Chemical Engineer who thrives on solving complex plant problems, improving performance and turning ideas into real-world results?

Join our clients Projects team and play a key role inoptimising plant performance, increasing capacity, improving efficiency and reliability, enhancing safety and delivering better product quality.

Working closely with Production, Maintenance, SHEQ, Procurement and other teams, you’ll take projects fromconcept through execution, commissioning and benefit realisation— while gaining hands-on exposure to bothproject engineering and plant operations.

What you’ll be doing

• Identify and deliverprocess optimisation, debottlenecking and capital projects


• Develop scopes, technical solutions, business cases, budgets and implementation plans


• Lead equipment sizing, process design, specifications, costing and technical reviews


• Troubleshoot production, quality and reliability challenges and driveroot-cause solutions


• Plan and overseelaboratory and plant trials, commissioning and process changes


• Analyse plant data to uncoverlosses, constraints and improvement opportunities


• Drive improvements inproduction, yield, energy efficiency, cost, reliability and quality


• Support HAZOPs, risk assessments, MOC and incident investigations


• Embed sustainable improvements throughSOPs, training, standards and monitoring

What you’ll bring

• BSc in Chemical Engineering


• 5+ years’ relevant experiencein a chemical, manufacturing or industrial plant environment


• Proven experience inprocess engineering, plant projects, production support or process improvement


• A practical, hands-on approach with the ability to turn engineering insight into measurable plant results

Why this opportunity?

This is more than a projects role. It’s an opportunity to builddeep technical and operational expertise, work on high-impact engineering challenges and position yourself for futuretechnical or operational leadership.

And the location?Durban — where your career can come with sun, sea and sand.