ENGINEERING MANAGER - PLANT

Ligpos (Pty) Ltd; Benoni; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Ligpos (Pty) Ltd is seeking an Engineering Manager - Plant in Benoni to lead the Plant engineering function across large-scale mineral processing projects. You will own engineering from tender through commissioning, and ensure successful handover to operations, with strong focus on safety, quality, and schedule adherence.

The role requires extensive experience in mineral processing plant projects, multidisciplinary leadership, and international professional registration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level engineering degree in Mechanical (required).
• Int PE with ECSA – mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate engineering inputs across plant project lifecycles (mechanical, process, E&I).
• Serve as senior technical interface between Projects, BD, Operations, clients, consultants, and site teams.
• Ensure deliverables, schedules, budgets, and specifications meet quality and baseline standards.
• Drive standardisation, design reviews, and constructability and maintainability considerations.
• Develop and manage engineering budgets, planned hours, and resource loading across concurrent projects.
• Identify and mitigate engineering risks, manage scope boundaries and RFIs/NCRs.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Mechanical engineering

Mineral processing plant experience

EPC/EPCM experience

MS Project

CAD software

FEA/MATLAB

Education

BEng/BSc Mechanical Engineering

BEng/BSc Process/Chemical/Metallurgical Engineering

Tools

Inventor

Solid Edge

SolidWorks

Job description

VACANCY: ENGINEERING MANAGER - PLANT

• Job Title: Engineering Manager - Plant

• Work Area: Plant Engineering & Projects (Large-scale Mineral Processing Plants)

• Location: Benoni, South Africa

• Remuneration: Market-Related (Negotiable based on experience)

About the Role

The Engineering Manager - Plant will lead and manage the Plant engineering function as an integrated project-delivery team responsible for large, complex, and long-duration mineral processing plant projects. You will take complete engineering ownership from tender and concept development through detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction support, installation, commissioning, performance testing, and final handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Multidisciplinary Project Leadership: Lead and coordinate mechanical, process, E&I, draughting, and project engineering inputs across EPC/EPCM plant project lifecycles.

• Technical Interface & Ownership: Serve as the senior technical interface between Projects, BD, Operations, clients, consultants, and site teams while maintaining strict scope definition and change control.

• Deliverable & Baseline Control: Ensure engineering deliverables, schedules, budgets, technical specifications, drawings, calculations, and equipment selections meet required quality and baseline standards.

• Quality & Standards Compliance: Drive standardisation, design reviews, constructability, operability, maintainability, and lessons learned while ensuring compliance with MPT SHERQ and ISO 9001 standards.

• Resource & Budget Management: Develop and manage engineering budgets, planned hours, resource loading, and schedules across concurrent plant projects.

• Risk & Interface Management: Identify and mitigate engineering risks, manage scope boundaries, battery limits, and resolve technical queries (RFIs, TQs, NCRs).

Requirements & Qualifications

• Academic Qualifications: BEng / BSc Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Required). BEng / BSc in Process, Chemical, or Metallurgical Engineering is an added advantage.

• Professional Registration: Registered International Professional Engineer (Int PE) with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) – Mandatory.

• Experience:

  • 10+ years of engineering experience in mineral processing, mining, or heavy industrial plant projects.

  • 5+ years delivering multidisciplinary plant or EPC/EPCM-type projects.

  • 3+ years in engineering leadership or management roles.

  • Demonstrated lifecycle experience across design, procurement support, fabrication, commissioning, and handover.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in MS Office (MS Project), Inventor / Solid-Edge / SolidWorks. Competency in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and/or MATLAB is an advantage.

• Core Competencies: Strong leadership, cost & quality consciousness, excellent problem-solving ability, high attention to detail, clear communication, and willingness to assist with site commissioning.