Piping Engineer

SENET; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

SENET is seeking a skilled Piping Engineer to join our EPCM project team for large-scale mineral processing plants from concept through commissioning.

You will design, coordinate and deliver piping systems, ensure compliance with RAMBOE, and manage design criteria from concept to execution with strong collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering.
• Professional registration with ECSA is required or in process.
• 5–8 years piping design experience in EPC/EPCM environments.

Responsibilities

• Ensure client specifications are included in design criteria.
• Create and enforce Engineering Design Criteria for the project.
• Review discipline technical specifications and update to project specifics.
• Manage discipline technical integrity from concept to execution.
• Coordinate with other engineers for effective information transfer.
• Sign off design deliverables with appropriate reviews and approvals.
• Prepare material take offs and basis of estimate documents.
• Attend milestone reviews and provide feedback from Navisworks data.
• Control engineering hours and track man-hours against WBS.
• Provide clarifications and constraints for design through all project phases.

Skills

Piping design

3D design tools

Project coordination

Education

Eng/BSc/BTech in Mechanical Engineering

Registration as a Professional Engineer/technician/technologist with ECSA

Tools

AutoCAD Plant 3D

Navisworks

Job description

Job Overview:

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Piping Engineer to join our EPCM project team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the design, coordination, and delivery of piping systems for large-scale mineral processing plants, supporting projects from concept through to commissioning.

Qualifications:

• Eng/BSc/BTech in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Registration as a Professional Engineer/technician/technologist with ECSA

Experience:

• 5–8 years’ experience in piping design within EPC/EPCM environments
• Experience in mining or mineral processing projects (advantageous)
• Proficiency in:
• 3D design tools (e.g., AutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks)
• Knowledge of piping codes and standards (ASME, EN, SANS, etc.)

The Role:

• Ensure that the client specifications are incorporated in the design criteria and adhered to through the design phase of the project
• Create, update and enforce Engineering Design Criteria.
• Create and review discipline specific technical specifications and updating such to be project specific.
• Ensuring that all design work within the discipline is safe and complies to RAMBOE (Risk, Accessibility, Maintainability, Buildability, Operability, Economic)
• Manage the discipline specific technical integrity of the layout of the plant, from conceptual to execution phases of the project.
• Coordination with other discipline/project Engineers to ensure effective information transfer.
• Liaison with the Section Leader / Draughtsperson with regards to the drawing requirements, certified information and the dates required.
• Sign off Engineering deliverables (design, calculations, models, drawings) signed off as follows – Done by, reviewed by, approved by
• Design/Calculations (creation of, checking of, submitting to document control for issue).
• Compile material take offs / bills of quantities that are in a format suitable for costing, and accurate as per MTO BTD’s. (Business Task Description)
• Compile basis of estimate document
• Attend milestone reviews and provide feedback based on latest Navis works file.
• Milestone Process Management within the Discipline. Enforce/adapt/modify when necessary.
• Provide discipline specific technical clarifications and constraints as required to the specific project through all phases from design, construction and operations to commissioning.
• Ensure that all discipline scope of works and battery limits are clearly defined and documented in the procurement packages.
• Contribute to discipline specifications required for equipment purchases.
• Ensure that all relevant Engineering produced information is handed to all the Discipline Section Leaders, Draughtspersons and Checkers
• Perform technical bid evaluations, compile adjudication reports, and provide recommendations for vendor selection and award
• Review of Vendor Shop Detail Drawings
• Perform squad checks as and when required.
• Strict control, monitoring and reporting of Engineering hours, loading the budget into Dynamics and ensuring man-hours are recorded correctly against WBS codes
• Preparation of change requests as required for changes in scope of work.
• InEight drawing and document submissions
• Procurement packages loaded into Dynamics -EReq and PReq
• Supervising draftspersons to reduce rework. Overall, the engineer is responsible for correctness of drawing deliverables and other deliverables
• Attend project meetings
• Updating project schedules to ensure compliance and schedule achievement
• Man-hour forecasting/updating

Skills Required:

• Microsoft packages
• Project management packages
• Analysis and reporting
• Design Software: AFT Fathom, Caesar (advantageous)