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Plant Metallurgist

Talent Evolution (Pty) Ltd

Bellville

On-site

ZAR 480,000 - 640,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Bellville seeks a Plant Metallurgist to advise on materials for boilers and conduct inspections. The role involves technical responsibilities, international travel, and frequent collaboration in a dynamic environment. Candidates should possess advanced qualifications and significant experience in metallurgy, along with strong communication skills.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years experience in boilers and industrial plants.
  • In-depth knowledge of metallurgy and materials.
  • Experience with boiler and pressure vessel design.

Responsibilities

  • Advise on material selection and procurement for boilers.
  • Conduct metallurgical inspections and investigations.
  • Provide metallurgical assistance across business units.

Skills

Metallurgy
Mechanical Equipment
Communication
Public Speaking
Quality Control

Education

BSc/BEng in Metallurgical Engineering
BSc/BEng in Mechanical Engineering plus Master's in Metallurgical Engineering

Job description

Plant Metallurgist position available in Bellville, Cape Town.

A vacancy exists in Bellville, Cape Town for an individual who has initiative and drive and can work under the pressure.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Advise on selection and procurement of strategic materials for boilers and pressure vessels
    • Review national and international standards as far as design, manufacture and materials are concerned
    • Regularly review stock items and levels
    • Review strategic materials lists for actual manufacture
    • Assist and review of strategic material purchase requisitions to Purchasing department
    • Standardisation of material stock holding based on production requirements and in accordance with stock holding policy
  • Advise design officer on material strategies and selection
    • Experience in the field of mechanical equipment and pressure parts
    • In-depth knowledge of metallurgy and applications of relevant materials
  • Stay abreast of best steel mills and stockists
    • Maintain contact with principal suppliers
    • Travel overseas to inspect and release material orders as required
    • Attend tube/pipe/plate exhibitions as required
  • Metallurgical inspections and investigations
    • Frequent national and international travels to boiler sites, especially in Africa
    • Metallurgical analyses and reports
    • Competent in hardness testing (including material surface preparation)
    • Competent in material replication (including material surface preparation)
    • Competent in replica assessment and interpretation
    • Competent with microscope to evaluate heat damage based on steel micro-structure
    • Boiler inspections and inspection reports
    • Failure analyses and failure analysis reports
    • Meetings and written communications
    • Skilled in clear and professional verbal and written communication in English
    • Skilled in public speaking
  • Quality aspects
    • Give advice on QC procedures for various activities
    • Assist foundry with operations and QC control procedures
    • Assist with heat treatment procedures as required for pressure part manufacturing
  • General Duties
    • Provide metallurgical assistance as and when required to all business units within company
    • Give metallurgical lectures to customers as part of the company boiler training course
    • Writing, publishing, and presenting technical papers. (Beneficial to have list of published technical papers in the field of Metallurgy)

Requirements:

  • BSc or BEng degree in Metallurgical engineering or BSc or BEng degree in mechanical engineering plus master’s degree in metallurgical engineering
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience of working on boilers and industrial plants
  • Industrial boilers including shell and tube and watertube design
  • Combustion in boilers and heat distribution across components
  • Boiler circulation
  • Boiler and pressure vessel manufacturing and life assessment
  • Boiler water treatment
  • Corrosion mechanisms and chemistry
  • Metallurgy and Alloy Steel Applications
  • Failure Mechanics and Analyses
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