Plant Metallurgist

Talent Evolution (Pty) Ltd; Bellville; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 640,000; Full time

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