Process Engineer

Aeciworld; Sasolburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Aeciminingchemicals in Sasolburg seeks a seasoned Chemical Process Engineer to design, optimize, monitor, and improve manufacturing processes ensuring safe, cost-effective, and quality production operations. You will lead process improvement, investigate incidents, and drive RCA and SPC programs.

Responsibilities include performance analysis, OEE tracking, PSM activities (HAZOPs, PHAs, MOCs), and collaboration with maintenance to enhance equipment reliability and safety across the plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5-7 years' experience in a chemical manufacturing or process plant environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse process performance to improve yield, throughput, efficiency, and quality.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to boost productivity and reduce costs, minimise waste.
• Troubleshoot plant, process, product quality and process safety issues; lead investigations and CAPA.
• Track and improve OEE performance across manufacturing assets.
• Lead PSM activities including HAZOPs, PHAs, MOCs, and risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety and quality standards.
• Participate in plant start-ups, shutdowns, commissioning, and equipment/process optimisations.
• Collaborate with maintenance to improve equipment performance and preventive maintenance strategies.
• Lead or support capital projects and plant modifications, including schedules and costs.
• Prepare and maintain process designs, mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, SOPs, and engineering documents.
• Conduct technical evaluations of equipment, technologies and process improvements.

Skills

Process optimization

OEE tracking

Troubleshooting

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Statistical process control

Process safety management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering

Job description

Design, optimize, monitor, and improve manufacturing processes to ensure safe, efficient, costeffective, and quality production operations.

Key Performance Areas:

• Monitor and analyse process performance and identify opportunities to improve yield,throughput, efficiency and product quality.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to improve productivity, reduce costs, minimise wasteand support operational excellence.
• Troubleshoot plant, process, product quality and process safety issues, lead investigationsand implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Track and improve OEE performance across manufacturing assets.
• Lead Process Safety Management (PSM) activities, including HAZOPs, PHAs, MOCs,
• PSSRs, risk assessments and process safety action management.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety and quality standards.
• Participate in plant start-ups, shutdowns, commissioning, optimisation of new equipmentand process modifications.
• Collaborate with the maintenance team to improve equipment performance, analyserecurring failures and develop preventive maintenance strategies.
• Lead or support capital projects and plant modifications, including management ofschedules, costs and technical deliverables.
• Prepare and maintain process designs, mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, SOPs, processparameters and engineering documentation.
• Conduct technical evaluations of equipment, technologies and process improvements.
• Prepare technical reports and process performance reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide technical guidance and support to operations.
• Support strategic business initiatives and continuous improvement programmes.

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Minimum 5-7 years' experience in a chemical manufacturing or process plant environment.

Knowledge Requirements

• Chemical manufacturing and batch processing operations.
• Process control principles and instrumentation.
• Heat transfer, fluid flow, and mass balance calculations.
• Process safety management (PSM), HAZOP, Risk Assessments, and MOC processes.
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodologies.
• Quality systems and statistical process control (SPC).
• Environmental, health, and safety regulations applicable to chemical manufacturing.