Senior Piping Engineer

thyssenkrupp; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa is seeking an experienced Senior Piping Engineer to join the Plant Layout & Piping Engineering Department in Cape Town. The role requires leading projects, client interaction, and front-end/brownfield piping design across energy, chemical, and refining sectors.

The successful candidate will perform PFD/P&ID reviews, HAZOP & SIL reviews, and lead 3D model constructability reviews, with emphasis on stress analysis, flexibility calculations, and offshore/on-site

Qualifications

• B.Tech / B.Sc Mechanical Engineering degree with 8 years of contracting experience in energy/chemical/refining
• Professional Registration with ECSA is preferable
• Working knowledge of NEC is an added advantage
• Experience in brownfield project execution

Responsibilities

• Interact with client to understand and deliver to Client’s expectations.
• Performing lead engineer role on various projects.
• Participate in PFD and P&ID reviews, HAZOP & SIL reviews.
• Lead 3D model and constructability reviews.
• Perform manpower planning and project schedule management for the projects where a lead engineer role is held.
• Perform scoping exercises on site.
• Front end and detail piping design for petrochemical, refinery and chemical plants.
• Stress analysis and flexibility calculations.
• Design of pressure piping systems for columns, drums, pumps, re-boilers, heat exchangers, air coolers, reactors, compressors, fired heaters.
• OBL & IBL piping design – piperacks, tank farms, sleeper ways, onsite and offsite utilities, flares, cooling towers, steam generation plants, firewater reticulation, underground piping networks, analysis of tie ins.

Skills

Piping engineering

Lead engineer

PFD/P&ID reviews

HAZOP/SIL reviews

3D model reviews

Manpower planning

Project scheduling

Front-end piping design

Stress analysis

Flexibility calculations

Pressure piping design

OBL/IBL piping design

Education

B.Tech / B.Sc Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Your responsibilities

We are looking for experienced Senior Piping engineer with relevant design house experience to join the Plant Layout & Piping Engineering Department.

The successful incumbent will be required to fulfil the following job description but not limited to:

• Interaction with the client to understand and deliver to Client’s expectations.
• Performing lead engineer role on various projects.
• Participate in PFD and P&ID Reviews, HAZOP & SIL reviews
• Lead 3D model and constructability reviews
• Perform manpower planning and project schedule management for the projects where a lead engineer role is held.
• Perform scoping exercises on site
• Front end and detail Piping Design for Petrochemical, Refinery and Chemical Plants
• Stress analysis and flexibility calculations
• Design of pressure piping systems for: columns, drums, pumps, re-boilers, heat exchangers, air coolers, reactors, compressors, fired heaters, etc.
• OBL & IBL piping design – piperacks, tank farms, sleeper ways, onsite and offsite utilities, flares, cooling towers, steam generation plants, firewater reticulation, underground piping networks, analysis of tie ins.

Your profile

The ideal candidate must be in possession of a B.Tech / B. Sc Mechanical Engineering degree with 8 years engineering experience in a contracting environment working on projects in the energy and chemical/ refining / petrochemical industries.

Professional Registration with ECSA is preferable.

A working knowledge of NEC would be an added advantage.

Experience in brownfield project execution.

Your benefits

Company

Established in South Africa in 1959, thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa is the local subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Uhde. Underpinned by a global footprint with local presence, we are a market-leading technology, engineering, construction and service partner for industrial plants and systems.

Combining over 100 years of global experience with over 60 years of local African know-how, thyssenkrupp Uhde Africa is a specialist provider of a range of advanced chemical technologies and integrated, environmentally friendly EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) solutions and services.

As an environmentally-responsible company, our vision is to create a livable planet through engineering green solutions.

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