Senior Piping Engineer - Lead Front-End Petrochemical Design

thyssenkrupp

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000

Full time

3 days ago

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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.