Senior Process Engineer

Network Finance; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Finance is seeking a senior Process Engineer to lead full lifecycle process engineering activities for large-scale chemical plant projects in South Africa. You will drive feasibility studies, concept design, and detailed engineering work, ensuring safe, compliant plant operation and successful project delivery.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate across disciplines, and lead safety reviews (HAZOP/LOPA) while optimizing design bases, plant layouts and control philosophies.

Qualifications

• Lead feasibility, concept, basic and detailed process-engineering activities.
• Establish process design bases and overall plant operating philosophies.
• Review and approve mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment data sheets and process calculations.
• Lead process equipment selection, sizing and technical bid evaluations.
• Lead HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA and process-safety reviews.
• Provide process input into plant layouts, hazardous-area requirements and control philosophies.
• Lead pilot-plant development, process scale-up and industrialisation.
• Manage process engineering work packages, budgets, schedules and risks.
• Coordinate technical interfaces across process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural and EC&I disciplines.
• Support construction, commissioning and plant performance testing.
• Resolve complex process-design, constructability and commissioning problems.
• Mentor junior and mid-level process engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead feasibility, concept, basic and detailed process-engineering activities.
• Establish process design bases and overall plant operating philosophies.
• Review and approve mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment data sheets and process calculations.
• Lead process equipment selection, sizing and technical bid evaluations.
• Lead HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA and process-safety reviews.
• Provide process input into plant layouts, hazardous-area requirements and control philosophies.
• Lead pilot-plant development, process scale-up and industrialisation.
• Manage process engineering work packages, budgets, schedules and risks.
• Coordinate technical interfaces across process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural and EC&I disciplines.
• Support construction, commissioning and plant performance testing.
• Resolve complex process-design, constructability and commissioning problems.
• Mentor junior and mid-level process engineers.

Skills

Process engineering

Project leadership

Hazop/HAZID/LOPA

Interdisciplinary coordination

Education

BEng or BSc in Chemical Engineering

Tools

PFDs & P&IDs

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead feasibility, concept, basic and detailed process-engineering activities
• Establish process design bases and overall plant operating philosophies
• Review and approve mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, equipment data sheets and process calculations
• Lead process equipment selection, sizing and technical bid evaluations
• Lead HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA and process-safety reviews
• Provide process input into plant layouts, hazardous-area requirements and control philosophies
• Lead pilot-plant development, process scale-up and industrialisation
• Manage process engineering work packages, budgets, schedules and risks
• Coordinate technical interfaces across process, mechanical, piping, civil, structural and EC&I disciplines
• Support construction, commissioning and plant performance testing
• Resolve complex process-design, constructability and commissioning problems
• Mentor junior and mid-level process engineers

Minimum Requirements

• BEng or BSc in Chemical Engineering
• At least 8 years of process engineering experience
• Strong chemical plant or process-plant design experience
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering projects
• Advanced knowledge of PFDs, P&IDs, equipment design and process safety
• Experience with HAZOP, risk assessment and commissioning
• Strong client, project and technical-leadership capability

Advantageous

• ECSA registration as a Pr Eng
• Energetic materials, propellants, explosives or batch chemical processing
• EPC, technology-commercialisation or specialised plant experience
• International project experience