Strategic Projects Engineer – Techno-Economic Modelling

Mventech; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mventech is seeking a Strategic Projects Engineer to support evaluation and development of strategic mining, industrial and business opportunities by integrating engineering, operational, production and financial information into robust techno-economic models.

The role sits at the intersection of engineering, data analysis, simulation and economics, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to understand complex systems and translate technical decisions into commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering, mining, mineral processing, industrial projects or feasibility studies.
• Experience developing analytical, simulation, technical or financial models.
• Exposure to multidisciplinary project environments.
• Experience evaluating technical options, scenarios or business cases advantageous.
• Strong quantitative and analytical capability.
• Ability to build structured, transparent and auditable models.
• Ability to work with large, complex datasets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated techno-economic and simulation models in MEO.
• Integrate cost, production, processing and revenue assumptions into coherent project models.
• Analyse large and complex technical, operational and financial datasets.
• Develop scenarios, sensitivities and optimisation studies for project configurations.
• Translate engineering assumptions into economic and commercial outcomes.
• Identify value drivers, constraints, risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate inputs.
• Support feasibility studies, strategic planning and investment evaluations.
• Prepare reports and visualisations communicating model outputs.
• Maintain transparent assumptions, calculation logic and model traceability.
• Automate modelling processes and improve tools where practical.
• Contribute to MEO development and modelling methodologies.

Skills

Engineering experience

Data analysis

Techno-economic modelling

Simulation

Financial analysis

Problem solving

Education

BEng or BSc Engineering

Master's degree (advantageous)

Tools

MEO

Power BI

Power Query

Python

SQL

Mine planning tools

Job description

Mventech is seeking a Strategic Projects Engineer to support evaluation and development of strategic mining, industrial and business opportunities by integrating engineering, operational, production and financial information into robust techno-economic models.

The role sits at the intersection of engineering, data analysis, simulation and economics, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to understand complex systems and translate technical decisions into commercial outcomes.