Lead Process Engineer
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Lead Process Engineer (Bsc/BEng. Chemical)
Serve as the primary technical authority and mentor supervising a team of engineers to design implement and optimize water treatment processes.
Paarl hybrid Water treatment industry Salary negotiable depending on experience and exposure.
About Our Client
The company provides water and sanitation services. It focuses on industrial water and effluent treatment processes including chemical plant design fabrication and commissioning.
The Role: Lead Process Engineer (Bsc/BEng. Chemical)
The Lead Process Engineer exists to serve as the primary technical authority and mentor within the process engineering department. This management-level role contributes to the business by supervising a team of engineers to ensure high standards of quality and technical delivery. The main focus areas include leading project designs from concept to completion providing strategic technical leadership on technology selection and optimizing facility performance through data analysis.
Key Responsibilities
- Demonstrate a minimum of 15 years of total engineering experience including at least 10 years specifically in the water treatment field.
- Lead project designs from concept to completion including equipment sizing developing P&IDs and establishing design criteria.
- Supervise and mentor a team of senior process and junior process engineers.
- Provide specialist input on technology selection risk assessment and cost competitiveness for engineering projects.
- Analyse process data to identify bottlenecks and provide technical support for operational improvements.
- Develop technical specifications for major process equipment and manage vendor packages.
- Create and approve technical documentation including operating manuals maintenance schedules and safety protocols.
- Use simulations and data tools to verify facility performance water recovery rates and production targets.
About You
- Bachelors degree in Chemical or Process Engineering.
- Minimum 15 years of total engineering experience.
- At least 10 years of experience specifically in the water treatment field (not negotiable).
- Proven experience in supervising and mentoring engineering teams.
- Expertise in typical industrial water and effluent treatment processes.
- Ability to integrate mechanical electrical and civil engineering disciplines within a project context.
- In-depth knowledge of chemical plant design fabrication and commissioning.
- Understanding of cost models for various technologies and applications.
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Distributed Control Systems
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Minitab
- Root cause Analysis
- Process Engineering
- cGMP
- Kaizen
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Manufacturing
