Senior Project Engineer KUSPE130426

Job Title: Senior Project Engineer

Location: Johannesburg

Job Type: 18 month contract expected to work Full-Time hours

Job Duties:

Review consultants engineering designs reports and drawings to ensure compliance with project technical specifications and owners standards
Develop an integrated technical oversight plan incorporating all stakeholders and technical functions with specific emphasis on integration with project controls
Establish required quality control elements covering the full project lifecycle from concept through to commissioning
Monitor technical deliverables reporting progress variance to plan root causes and corrective actions
Monitor the greater environment to identify potential technical and regulatory risks to the project
Manage engineering consultants ensuring contract compliance performance standards and on-time delivery

Safety Health and Environment
Ensure adhere to all safety health and environmental practices and requirements
SHE policies and procedures
Escalate all unsafe practices or risks to the direct supervisor/manager
Support good housekeeping in the department and on-site to ensure compliance
Participating in VFLs Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions
Ensure consultant compliance with Anglo American SHE standards and requirements
Performance and Delivery Technical Oversight and Quality Assurance
Review and approve consultants engineering designs reports and drawings against technical specifications and owners standards
Conduct technical due diligence on feasibility study deliverables ensuring accuracy reliability and comprehensive risk assessment
Implement and enforce quality assurance protocols for all engineering deliverables produced by consultants
Ensuring alignment with Group Engineering Standards for each project phase
Conduct constructability and operability reviews with input from operational teams to ensure designs are practical and cost-effective
Review and ensure delineation of technical responsibilities to ensure owners interests are sufficiently protected

Scope and Change Management
Ensure actively monitor and manage the engineering consultants scope of work to prevent scope creep
Ensure assistance with the development and validation of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Ensure integrity of data between Scope WBS Schedule and technical deliverables
Ensure initiate formal change process where applicable and maintain oversight of technical change control
Review and approve technical change requests from consultants assessing impact on project scope cost and schedule
Identify technical variance and analysis of root causes
Review options to remedy causes and/or recover schedule impacts
Consultant Management
Ensure assist in the selection of engineering consultants and managing contracts to ensure terms are met
Ensure regularly track consultants progress performance and compliance with project schedule and budget
Ensure address any deviations or underperformance promptly through formal performance management processes
Ensure serve as primary point of contact for consultants providing clarification on owner requirements and strategic direction
Review and approve invoices from engineering consultants based on progress achieved and contract terms
Support development of commercial contracts to understand risks to technical delivery and treatment strategies
Ensure quality-assured consultant data collection and deliverable production processes
Integration and Coordination
Ensure seamless integration between engineering consultants and other parts of the owners team (geology
project controls operational readiness environmental)
Facilitate exchange of information and data between owners organization and consultants
Liaise frequently with Project Controls team to understand schedule conflicts resource constraints and time constraints
Coordinate with procurement and contracts teams on technical specifications and requirements
Establish required tools and techniques

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Mining Engineering Civil Engineering or related engineering discipline.
Professional registration () with ECSA or eligibility for registration.
Proven experience in feasibility studies and concept development phases.

Experience:

Minimum 10 years of experience in mining project development and engineering

Ability to review and critique complex engineering designs and technical drawings.
Strong understanding of engineering principles across multiple disciplines (civil mechanical
electrical mining).
Ability to make sound technical decisions based on available information and analysis.
Capability to deliver precise and engaging technical presentations to various audiences.
Strong research abilities to gather and analyse technical data effectively.
Proficiency in analysing and interpreting complex technical information and data.
Understanding of constructability and operability principles.
Ability to identify patterns and connections between technical information and project risks.
Able to judge situations from a business perspective and use business sense to identify and
respond to opportunities.
Able to scan the local and broader environment to gather diverse information potentially
relevant to achieving project objectives.
Skilled in working effectively in different contexts demonstrated by the capacity to amend
ones approach to be in line with evolving circumstances and priorities.
Professional technical report writing skills (minimum requirement that must be
demonstrated).
Experience with engineering software and project management tools.
Social Processing Skills
Clear and impactful communicator networker and influencer