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Senior Process Engineer


Job Location:

Centurion - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 10 November 2026 (12 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 7 February 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Reference: NES028820-Siphe-1

A specialised multidisciplinary engineering organisation requires a Senior Process Engineer to lead process design and technical delivery for complex chemical energetic-material and high-hazard production facilities.
Duties & Responsibilities
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

For more information contact:
Siphelele Mzongwana
Recruitment Consultant

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Package & Remuneration
R60000 - R90000

Required Experience:

Senior IC