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.
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