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Société Générale de Surveillance

Testing, inspection, and certification services globally

Senior Hydrometallurgy Engineer

Process EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLethabong, South AfricaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A BSc/B.Eng in Chemical Engineering, Extractive Metallurgy, or Minerals Processing and registration with ECSA as a professional engineer.
  • Five to eight years of experience in industrial operations and successful technical design in relevant mineral-processing or metals facilities, including concentrators, smelters, leach plants, refineries, coal washing plants, iron ore beneficiation plants, or heavy mineral sands concentrators.
  • Knowledge of plant control philosophy.
  • Understanding of on-site construction work, including commissioning and interactions with customers and suppliers.
  • Ability to identify project and activity risks, including knowledge of hazard and operability studies.
  • Ability to optimize processes through cost savings or simplification.
  • Ability to produce, understand, and deliver process flow diagrams.
  • Knowledge of testing techniques and procedures, including test-work specifications and interpretation.
  • Knowledge of process, control, quality, and electrical equipment specifications, suppliers, features, installation, and components.
  • Knowledge of applicable sector-specific legislation and standards, and ability to integrate standards into engineering work.
  • Ability to create, understand, and communicate technical specifications.
  • Knowledge of economic fundamentals and ability to make estimates and propose alternatives.
  • Ability to simulate processes using software or other methodologies.
  • Ability to calculate process mass balances using software and spreadsheets.
  • Knowledge of parameters required for process design.
  • Ability to produce, understand, and deliver piping and instrumentation diagrams.

Responsibilities

  • Provide process engineering input and technical assistance for business development, marketing strategies, and proposals.
  • Produce cost-effective conceptual proposals, determine customer requirements, review customer enquiry documents, and evaluate requirements and constraints.
  • Define process and plant scope of work, develop conceptual designs and alternatives, and produce and agree mass and energy balances and conceptual process flow diagrams.
  • Contribute to basic design criteria through preliminary equipment and motor lists, control criteria, and major equipment and material specifications.
  • Provide process engineering input to project implementation and setup; contribute to scope, schedules, and budgets; refine scope; and review contracts, design criteria, and engineering deliverables.
  • Define battery limits, control and report scope variances, generate detailed discipline schedules, and review overall discipline requirements.
  • Contribute to procurement, identify long-lead items, determine and prioritize work breakdown structures, and issue data to planners.
  • Review and coordinate implementation schedules, control and report variances, develop detailed discipline budgets, identify indirect and resource costs, and control budget implementation.
  • Consolidate monthly project progress documentation, contribute to monthly discipline reports, and provide feedback to the functional manager.
  • Generate detailed engineering deliverables, including mass and energy balances, process flow diagrams, equipment and motor lists, equipment specifications, data sheets, operating and control philosophies, functional specifications, operating manuals, and plant process guarantees.
  • Check and review design layouts, including vendor packages; adhere to schedules and budgets; issue, review, and control final process design documentation; and check and obtain approval of calculations and specifications.
  • Consult specialists on novel or unusual designs.
  • Prepare approved vendor lists and issue enquiry documents; perform technical and commercial adjudication; obtain client approval; participate in pre-award meetings; and review quality plans and contracts.
  • Review quality and expediting reports, witness key manufacturing hold points, and provide technical support to the expediting team.
  • Maintain information flow, attend coordination meetings, advise changes early, coordinate deliveries, and respond to the needs of other disciplines.
  • Produce and submit commissioning plans and manuals; determine critical paths and commissioning sequences and schedules; and define and secure resources.
  • Define commissioning battery limits, systems, and procedures; produce commissioning files and documentation; and ensure commissioning meets project requirements.
  • Issue remedial inspection reports during construction, monitor installation and commissioning checklists, arrange and coordinate commissioning meetings, and conduct on-site commissioning.
  • Provide technical support to the site quality-assurance team, assist with performance testing against the design basis, and supervise and train operating personnel.
  • Contribute to close-out reports and procedures, provide post-commissioning process support, optimize plants and analyze operations, and maintain regular client visits and communications.
  • Lead design reviews and hazard and operability studies; ensure compliance with design codes and authorities; contribute to public participation under the National Environmental Management Act; enforce process veto rights; and maintain and update company standards.
  • Use engineering tools and systems, review industry standards and prior close-out reports, identify improvement areas, review systems and procedures, recommend best practices, and address training needs through ongoing professional development.
  • Promote the company’s professional image, present technical papers, advertise in accordance with company guidelines, interact with professional bodies, and participate in professional networking and seminars.

About the Company

Société Générale de Surveillance

Testing, inspection, and certification services globally

SGS provides testing, inspection, and certification services to help clients meet regulations, ensure quality and safety, and gain market access. It runs laboratory testing, on-site inspections, and certification against standards, often with training and consulting, across a wide range of industries. The services rely on a global network of laboratories and offices that deliver localized solutions with global expertise. What sets SGS apart is its large global footprint and its emphasis on quality, integrity, risk mitigation, and sustainability, enabling it to serve a diverse set of customers from small businesses to multinationals. The company's goal is to help customers comply with regulations, improve product quality and safety, reduce risk, and boost productivity across markets.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
1878

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