Instrumentation & Controls Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to technical delivery of engineering excellence through:
  • Executing assigned scopes of work.
  • Providing discipline expertise to the business.
• Uses technical knowledge to perform engineering assignments and produce a range of engineering deliverables (including more complex tasks) with limited guidance and direction from more senior technical professionals.
• Evaluates, selects, and adapts standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform tasks.
• Fully qualified to execute most standard and straightforward engineering activities, working unsupervised on most aspects of work.
• Under general supervision performs all conventional aspects of design engineering and analysis, acting as document originator.
• Creates and reviews designs, drawings, specifications and other engineering deliverables involving both existing and new technology and applications.
• Problems presented involve new concepts and new and varied issues that demand technical expertise, increased innovations or considerable modifications of precedents.

Executes Assigned Scopes of Work:

• Prepare, review, coordinate, check and approve instrumentation and control drawings and specifications, under the direction of the Manager Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering and/or Principal I&C System Engineer.
• Ensure design engineering standards are maintained and adhered to.
• Produce designs in accordance with project, discipline, good practice, company procedural requirements and meets Clients standards.
• Ensure serviceability, safety and operability of designs.
• Provide technical design guidance to project staff on instrumentation & control system designs.
• Utilise project filing system (Sharepoint or other).
• Utilize and enhance instrumentation and control system design systems and processes and ensure their implementation within Instrumentation and Control System discipline.
• Ensure that the plant design is optimal in terms of control systems and networks.
• Attend and/or conduct regular design group meetings in the 3D environment.
• Review and update P&ID drawings with instrumentation and valve requirements.
• Review and comment on documents and drawings from other disciplines.
• Review supplier documentation and drawings for compliance with project specifications.
• Review equipment & installation contractors’ proposals and produce technical adjudications / recommendations.
• Liaise with clients on engineering design issues, as required.
• Attend factory acceptance tests and provide input to supplier’s test documentation.
• Produce site inspections, functionality testing and commissioning documentation.
• Liaise with site staff on engineering design issues, as required.
• Assist with plant installation and commissioning.
• Respond to technical queries from projects, client and site.
• Prepare project close out reports with comparison of design and procurement budgets.
• Ability to travel locally and/or internationally, as required.
• Ability to work and live in hardship locations, as required, when visiting project sites.
• Willingness to work additional (billable) hours when required.

Providing Discipline Expertise:

• Conducts problem solving in the area of expertise: problems involve new concepts and new and varied problems to be solved that demand technical expertise, investigation and interpretation.
• Develops alternative solutions, identifies risks and benefits.
• Develops solutions to non-recurring problems by appraising, interpreting and evaluating various precedents and data.
• Exercises professional judgement in selecting and interpreting information and modifying standard methods and procedures.
• May deliver small-scale projects with responsibility for cost, schedule, resource allocation and risk, while working within an established program management plan.
• Provide technical input and support to proposals as required.

Qualifications:

• BSc. Degree, BTech or National Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering or Control Engineering.
• ECSA registration as Professional Engineer or Professional Technologist Engineer (or working towards registration).

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• 4 to 6 years’ working experience in a project engineering environment, preferably within the resources & minerals processing industry in Africa.
• Demonstrates the application of theory in a practical context.
• Working level of competence in the application of standards, processes and procedures and how they are used in work execution.
• Understanding of cost and financial implications of technical decisions made, as these relate to a project.
• Advanced computer literacy skills in MS Office and related software packages.
• Experience in managing relationships with clients, contractors and service providers.
• Excellent English language skills, both verbal and written.
• Shows evidence of ability to guide and mentor others.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to communicate in a clear manner and express own ideas with confidence.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to engage with multiple stakeholders and people at all organisational levels.
• Clear logical thinker, with the ability to make good decisions under pressure.
• Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and keep in balance multiple priorities/demands.
• Good attention to detail and ability to facilitate appropriate information sharing amongst project stakeholders.
• Ability to think outside the box to find the best solutions to problems.
• Possesses integrity, strong work ethic, positive attitude, and is dependable.
• Adaptable and flexible to the changing needs of projects and assignments.
• Continuously develops own knowledge and abilities.
• Good level of self-awareness, emotional maturity and resilience.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity.