Chemical Engineer | Projects & Process Improvement

Are you a Chemical Engineer who thrives on solving complex plant problems, improving performance and turning ideas into real-world results?

Join our clients Projects team and play a key role in
optimising plant performance, increasing capacity, improving efficiency and reliability, enhancing safety and delivering better product quality
.

Working closely with Production, Maintenance, SHEQ, Procurement and other teams, you’ll take projects from
concept through execution, commissioning and benefit realisation
— while gaining hands-on exposure to both
project engineering and plant operations
.

• Identify and deliver
  process optimisation, debottlenecking and capital projects
• Develop scopes, technical solutions, business cases, budgets and implementation plans
• Lead equipment sizing, process design, specifications, costing and technical reviews
• Troubleshoot production, quality and reliability challenges and drive
  root-cause solutions
• Plan and oversee
  laboratory and plant trials, commissioning and process changes
• Analyse plant data to uncover
  losses, constraints and improvement opportunities
• Drive improvements in
  production, yield, energy efficiency, cost, reliability and quality
• Support HAZOPs, risk assessments, MOC and incident investigations
• Embed sustainable improvements through
  SOPs, training, standards and monitoring

• BSc in Chemical Engineering
• 5+ years’ relevant experience
  in a chemical, manufacturing or industrial plant environment
• Proven experience in
  process engineering, plant projects, production support or process improvement
• A practical, hands-on approach with the ability to turn engineering insight into measurable plant results

This is more than a projects role. It’s an opportunity to build
deep technical and operational expertise
, work on high-impact engineering challenges and position yourself for future
technical or operational leadership
.

And the location?
Durban — where your career can come with sun, sea and sand.