Project Engineer THPE

Job Title: Project Engineer

Location: Witbank

Job Type: 9 month contract, expected to work Full-Time hours (Onsite)

• Engineering and construction contracts management including budget and schedule.
• Ensure that competent engineers with the required qualifications are appointed on the project by consultants.
• Obtain sign‑off on engineering deliverables from all required internal Client stakeholders which include the Discipline Engineers and the Operations Team (Mine General Manager and Heads of Department). Sign‑off to be obtained in‑line with the agreed schedule (as per contractual obligations with contractors) and budget.
• Management of external stakeholder approvals and performance on projects e.g. Eskom, Transnet and SANRAL.
• Change management on engineering and construction contracts.
• Change management on project capital budget and schedule as a result of engineering related changes.
• Engineering discipline interface management and engineering deliverable quality checking to ensure that there are no interface issues/errors in the project implementation phase.
• Construction contract technical adjudications.
• Review contractor proposals and project capital estimates and schedules and provide optimisation opportunities.
• Ensure that technical queries are timeously responded to and closed out without delays to the project.
• Ensure that QCP’s, issued during the implementation phase are signed off by the relevant discipline engineer and engineering consultant engineer.
• During implementation phase, arrange off‑site fabrication inspections and Factory Acceptance Testing with the relevant discipline engineer, engineering consultant engineer and clerks of works.
• Ensure on‑site inspections during project implementation are timeously attended by the relevant discipline engineer and engineering consultant engineer.
• Maintain safe working environment – conduct site inspections and check compliance to safety procedures, rules and regulations.
• Provide inputs into the commissioning management plan and provide oversight on commissioning activities ensuring that all activities are implemented safely without asset damage and project cost and schedule impacts.
• Operational readiness, liaising with the operations team and hand‑over from the project team to the operations team.
• Performance testing of infrastructure post commissioning.
• Provide the design and engineering, quality, operational performance and lessons learnt inputs as part of the project close‑out process.
• Contribute to team Key Performance Indicators by achieving targets as the project progresses.

• Diploma / Degree in Engineering or related field.
• Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is advantageous.
• Project Management Professional (PMP®) is advantageous.
• GCC Mines and Works is advantageous.
• Valid Driver’s Licence.
• Good working knowledge of relevant legislation relating to the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), Occupational Health and Safety Act and or any other regulatory acts which may influence engineering/procurement/construction environment.

• Engineering/Procurement/Construction/Project Management environment.
• Contractor Management
• Mining, Bulk Material Handlings and Processing coal operations environment.
• Commissioning experience.
• Construction quality experience.
• Technical query resolution experience.
• Technical experience during plant shut works would be advantageous.