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Wood is a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services in energy, industry, and the built environment. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing around 60,000 people, with revenues of around $11 billion. We provide performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a b...
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Planner (Lead) on a contract basis with extensive experience in the mining and minerals industry on large capital projects, including projects in remote locations and other countries, in particular third world countries.
Main Purpose of Role
- To develop, progress and report the schedule status of the project and proactively assist and support the PM to deliver the project objectives and to report on the project status.
- Work on either a single major project or provide planning support to a number of smaller projects and studies to compile and co-ordinate the smooth running of the project schedule.
- The planner undertakes the initial and ongoing detailed forward planning for the project in support of the PM.
- The planner will work in a manner that supports and enhances the Amec Foster Wheeler values of:
- Delivering on promises;
- Developing full potential;
- Doing the right thing.
- Knowledge of project processes to be able to develop a project schedule independently for review.
- Effective use of planning software both Primavera and MS Projects
- Fully computer literate with respect to Microsoft Office software
- Good report writing skills
- Communication and teamwork
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Provide support and inform the PM and construction manager (CM) in respect of progress measurement on the project.
- Prepare, issue and maintain the master schedule of the project.
- Review the bid milestones and overall completion timetable in conjunction with the project scope at award and identify any anomalies or inconsistencies.
- In collaboration with the project team and all other participants, develop the work breakdown structure (WBS) and integrate the code of accounts with the WBS.
- In consultation with the project team, identify key critical constraints and interfaces.
- Establish key milestone dates in agreement with the PM.
- Establish productivity norms, time standards and progress measurement criteria for all disciplines in liaison with project controls.
- Develop the basis of schedule (BoS) and / or schedule management plan for approval by the PM.
- Set up the interface between the schedule and the applied company / project system (if required).
- Ensure that commissioning considerations are established and catered for in the project program during program baseline development.
- Identify the critical path(s) and near critical paths in the project implementation schedule (PIS). Report slippages and gains against the baseline schedule.
- Monitor, control and report the status of free and total float in the schedule.
- Evaluate and integrate contractor’s and supplier’s schedules and report findings to the PM, CM and project engineer.
- Where required, assist the construction manager to implement shutdown schedules.
- Provide input and review proposed change management time implications and document the result. Manage approved changes in the schedule.
- Attend project and contract kick off, progress, cost control and planning meetings and manage changes in the schedule.
- Review the schedule portions of contractor’s extra work claims and prepare details for discussion and/or inclusion in any response.
- Assist project controls to produce management reports and the monthly status reports.
- Prepare and submit planning data for the project close out report and progressive learning (lessons learned).
- To undertake peer reviews of schedules produced by other planners upon instruction by the planning manager.
- Ensure that all plans and schedules are prepared and executed in accordance with the Company’s planning standards.
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- PMI SP (Scheduling Professional)
- AACE PSP (Planning and Scheduling Professional)
Desirable:
- PMI PMP (Project Management Professional)
- CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Expert knowledge of and competence in the use of Primavera P6 and MS Project
- Expert knowledge of MS Office
- Project planning experience in multi-discipline mining and minerals processing projects and studies
- Site planning experience in multi-discipline mining and minerals processing projects and studies
- EPC / EPCM experience in either a consulting or construction contractor environment
- 5 - 8 years’ relevant experience considered essential to meet the demands of this position.
Personal attributes:
- Strong team player
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
- Attention to detail to ensure the accuracy of the outputs
- Analytical thinker
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Project Controls Manager who is functionally accountable for the project planning, cost engineering and capital estimating functions within the Mining & Minerals industry.
Key Responsibilities:
- The PCM is accountable for the following functions within the project:
- Project Planning
- Cost Engineering
- Capital Estimating
- The PCM will work in a manner that supports and enhances the company values of:
- Delivering on promises
- Developing full potential
- Doing the right thing.
- Ensures procedures / systems are established and maintained for planning, cost engineering, capital estimating within projects and studies.
- Proactively manages, audits and ensures satisfactory provision of planning, cost engineering and capital estimating services within projects to the satisfaction of the PM’s in accordance with company and project procedures.
- Defines the basis and strategy on which work packaging and coding is to be carried out for planning, cost engineering and capital estimating to meet specific project requirements consistent with proper and efficient control.
- Establishes and maintains clear reporting / lines of communication for planning, cost engineering and capital estimating within the project.
- Establishes / maintains contact with client project controls management to ensure that client requirements are being satisfied in a professional and ethical manner.
- Ongoing monitoring / auditing of the project controls and ensure mitigating actions if required.
- Ensure implementation and maintenance of the applied project control system.
- Assist the Projects with contractual claims and disputes.
- Monitor, control and report project progress in accordance with company and project matrixes.
- Provide mitigating actions for progress slippage.
- Generate monthly project progress reports, including progress s-curves, histograms, cost reports and earned value.
- Recruit key personnel for the project in consultation with the PM’s and company HR department.
- Accountable for the training and mentoring of the project controls team to ensure that the project control needs of the project are met and that outputs are maximised
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) OR
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
- Certified Cost Professional (or equivalent) OR
- Scheduling Professional (or equivalent)
Desirable:
- Degree in business, engineering or relevant.
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- At least 10 years’ experience on large projects
- Hands-on experience in at least project costing or project planning
- Thorough understanding of the principles of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
- Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
- Analytical with attention to detail
- Ability to implement systems, processes and procedures
Personal attributes:
- Responsible
- Reliable
- Punctual
- Ethical
- Assertive
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager with extensive site - based experience in the Mining & Minerals Industry.
Job Objective:
- Identify and communicate the objectives for the project team in accordance with the contract terms, scope of work and corporate policy.
- Communicate these objectives to the project team, Departmental Managers, and Client.
- Organise the project team in consultation with Departmental Managers and agree the assignment of all key personnel.
- Motivate the project team towards the determined objectives, by generating enthusiasm for the project, and by maintaining continued personal interest in achieving set targets.
- Achieve scheduled performance, cost, quality, health, safety and environmental requirements of the project from contract award to Client's acceptance.
- Ensure that designated systems are adopted by the project team as soon as possible, after contract award.
- Negotiate all contract changes with the Client.
- Act as primary contact and maintain satisfactory relations with the Client.
- Ensure that the requirements of secrecy agreements are strictly observed.
- For Project Directors and Senior Project Managers only, deputise when requested for the Manager Operations.
- Be familiar with the current application of computer systems of the business and endeavour to optimise their use and development within the project/department budget, both to solve technical problems and to promote the effective management of information.
- To ensure that the Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Policy is implemented and understood by all supervised staff.
- Where a Project Executive is assigned to a project, the Project Director / Manager shall report to the Project Executive. This is in no way reduces the single point responsibility of the Project Director / Manager for the successful execution of the project.
- Lead and support assigned proposals. This includes developing in conjunction with proposals the execution strategy.
- Present execution plans at proposal review stage.
Key Accountabilities
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Degree or Diploma in Project Management, or
- 15-20 Years experience on projects ina leadership role
- Experience to execute a mega project
- Experience in remote African locations desirable.
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- General engineering knowledge
- Clear understanding of the requirements of the project management body of knowledge
- Experience gained from execution of projects in the Mining sector and understanding key drivers for delivery of successful project execution
- Ability to establish, implement and maintain project and contract programmes.
- Thorough understanding of engineering management processes gained through on site experience
- Experience and knowledge in commercial terms and conditions and the basic Law of Contracts
- Ability to establish and implement Quality Management processes in compliance with the company
- established systems and procedures
- Thorough understanding of the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety regulations
- Thorough understanding of Risk Management processes
- Multi-disciplinary experience of all aspects relating to the area under your control
- Experience of all aspects of multi-discipline projects
Personal attributes:
- Decision making skills
- Analytical / problem solving skills
- High level of numeracy / cost forecasting skills / financial understanding skills
- Interpersonal negotiating and relationship skills.
- Effective conflict resolution skills .
- Excellent organisational skills.
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Main Purpose of the Role:
- Responsible for the study life cycle of process mining projects, including concept origination, pre-feasibility and bankable feasibility
- Assist in tender and proposal preparation, as required
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Ensure that the capital estimate portion of studies, are completed to the required standard and proposed timeframes.
- Ensure studies, as assigned , are completed on time and within budget.
- As requited undertake site visits to the project location and areas for project sourcing.
- Identify local and foreign suppliers and vendors.
- Identify applicable local laws and rules.
- Co-ordinates the generation of specifications for enquiries on mechanical equipment from the Process Department’s equipment lists.
- Co-ordinates the compilation of bills of quantities and the issue of tender documents to prospective suppliers.
- Responsible for study report deliverable structure and content.
- Liaison and communication with the client, as required.
- Conduct infrastructure assessments and co-ordinates the costing thereof - includes tailing dams, power plants, accommodation, roads, water supply etc.
- Appoint consultants in areas where specific expertise is required.
- Responsible for risk management; co-ordinates risk analyses and HAZOP’s, as required
- Co-ordinates compilation of capital cost estimate; reviews and validates operating cost, co-ordinates input to financial model.
- Responsible for hand-over of a study to the Projects Department once awarded the execution phase of the project.
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Degree in Engineering or relevant diploma preferable
- As a minimum, 7-10 years’ experience in engineering management within a projects environment.
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Good working knowledge of MS Project and/or Primavera planning system
- Advanced MS Office skills (excel, word and power point)
- Advanced numeric skills
- Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and interact with design office personnel
- Good English language and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Conversant with the principles of capital and operating cost estimating
- Clear logical thinker, with the ability to make good decisions under pressure
- Ability to prioritise/balance multiple complex tasks and demands
- Ability to think outside of the box for problem solving
- Ability to ensure completion of assignment, despite obstacles and challenges
Personal attributes:
- High level of self-awareness, emotional maturity and resilience
- Good interpersonal skills
- Cross cultural sensitivity
- Attention to detail and networking ability.
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Procurement Officer with extensive experience in the Mining and Metals industry.
Job Objective:
- Reports to the PPM (Project Procurement Manager) and performs procurement related tasks in accordance with either project and/or company sanctioned procedures and plans ensuring strict compliance thereto. Although primarily responsible for the purchase of goods & commodities this may be extended to assisting with any other procurement related activities such as desk expediting and general procurement duties when necessary.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support Procurement Manager with procurement related matters.
- Ensure procurement objectives and philosophies are met.
- Action material requisitions raised by engineering and approved by project management.
- Issue request for quotations (RFQ’s).
- Attend to all queries during the tendering process.
- Receive, open, register and distribute tenders as prescribed per agreed project procedures.
- Analyse and adjudicate tenders commercially.
- Review commercial terms for compliance with company, client and project specific requirements.
- Ensure payment terms comply with project objectives.
- Ensure goods, material & services are procured as specified on the due date and at the best price.
- Arrange and participate in negotiations with suppliers.
- Maintain clarification logs and/or prepare & distribute clarification meeting minutes.
- Liaise closely with engineering to ensure alignment prior to issue of recommendation for award.
- Prepare commercial evaluation and recommendation for award for project manager/client approval.
- Prepare and issue draft purchase order for internal and supplier review and acceptance.
- Issue agreed purchase order for signature by authorised signatories.
- Issue letters of regret to unsuccessful bidders.
- Prepare and maintain filing system (hard & soft) per prescribed project procedures.
- Ensure file check lists are maintained and updated.
- Ensure confidentiality of information is maintained.
- Raise back charge notifications as relevant.
- Raise penalty for delay notifications as relevant.
- Initiate proper and timely purchase order close outs.
- Initiate release of bank guarantees and cash retentions.
- Desk expediting of documentation & goods
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- High school education
- Diploma in a related field
- Experience of procurement in the mineral processing plant field
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Be able to work under pressure.
- High level of numeracy, writing skills, computer literacy and commercial understanding.
- Good oral communication, organisational and negotiating skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills for liaising with project personnel, suppliers & clients.
- Appreciation and participation in team behaviour within procurement & project team environments.
- Must be responsible, accurate and thorough in all areas.
- Thorough knowledge of and experience with computers and associated complex software packages.
Personal attributes:
- Good communicator
- High energy
- Team player, dependable, cooperative, adaptive and persistent
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
- High level of personal and professional integrity and must adhere to an ethical code of conduct
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Job Objective:
- To maintain and implement the company preferred engineering systems and workflows.
Key Accounabilities & Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot database errors and advise on appropriate resolution steps.
- Develop, implement and maintain system standards and libraries in conjunction with other system administrators.
- Install and configure engineering systems applications.
- Ensure optimal configuration of engineering systems and provide technical guidance when required.
- Ensure all engineering systems customization is inline with the company’s objectives and long-term vision.
- Ensure engineering systems are configured in-line with client requirements.
- Contribute to the long-term strategic development plan for engineering systems and related design engineering applications.
- Provide advice to Project Managers on the most efficient use of engineering systems to meet project deliverables.
- Ensure that the correct engineering systems are deployed and used on projects.
- Extract material take offs as and when required.
- Identify training and retraining requirements and report findings to Engineering Systems Lead (Not design of drafting training).
- Provide engineering systems user support when required.
- Drive continuous improvement and cost saving initiatives.
- The engineering systems administrator is responsible for compiling the relevant documentation to facilitate the use of selected engineering applications.
- Setup and maintain drawing office templates and symbol libraries in line with HOD requirements.
- Export 3D model to navisworks daily.
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Programming language qualifications and experience for example VBA, C#, SQL, PML etc.
- Relevant design qualifications would be an advantage
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Main Purpose of the Role:
- To provide support on execution projects as a drawing checker
- Review engineering mark-ups, drawing layouts, updated drawings
- To produce project related process diagrams when required
- Complete all administrational functions related to function
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Perform drawing checking responsibilities on P&IDs inline with ISO standards
- Production of diagrams for process discipline in relevant department design packages
- Produce electronic and hardcopy diagrams and related data files if required
- Work in conjunction with multi-disciplinary engineers / designers
- Adherence to company / department standards and procedures
- Work overtime from time to time as per project requirement
- Perform validation checks on all diagrams, databases and lists/reports generated
- Assist with training of peers/new designers, if and when requested by the Section Lead
- Assist with uphold of standards, procedures and any relevant documentation, if and when requested by the Section Lead/Senior Process Designer.
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years Process Design experience with experience on FEED and execution projects
- Proficient in AutoCad/ office working environment systems (Teams/Sharepoint/Excel/Word)
Desirable:
- Proficiency with AVEVA P&ID or intelligent P&ID software
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Understanding of the composition and purpose of process drawings and associated documentation.
- Well developed computer skills with keen knowledge of related drafting software packages including AutoCad, relational databases and excel spreadsheets.
- Good communication skills.
- Methodical approach to allocated work areas.
- Must be able to work under pressure.
Personal attributes:
- Must be a team player.
- Must have an amicable attitude.
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Cost Engineer with extensive experience in the mining and minerals industry on large capital projects, including projects in remote locations and other countries, in particular third world countries.
Main Purpose of Role
- To assist the lead cost engineer and project controls manager (if applicable) in planning, monitoring and reporting the status of project manhours, indirect costs, capital costs and owner’s costs (if applicable) by applying relevant cost management methodology, procedures and systems.
- Work on either a single major project and / or provide cost control support to a number of smaller projects and studies to compile and co-ordinate the smooth running of the company projects’ and studies’ cost reports, in support of the relevant project / study managers.
- Work in a manner that supports and enhances the Amec Foster Wheeler values of:
- Delivering on promises;
- Developing full potential;
- Doing the right thing.
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Projects and studies – includes the relevant duties below as agreed per project and / or study.
- Assist the lead cost engineer and project controls manager in developing cost control procedures and practices for inclusion in the project management plan. Comply with and carry out regular reviews of the procedures and update as required.
- Assist in defining the project work breakdown structure (WBS) to ensure compatibility with the applied project cost control system.
- Assist with the compilation of the baseline budget to the agreed WBS from the control budget estimate (CBE) that was agreed to by the client for:
- Indirect field costs including EPCM manhours and disbursements
- Direct field costs including temporary construction facilities
- Other costs including insurances, legal costs and professional fees
- Owners costs (if applicable)
- Fund allocations – committing correct amounts in CBE and applied project cost control system and providing correct WBS codes for funds to be allocated against.
- Liaise with contract administrators and procurement officers to allocate budget amounts for packages.
- Provide expert cost engineering services to the project.
- Provide assistance to users of the applied project cost control system within the project.
- Attend project kick off, progress, cost control and planning meetings and implement approved changes in the cost control system as directed.
- Establish and maintain histograms, S-curves, KPI’s, graphs / curves for recording and monthly status reporting of project costs and forecasting.
- Manage contingency drawdown, escalation, calculate forecast at completion, report cost variances and initiate change control for cost adjustments where necessary.
- Maintain registers for change management.
- Processing budget shifts and scope changes in the CBE and applied project cost control system when such changes are registered for both studies and projects.
- Facilitate the assessment of forecast to complete (FTC) and forecast at completion (FAC) costs with the relevant project personnel and update the applied project cost control system accordingly.
- Cashflow forecasting.
- Commitment forecasting.
- Prepare cost reports showing the original budget, current budget, commitments, FAC, incurred and expended values and variances.
- Oversee the project accounting department in respect of the figures produced for corporate reporting of project performance and client invoicing.
- Oversee the project accounting department in respect of capital contractor invoicing and processing of such for payment by client.
- Assist in the compilation of project close out reports by preparation and submission of cost control data.
- Detailed knowledge of applied company and project cost control systems
- Working knowledge of the financial accounting package and its interface with applied company and project cost control system
- Restructure tender estimate into control budget estimate in accordance with the project strategy
- Forecasting of project (FAC).
- Cost Reporting
- Forecasting cashflow
- Forecasting project commitments.
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Planner on a contract basis with extensive experience in the mining and minerals industry on large capital projects, including projects in remote locations and other countries, in particular third world countries.
Main Purpose of Role
- To assist in developing the schedule, to progress and report the schedule status of the project and proactively assist and support the PM to deliver the project objectives and to report on the project status.
- Work on assigned projects under supervision The planner undertakes the initial and ongoing detailed forward planning for the project in support of the PM.
- Knowledge of project processes to be able to develop a project schedule independently for review.
- Effective use of planning software both Primavera and MS Projects
- Fully computer literate with respect to Microsoft Office software
- Good report writing skills
- Communication and teamworkThe planner will work in a manner that supports and enhances the company’s values of:
- Delivering on promises;
- Developing full potential;
- Doing the right thing.
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Lead the project planning effort by managing the planning team to:
- Provide support and inform the PM and construction manager (CM) in respect of progress measurement on the project.
- Prepare, issue and maintain the master schedule of the project.
- Review the project milestones and overall completion timetable in conjunction with the project scope at award and identify any anomalies or any inconsistencies and rectify.
- In collaboration with the project team and all other participants, develop the work breakdown structure (WBS) and integrate the code of accounts with the WBS.
- In consultation with the project team, identify key critical constraints and interfaces.
- Establish key milestone dates in agreement with the PM.
- Establish productivity norms, time standards and progress measurement criteria for all disciplines in liaison with project controls.
- Develop the basis of schedule (BoS) and / or schedule management plan for approval by the PM, and implement the same.
- Set up the interface between the schedule and the applied company / project system (if required).
- Ensure that commissioning considerations are established and catered for in the project program during program baseline development.
- Identify the critical path(s) and near critical paths in the project implementation schedule (PIS). Report slippages and gains against the baseline schedule.
- Monitor, control and report the status of free and total float in the schedule.
- Evaluate and integrate contractor’s and supplier’s schedules and report findings to the PM, CM and project engineer.
- Where required, assist the construction manager to implement shutdown schedules.
- Provide input and review proposed change management time implications and document the result. Manage approved changes in the schedule.
- Attend project and contract kick off, progress, cost control and planning meetings and manage changes in the schedule.
- Review the schedule portions of contractor’s extra work claims and prepare details for discussion and/or inclusion in any response.
- Assist project controls to produce management reports and the monthly status reports.
- Prepare and submit planning data for the project close out report and progressive learning (lessons learned).
- To undertake peer reviews of schedules produced by other planners upon instruction by the planning manager.
- Ensure that all plans and schedules are prepared and executed in accordance with the Company’s planning standards.
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- PMI SP (Scheduling Professional)
- AACE PSP (Planning and Scheduling Professional)
Desirable:
- PMI PMP (Project Management Professional)
- CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Expert knowledge of and competence in the use of Primavera P6 and MS Project
- Expert knowledge of MS Office
- Project planning experience in multi-discipline mining and minerals processing projects and studies
- 2-5 years’ relevant experience considered essential to meet the demands of this position.
Desirable:
- Site planning experience in multi-discipline mining and minerals processing projects and studies
- EPC / EPCM experience in either a consulting or construction contractor environment
Personal attributes:
- Strong team player
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
- Attention to detail to ensure the accuracy of the outputs
- Analytical thinker
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
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Main Purpose of the Role:
The Principal Process Engineer: Systems is accountable for ensuring the Process Engineering Department implements the appropriate process systems and procedures as well as software and ensures the tools are available and used profitably to achieve high quality and efficient project delivery. Specifically, this includes Intelligent (Process) Engineering Software and simulation software
The Principal Process Engineer: Systems has two functions within the Process Department, namely:
- Line management of the designers and engineers within the Process Systems Group, and
- Process Lead or Principal Process Engineer on relevant projects or studies within the Process Engineering Department.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Tmanage the delivery of best practice process plant design associated with company organisational objectives and client requirements.
- To be the prime point of contact for all communications relating to process engineering systems and simulations.
- To ensure that the Process Engineering Department maintains a leading-edge technical capability by developing people, designs, industry contacts, new technologies and innovative practices, including process database development to assist centralised information for discipline deliverable inputs and integration.
- Accountable to develop, maintain and improve the Process Engineering Department systems that include, but are not limited to develop process toolset skills, improving study execution to enable the process group to complete deliverables in a shorter schedule and/or less hours
- Manages the process designers to ensure that a high-quality product is delivered on time and in accordance with budget specifications.
- Identify and manage continuous improvement activities within the Department including the maintenance of company standards and procedures and process calculations.
- Ensures that the appropriate people are recruited, retained, and developed within the Process Systems Group and optimally utilised to achieve best practices.
- Accountable to provide the frame and context for the Process Systems Group within the Process Engineering Department and to give feedback and recognition for direct reports.
- Accountable to develop and retain the relevant competencies within the Process Systems Group to secure and maintain competitive advantage.
- Ensures that quality Process Engineering service, including drawings and design, is delivered to the Organisation.
- Collaborate with the Process Engineering Manager and relevant personnel from other Disciplines to ensure the best technical input is provided for proposals.
- Create clear guidelines to maintain quality and setting up robust templates to allow updates in process information, for example creating a Power BI or excel process database that can be updated and be used as a central location of information.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to less experienced team members and assist in their professional development.
- Manage data created with process drawings and preparing outputs that can be used to check formal process deliverables.
- Ensure client satisfaction as a measure of alignment with client needs.
- Contribute to company success in securing business and maintaining profitability.
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- B Degree or B Tech in Chemical/Metallurgical Engineering
- Experience in process systems and simulations, such as SysCAD and AutoCAD
- M Degree in Chemical/Metallurgical Engineering
- Experience in Intelligent Design system platforms, such as AVEVA
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Ability to engage in systems design and implementation.
- Management leadership ability.
- Ability to establish and improve relevant work practices.
- Capacity to scope improvements in practices and design and implement systems within a 1 to 2-year time frame.
- Good technical knowledge of data flow from process design to discipline requirements
- Good knowledge of the core business.
- Capacity to improve and refine practices and systems within the Process Engineering Department to meet organisational objectives.
Personal attributes:
- Effective communication skills.
- Managerial leadership ability
- Strong Technical Process Engineering ability
- Willingness and interest to research and investigate new software
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Wood is currently recruiting for a Mechanical / Piping Supervisor with significant Oil & Gas, Petrochemical or similar sector of the industry c onstruction experience based in Secunda.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that all construction contractors’ supervision and manpower are instructed in and comply with all aspects of Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) policy, site regulations, permit to work procedures and instructions and Client requirements
- Ensure that construction contractors working within his discipline adhere strictly to the latest Approved for Construction (AFC) project drawings, Specifications, ITP’s, Procedures and Site Instructions
- Responsible for the HSES and quality aspects of the work within assigned areas and for ensuring construction contractors complete their work in accordance with the project schedule
- Review and monitor the availability of drawings, specifications, job instructions, material deliveries and tools applicable to his / her particular discipline and area of work
- Develop detailed daily and weekly work plans in accordance with the overall planning schedule in conjunction with the contractors’ supervision, planning engineers and the Construction Engineer
- Inform the Discipline Superintendent on specific areas where the programme needs to be adjusted in accordance with site conditions and material deliveries
- Responsible for monitoring the discipline and timekeeping of contractors’ staff and labour in a defined work area, identifying any disciplinary action required, and informing the relevant Discipline Superintendent
Skills / Qualifications
- Extensive track record managing Mechanical / Piping Construction activities within Oil & Gas, Petrochemical or similar sector of the industry
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Considerable experience of supervising Construction staff to achieve effective construction execution
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Overview / Responsibilities
Wood is currently recruiting for a Project Engineering Manager with extensive experience in the mining and minerals industry on large capital projects, including projects in remote locations and other countries, in particular third world countries.
Job Objective:
- Management and coordination of engineering disciplines on various projects and studies
- Manage the engineering design basis for projects and studies, including requirements engineering, technical decisions, trade offs, design risks and safety by design.
- Manage the engineering execution basis for projects and studies, including setup, execution, controlling and close-out of systems, process workflows and engineering deliverables.
- Manage the interfaces between multidisciplinary engineering team, and between engineering and supply chain or construction management.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:
- Assure the inherent safety and integrity of our design, analyses and technical deliverables through the application of sound engineering & technical principles, data and information management, standards, reviews systems and controls.
- Ensure Wood engineering and technical execution strategies, standards and procedures are applied as applicable to assure technical hazard identification and risk assessment, integrity, major incident prevention, human factors, inherent safety and environmental sustainability in delivery.
- Ensure engineering and design work complies with regulatory, licenses and permits, industry standard and customer engineering and technical requirements. Ensure appropriate codes and standards are specified for the intended application when Wood is the design authority.
- Experienced and responsible for the management of the design of all phases of a project or study and execution programming of the project/study.
- Ensure that engineering and design risks are identified, analysed, evaluated, resolved and communicated
- Ensure that technical solutions embody agreed design for safety, operability, maintainability and constructability objectives
- Ensure that design changes, technical decisions, deviations and concessions are managed according to project-defined processes and approvals and their impact assessed prior to implementation.
- Ensure the engineering and design deliverables are defined, planned, monitored and controlled throughout all pertinent project life-cycle stages.
- Ensure that engineering resourcing and competency levels are planned, monitored, controlled and reported for assigned studies and projects.
- Ensure that design assurance activities are planned and implemented on assigned studies and projects, including checking, design reviews, peer reviews, and stage-gate technical reviews.
- Ensure that engineering work packages are produced and delivered to support supply chain and construction management
- Ensure that technical problems and issues are resolved within agreed timeframes, including technical site queries, non-conformances and preventative actions
- Assists the Technical Director with the responsibility for the management of the engineering personnel within the business unit
- Assists the Technical Director with the responsibility for planning of resource allocations per project
- Responsible for the forecasting, control and management of the engineering manhour budget.
- Accountable for the project / study engineering schedule.
- Assists the Technical Director to comply to the Wood Operational Assurance requirements.
Skills / Qualifications
Qualifications:
- BSc Mechanical Engineering undergraduate degree
- Registered as a professional engineer with ECSA
Knowledge, skills and experience:
- Minimum of 15 years general engineering experience with at least 10 years in the mining and minerals processing area in the design office and in the field
- Familiar with the project lifecycle of products and systems, from need identification through conceptualization, requirements engineering, detail design, manufacturing, testing, commissioning and handover
Personal attributes:
- A pro-active attitude
- Personal integrity and trustworthiness
- Natural leader of people with willingness to further develop leadership skills
- Strong client relationship and networking ability
- Ability to coach and mentor through empowerment
- A common sense approach to everyday life
- A willingness to treat all people with respect, integrity and consistency
- High levels of initiative and “get up and go” to manage own work flow to meet objectives
- A capacity for persistence and resilience and patience in a sometimes challenging environment
- Willingness to learn
- An appreciation of the value of team work and willingness to work as part of a team, providing support for other team members as required
- Interpersonal and relationship skills
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Overview / Responsibilities
Wood is currently recruiting for a Mechanical / Piping Supervisor with significant Oil & Gas, Petrochemical or similar sector of the industry c onstruction experience based in Sasolburg.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that all construction contractors’ supervision and manpower are instructed in and comply with all aspects of Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES) policy, site regulations, permit to work procedures and instructions and Client requirements
- Ensure that construction contractors working within his discipline adhere strictly to the latest Approved for Construction (AFC) project drawings, Specifications, ITP’s, Procedures and Site Instructions
- Responsible for the HSES and quality aspects of the work within assigned areas and for ensuring construction contractors complete their work in accordance with the project schedule
- Review and monitor the availability of drawings, specifications, job instructions, material deliveries and tools applicable to his / her particular discipline and area of work
- Develop detailed daily and weekly work plans in accordance with the overall planning schedule in conjunction with the contractors’ supervision, planning engineers and the Construction Engineer
- Inform the Discipline Superintendent on specific areas where the programme needs to be adjusted in accordance with site conditions and material deliveries
- Responsible for monitoring the discipline and timekeeping of contractors’ staff and labour in a defined work area, identifying any disciplinary action required, and informing the relevant Discipline Superintendent
Skills / Qualifications
- Extensive track record managing Mechanical / Piping Construction activities within Oil & Gas, Petrochemical or similar sector of the industry
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Considerable experience of supervising Construction staff to achieve effective construction execution
Method of Application
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