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Project Engineer Mechanical Belfast

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Belfast
1 month ago
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Introduction

Our client is a supplier of steel and coal products for the mining industry. The client is looking for a Project Engineer (Mechanical) with the following key criteria:

  • National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
  • Gov Cert of Competence: Engineering (Recommended/Desirable)
  • 6-8 Year relevant experience within a heavy industry, mining environment and Project Management
  • Experience as a Project Engineer from initiation phase to ramp-up of a project.
  • Project Management Professional (Recommended/Desirable)
  • Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Employer)
  • Engineering Council of SA (PrEng) (Recommended/Desirable)
  • Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Employer)

PURPOSE:

  • To direct and manage medium to large project development and execution plans and risk for duration of project phase whilst ensuring adherence to Project Management and business performance standards.

Job Location: Belfast is a small town in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Contract period: 12 Months

Duties & Responsibilities

Compliance, Governance and Assurance

  • Ensure statutory compliance of new projects
  • Assess and communicate impact of legal developments on project strategies
  • Ensure legal compliance within project.
  • Participate in governance systems for small to medium sized projects
  • Conduct assurance reviews
  • Ensure contract compliance, administration, finance, cost control and client and contractor project coordination
  • Ensure services from Project support services and insourced providers adhere to Corporate Governance with regards to processes, systems, guidelines, and templates
  • Implement Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) management and quality management systems to ensure delivery of high-quality projects within budget

Customer, Stakeholder and Client Relationship Management

  • Support core business by ensuring appropriate stakeholder relationships toward enhancing corporate profile
  • Manage internal and external relations within corporate, service providers, applicable Business Unit's (BU) and other functions responsible to ensure that business needs are met
  • Manage project interfaces within project environment and with clients
  • Maintain internal and external professional networks

Functional Excellence

  • Develop project strategy and systems to efficiently implement, manage and coordinate BU projects
  • Ensure proper prioritization process in place at BU for all projects
  • Ensure proper monitoring and control of all BU projects on site
  • Manages projects with a broad impact across Business Units, which can lead to paradigm shifts in changes of strategic direction of Commodity
  • Develop and implement risk management processes to mitigate high level risk, in alignment with corporate practices and requirements
  • Coordinate optimal utilization of resources for project
  • Act as the "intelligent buyer" of outside competencies, skills and technology to fulfil required deliverables if and when required
  • Identify and solve tactical and strategic problems across disciplines
  • Support implementation of appropriate knowledge management for projects in line with business needs
  • Benchmark best practice and ensure application of appropriate technology on projects
  • Participate in best practice development with Corporate Project function and ensure selection and application of appropriate methodology, processes, technology for medium to large projects
  • Provide expert advice and guidance

Project Management

  • Develop, direct, coordinate and integrate implementation of medium to large projects across BU's
  • Manage interdependency of deadlines on multiple projects and reserve integrity of deadlines and overall project progress
  • Implement project management principles and practices for planning, design, and implementation of project outcomes
  • Conduct complex analysis of project systems and processes
  • Select, design, integrate and commission new technology impacting on entire BU
  • Take comprehensive approach to identifying problems, understanding implications and creating solutions that support overall project progress and success

Project Performance and Operations

  • Conduct audits and reviews of projects in various phases.
  • Lead investigation of project management problems and develop solutions toward optimizing and assuring project delivery
  • Communicate project plans and outcomes with senior management, other disciplines and within project

Safe and Healthy Work Environment

  • Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices
  • Ensure compliance with applicable SHE policies and procedures in line with set standards
  • Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in operations

Behavioral Alignment

  • Creativity, collaboration, sociable and awareness to the ecosystem
  • Stewardship, accountability, ability to develop trust, safety conscious and ethical
  • Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation, and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions
  • Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic
  • Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective

Desired Experience & Qualification

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

  • National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Relevant) (Essential/Minimum)
  • Gov Cert of Competence: Engineering (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE:

  • 6-8 Year relevant experience within a heavy industry, mining environment and Project Management
  • Experience as a Project Engineer from initiation phase to ramp-up of a project.
  • Project Management Professional (Recommended/Desirable)
  • Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Employer)
  • Engineering Council of SA (PrEng) (Recommended/Desirable)
  • Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum) (To be conducted by Employer)


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