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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Senior · 5+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
The Plant Engineer will manage the full lifecycle of engineering projects, from conceptual design to commissioning and handover. They are also responsible for optimizing plant equipment, maintaining control systems, and ensuring technical compliance within a production environment.
Job details
An international mining and industrial technology organisation is seeking an experienced Plant Engineer to oversee engineering standards, plant optimisation, engineering projects and technical compliance within a production environment. The position covers the full engineering project lifecycle — from conceptual and detailed design through construction, implementation, commissioning and handover. The engineer will also provide technical leadership around plant equipment, automation, control systems, reliability and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Manage engineering projects from concept and detailed design through implementation, testing and handover. Design and improve production facilities, plant equipment and engineering systems. Support automation and plant control systems. Develop equipment repair and maintenance procedures. Analyse production and engineering performance data. Identify opportunities to improve plant availability, reliability and efficiency. Maintain and upgrade production software and control systems. Commission plant, production equipment and engineering systems. Conduct engineering audits and continuous-improvement initiatives. Investigate engineering problems and provide technical solutions. Work closely with operations, contractors, engineering teams and other stakeholders. Develop and maintain engineering standards and technical documentation. Manage engineering databases and technical information. Manage third-party contractors and service-level agreements. Ensure engineering projects comply with applicable health, safety, explosives and regulatory requirements. Minimum Requirements BSc Engineering, BTech Engineering or another relevant scientific/technical tertiary qualification. Approximately 5+ years' engineering experience. At least 3 years' experience within a manufacturing or production environment. Experience managing engineering projects. Strong analytical and problem-solving capability. Understanding of engineering design and practical implementation. Experience working with plant equipment and production systems. Computer literacy, including engineering/CAD applications. Strong stakeholder and contractor-management ability. Advantageous Professional Engineer registration. Project Management certification. Automation or control-system experience. Mining, explosives, chemicals or process-manufacturing exposure. Ideal Candidate The strongest candidates will combine hands-on plant engineering capability with project delivery experience, rather than being purely maintenance engineers or purely design engineers.
What you’ll do
The Plant Engineer will manage the full lifecycle of engineering projects, from conceptual design to commissioning and handover. They are also responsible for optimizing plant equipment, maintaining control systems, and ensuring technical compliance within a production environment.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a BSc or BTech in Engineering or a related technical field with at least 5 years of engineering experience. A minimum of 3 years in a manufacturing or production environment is required, along with strong project management and analytical skills.
Listed skills
- Continuous Improvement · Preferred
- Technical Documentation · Preferred
- Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
- Data analysis · Preferred
- Stakeholder Management · Preferred
Other relevant skills
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- Engineering project management
- Plant optimization
- Automation
- Control systems
- Reliability engineering
- Continuous improvement
- CAD
- Technical documentation
- Contractor management
- Production facility design
- Equipment maintenance
- Engineering audits
- Data analysis
- Regulatory compliance
- Commissioning
- Stakeholder management
- Equipment Repair
- Automation Controls
- Project Management Certification
- Technical Leadership
- Project Delivery
- Systems Engineering
- Auditing
- Computer Literacy
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Contractor Management
- Control Systems
- Engineering Design Process
- Development Environment
- Problem Solving
- Operations
- Process Manufacturing
- Production Equipment
- Systems Development Life Cycle
- Regulatory Requirements
- Reliability Engineering
- Service-Level Agreement
- Technical Documentation
- Reliability
Job areas
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Energy
- Management & Leadership
- Plant Engineer
- Production Engineer
- Industrial and Production Engineers
- Industrial Engineers