Plant Performance Engineer - Ngodwana

  • Nelspruit
  • Talent Evolution
Responsibilities:

- Develop strategies to be used for optimising performance, production and plant/system efficiencies.
- Review design and engineering processes and report any design deficiencies.
- Generate procedures and systems for optimal performance operation of the facility in a cost-effective manner.
- Defining, developing, and fine-tuning control logic to optimize the overall performance of the plant.
- To assure that the data used (Instruments, inputs meters, DCS etc) are accurate and valid
- Investigate incidents and breakdown.
- Generating the daily production forecast.
- Ensure calculation methodology is implemented and closely monitored.
- Report any design deficiencies
- Daly analysis of trends and generate performance reports with recommendations.
- To review the models provide by the EPC and/or Client, identifying the critical points affecting to the daily performance.
- Develop and conduct performance tests to assess equipment monitoring overall performance and recommend best operating.
- Implement and verify predefined testing of fuel, water, and steam qualities. Report on findings and highlight deviations form standards and codes.
- Measure and assess waste and process by-products for statutory compliances and safe disposals.
- Conduct systematic performance analysis and initiate changes to improve plant performance to ensure that key energy consumption and production targets are met.
- Ensure all process related incidents and breakdowns are thoroughly investigated, analysed and failures allocated to the relevant cost centres

Requirements:
Qualifications:
- B-Tech Degree/Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Project Management
- GCC Factories is an advantage
Related Experience:
- 6 years experience as a Plant Performance Engineer in a power plant / utilities environment.
Skills and competencies:
- Knowledge of DCM and CMMS
- Knowledge and understanding of power plant operations and associated risks.
- Knowledge and understanding of SHERQ management systems.
- Knowledge and understanding on conducting risk assessments.
- Good numeric reasoning ability.
- Good attention to detail

Should you not receive a response within 10 working days, please consider your application as unsuccessful