Process Engineer

Purpose of the Job Design, optimize, monitor, and improve manufacturing processes to ensure safe, efficient, costeffective, and quality production operations. Key Performance Areas: Monitor and analyse process performance and identify opportunities to improve yield,throughput, efficiency and product quality. Lead process improvement initiatives to improve productivity, reduce costs, minimise wasteand support operational excellence.

Troubleshoot plant, process, product quality and process safety issues, lead investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions. Track and improve OEE performance across manufacturing assets. Lead Process Safety Management (PSM) activities, including HAZOPs, PHAs, MOCs, PSSRs, risk assessments and process safety action management.

Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety and quality standards. Participate in plant start-ups, shutdowns, commissioning, optimisation of new equipment and process modifications. Collaborate with the maintenance team to improve equipment performance, analyse recurring failures and develop preventive maintenance strategies.

Lead or support capital projects and plant modifications, including management of schedules, costs and technical deliverables. Prepare and maintain process designs, mass balances, PFDs, P&IDs, SOPs, process parameters and engineering documentation. Conduct technical evaluations of equipment, technologies and process improvements.

Prepare technical reports and process performance reviews. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide technical guidance and support to operations. Support strategic business initiatives and continuous improvement programmes. Experience and Qualifications Required Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent engineering qualification.

Minimum 5-7 years' experience in a chemical manufacturing or process plant environment. Knowledge Requirements Chemical manufacturing and batch processing operations. Process control principles and instrumentation. Heat transfer, fluid flow, and mass balance calculations. Process safety management (PSM), HAZOP, Risk Assessments, and MOC processes.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodologies. Quality systems and statistical process control (SPC). Environmental, health, and safety regulations applicable to chemical manufacturing. SAP systems Continuous Improvement principles. Behavioural Competencies: Problem-solving Analytical thinking. Project management. Technical report writing.

Communication and teamwork. Continuous improvement mindset