Candidate Profile

• A qualification in Industrial Engineering/Mechanical Engineering & Project Management/Office administration/Risk Management (Health & Safety).
• A driver's licence
• Excellent MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS SharePoint, and MS Project skills.
• A minimum of three years working experience in operations, engineering and/or technical departments a petroleum, engineering, construction company or similar companies, preferably with LPG knowledge or experience.
• An ability to understand safety, technical and engineering components, designs and applications e.g., pumps, pressure vessels and valves. Engineering or technical studies would complement this requirement.
• A good knowledge of all relevant legislation that guides the industry, e.g., OHS-Act, SANS Standards, API Codes, etc.

Other key requirements:

• A high level of verbal & non-verbal communication.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Strong Project Management and Evaluation skills
• An orientation towards Customer Service Excellence.

Activities

Totalgaz Projects Office is recruiting a Project Engineer. In this role you will be responsible for the following activities:

• Manage all projects within assigned area or allocated to them by the Project Manager.
• Maintain Project documentation in Project files.
• Ensure all appropriate legal paperwork is completed and issued. (e.g., contracts and terms of agreement).
• Ensure that the Change, Project, and Engineering requirements are properly aligned with the objectives and that they are traceable and can be qualified.
• Prepare proper project plans (milestones, key deliverables, estimates for each deliverable, schedules, WBS, etc.)
• Ensure proper project control - co-ordinate and review the project team, the activities, the deliverables, and the constraints.
• Ensure quality of the physical assets.
• Check resources used match to resources claimed.
• Analyze and evaluate all of project change requests.
• Ensure a Communication Plan is generated and is complied with to ensure positive stakeholder management.
• Ensure that all HSEQ Standards of Totalgaz, Total AMO and M&S are applied & implemented on all assigned projects.
• Assist with improvement of engineering best practices
• Assist with hand-over and training of Operations or other staff on all assigned projects.
• Liaise with clients to identify and define requirements, scope, and objectives.
• Maintain all sites so that as-built conditions are correctly indicated on drawings.
• Work closely with Depot Manager and Depot Operations manager in getting site to and maintaining the site at the required Total standards.
• Manage all Engineering and Project Management on the site including assisting or being part of audits as required.
• Assist with capital expenditure projects that are partly assigned to them.
• Ensure all assigned projects are managed through the Procedure for Change and Project Management of Totalgaz as well as the requirements of Total AMO and M&S.
• Ensure that all project costs are controlled and monitored.
• Ensure that all assets are accounted for.
• Ensure that all projects are completed within the set timelines and to the correct quality standard.
• Ensure all drawings, documents, data packs, specifications and procedures are up to date.
• Ensure that Project Leaders act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants
• Manage all stakeholders directly and/or through staff responsibilities.
• Monitor working hours, plans and expenditures.
• Carry out detailed component and site commissioning.
• Carry out detailed Close Out inspections and reports.

Context & Environment

• Rapidly growing subsidiary leading to resource and control challenges.
• HSEQ, stock and product control technology growth lead to challenging project environment.
• Responsibilities will be carried out under the direction of more than one budget custodian leading to approval and project management challenges.
• Off-site management of projects.
• Countrywide travel to project sites is required but to be controlled.
• Travel nationally.
• Spend time during construction phases on site being developed

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