Principal Piping Engineer – Mining & EPCM
Fempower Recruitment Excellence · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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- We are seeking an experienced Principal Piping Engineer to provide technical leadership on a large-scale mining project. This is a fixed-term contract opportunity based in Johannesburg, with occasional site travel fully covered by the company.
Contract Type: Fixed-term contract 2+ years
Qualifications
- Essential: BSc, BEng, or BTech in Mechanical Engineering Piping emphasis
- Essential: Trained in leadership and project execution
- Essential: Actively licensed with ECSA or equivalent where required by law
- Desirable: Training in risk management or quality
Requirements
- 15+ years of relevant piping engineering experience
- Mining project experience mandatory
- EPCM experience mandatory
- Experience on mining projects involving piping systems for PGM processing or similar harsh-duty applications
- Strong knowledge of regulations, codes, and manufacturing standards
Responsibilities
- Serve as technical SME on all piping engineering matters
- Ensure adherence to engineering and design practices, regulatory requirements, and customer specifications
- Support standardization of piping specifications, drawings, and templates
- Participate in bid clarifications, evaluations, and vendor information review
- Review and authorize work done by direct reports
- Coordinate with other disciplines to ensure project success