Mechanical Engineer at Nachitech

Job Responsibilities

• Working closely with process chemists and control engineers to ensure the process plant is set up to provide maximum output levels and efficient running of the production facility;
• Designing plant and equipment configuration so that they can be readily adapted to suit the product range and the process technologies involved, taking environmental and economic aspects into account;
• Setting up scale-up and scale-down processes including appropriate changes to equipment design and configuration;
• Assessing options for plant expansion or reconfiguration by developing and testing process simulation models;
• Designing, installing and commissioning new production plants, including monitoring developments and troubleshooting;
• Optimising production by analysing processes and compiling de-bottleneck studies;
• Applying new technologies;
• Researching new products from trial through to commercialisation and improving product lines;
• Ensuring that potential safety issues related to the project operator, the environment, the process and the product are considered at all stages.

Skills/Qualifications

• Effective technical skills;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Verbal and written communication skills;
• Commercial awareness;
• Team working skills.
• Minimum of 2 years working experience.

Remuneration
300,000 - 350,000