Senior Project Engineer

DRA Global Limited (ASX: DRA | JSE: DRA) (DRA or the Company) is an international multi-disciplinary engineering, project delivery and operations management group, predominantly focused on the mining, minerals, and metals industry.

The Group has an extensive track record spanning almost four decades across a wide range of commodities. Our teams have deep expertise in the mining, minerals and metals processing industries, as well as related non-process infrastructure such as, water, and energy solutions.

DRA covers all major mining centers with offices across Africa and the Middle East, North and South America, and the Asia-Pacific.

We are currently seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join our growing team in Phoenix, AZ. This position will require site presence to support our Copper World Project in Tucson, AZ.

The Senior Project Engineer will be responsible for managing engineering and project design activities across various study phases (concept, pre-feasibility, feasibility, EPCM, and EPC). This position will oversee the integration of multidisciplinary design teams, ensure compliance with project scope and technical standards, and provide leadership to ensure project objectives are met safely, efficiently, and on schedule.

Main functions include (but not limited to):

• Engineering and discipline project design activities relating to concept, pre-feasibility, feasibility studies, EPCM and EPC projects.
• Manage engineering teams in projects and across large studies with a project delivery focus.
• Provide leadership and support to the Engineering team through supervision, mentoring, training, and motivation to produce engineering deliverables for projects and studies.
• Lead, co-ordinate and manage all engineering and design functions for a study / project.
• Ensures areas of uncertainty are highlighted and actions are taken to address them.
• Promotes collaboration with other functional groups and stakeholders for engineering matters.
• Interface between Engineering and the other disciplines on the project including Project Controls, Project Management, Procurement, Contracts, Construction, suppliers, and the client team.
• Mentoring and development of less experienced personnel.
• Support ongoing improvement and maintenance of engineering systems and procedures.
• Use and support the maintenance of engineering standards across projects and studies by identifying and implementing best practice and holding the team to account for quality.
• Develop and update project-specific procedures and workflows.
• Ensuring different disciplines are integrated into an effective, fit for purpose engineering solution, including, but not limited to:
• Technical Support.
• Contract Management.
• Site Support.
• Commissioning.
• Documentation and handover.

Responsibilities

Engineering

• Ensure all required engineering design criteria and specifications are generated and that they aligned with the project scope and budget.
• Ensure the engineering deliverables meet customer and other stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure all engineering functions and activities are planned and managed in a coordinated and efficient manner to enhance engineering integrity and minimize rework.
• Ability to handle complex problem-solving tasks, applying appropriate analysis and consideration of high-level technical detail.
• Develop and manage an engineering schedule which meets project schedule requirements in an efficient and logical manner, ensuring the achievement of procurement schedules.
• Manage design coordination reviews with specific reference to monitoring progress and coordinating engineering activities between disciplines.
• Ensure that the discipline designs are based on best engineering principles, statutory regulations, relevant legislation, statutory acts, codes of practice, industry norms, company specifications together with the client standards, procedures, and specifications (quality of design).
• Ensure that engineering designs are compliant with legislation (with specific reference to the legal SHE requirements in terms of US Legislation).
• Raise safety awareness and ensure the design for safety principles are applied to the project.
• Ensure engineering risk assessments and HAZOPs are carried out and all identified issues are addressed.
• Ensure that engineering designs are innovative, and that engineering is fit for purpose.
• Ensure that engineering designs are constructible and operationally viable.
• Ensure the effective (peer) review and approval of discipline designs are implemented.
• Implement continuous improvement through lessons learnt, value engineering, fit for purpose and latest technologies for all disciplines.
• Coordinate and interface with internal and external project consultants as and when required.
• Coordinate and interface with internal and external design and drafting disciplines via the Project Section Leader.
• Provide discipline inputs for studies and proposals.
• Ensure effective management of the information flow and other interfaces between
• the engineering disciplines.
• engineering and the design…