Lead Engineering North West Province

Lead Process Engineer

An Agritalent client, a leading agribusiness, seeks the services of a Lead Process Engineer to oversee the structured delivery of technology projects focusing on processing engineering and industrial solutions.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Project execution delivery leadership:
   • Provide strategic guidance to industrial engineering teams.
   • Review and approve project plans and milestones in processing engineering.
   • Instruct and guide teams to align with committed outcomes in processing engineering.
   • Conduct regular check-ins to ensure project progress in processing engineering.
   • Lead collaborative problem-solving sessions for processing engineering challenges.
2. Adherence to Project Management Governance and Compliance Standards:
   • Execute third-party vendor resourcing within established processing engineering standards.
   • Ensure compliance with project management procedures specific to processing engineering.
   • Monitor and enforce adherence to value creation initiatives in processing engineering.
   • Document and communicate project governance activities in processing engineering.
   • Apply processing engineering specific vendor management standards.
3. People engagement and coordination:
   • Plan and execute stakeholder engagement strategies for processing engineering.
   • Define and allocate accountability for processing engineering project outcomes.
   • Identify, document, and manage processing engineering project risks and issues.
   • Mobilize human resources based on processing engineering project requirements.
   • Monitor and report on the effectiveness of people engagement in processing engineering.
4. Management of project execution:
   • Consolidate and document the defined scope of processing engineering project outcomes.
   • Engage with internal and external project partners for scheduling in processing engineering.
   • Plan and execute the project schedule considering resources and interdependencies in processing engineering.
   • Establish and apply change management approaches specific to processing engineering.
   • Monitor and report changes to processing engineering project timelines.
5. Project closeout management:
   • Coordinate quality assessments of processing engineering project outcomes.
   • Consolidate final project schedule, budget, and costs for processing engineering.
   • Develop a business and IT approved action plan for transitioning processing engineering project outcomes.
   • Review and apply project closeout controls for processing engineering delivery outcomes.
   • Consolidate final processing engineering project state into a comprehensive report.
6. Ad-hoc responsibilities:
   • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and advancements in processing engineering.
   • Collaborate with R&D teams to integrate innovative solutions into processing engineering projects.
   • Conduct regular assessments of industrial engineering processes for continuous improvement.
   • Address and execute ad hoc tasks and special assignments as assigned by the Group Executive Information Technology.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Minimum 4 years of experience in processing engineering and project management.
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, or a related field. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is an advantage.
• Project execution and timeline management.
• In-depth understanding of industrial engineering principles.

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