Project description:
Our client is installing a sugar milling plant, together with an associated boiler and co-generation facility and an effluent treatment plant, at two of its sites in Malawi (one in the North, one in the South). The plants will crush locally grown sugar cane to produce juice for downstream production purposes and syrup for storage for use in off-season. Co-generation facilities will produce sufficient power for the plant, with excess being fed into the national grid when not required. The effluent treatment plant will treat and dry a combination of effluent from downstream production processes together with boiler ash, filter cake and press mud to produce compost or fertiliser base.
Crown Agents is arranging finance and will be the prime contractor for the project and will in turn, through a back-to-back contract be appointing a sole EPC contractor for the supply, construction, installation and commissioning of both plants.
The role and key requirements:
We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer to represent Crown Agents on the project in Malawi. The Engineer will lead the installation of the sugar juice plants (comprising of sugar mills to crush cane, and juice/syrup processing and storage equipment), together with the associated boiler and co-generation plant, and effluent treatment plant. The role will be client facing and will primarily require close supplier management of the lead EPC contractor appointed by Crown Agents throughout the construction, installation and commissioning process as well as ensuring the client undertakes the necessary supporting work to enable the EPC contractor to complete the project to the required specifications and quality. The role will require regular travel between the two factory sites.
Qualifications and experience required:
· Qualified Chartered Engineer
· At least 20 years’ professional engineering experience
· At least 10 years’ experience in the role of Project Engineer or Construction Manager for large electrical and mechanical plant construction projects (total contract value of $50 million -$150 million), preferably on projects located in Sub-Saharan Africa and preferably in the Agri-Processing sector.
· Strong experience of in-factory quality assurance and inspection of process plant equipment manufacturers
· Experience with sugar-mills, or ethanol production a distinct advantage
· Ability to communicate and negotiate between client and EPC contractor to resolve problems and ensure the project keeps on track
We are an international development company that partners with governments, aid organisations and companies in over 100 countries. Through consultancy, supply chain management and financial services, we help countries grow their economies, strengthen their health systems and improve financial management. Taking on clients’ fundamental challenges, we make lasting change to the systems and improve financial management.
We have worked with many of our client countries for many decades and are a stakeholder in their growth and development, with people and offices in Africa and Asia as well as the UK, US and Japan. In addition, we work in partnership with multilateral agencies such as the World Bank, European Commission, United Nations agencies and regional development banks, and bilateral donors such as the UK, Japanese and US governments.
For many years Crown Agents was a British public corporation. In 1997 we transferred to the private sector as a limited company owned by a new entity - The Crown Agents Foundation. Members of the Foundation are companies and other international organisations with a keen interest in our activities.
We operate at all times to the highest standards of integrity and transparency and bring an agile and resourceful approach to complex situations.
