Company:
Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.
Industry: Oil and Gas
Deadline: Oct 18, 2025
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: Bachelors, Masters
Experience: 8 years
Province: Western Cape
City:
Field: Engineering / TechnicalÂ
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Materials Selection & Evaluation
- Recommend suitable materials for specific applications based on mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties.
- Conduct failure analysis and root cause investigations, using Company Materials Labs or third-party labs
- Applies his/her knowledge to all Facility Engineering equipment, such as Refinery Fixed Equipment and Piping Systems
- Welding design review and problem solving
- Equipment repair, including materials properties input for fitness for service
- Materials & corrosion risk-based inspection analysis
- Analysis and inspection of Refractories and Advice on Repair Strategies
- Provides SME advice on Companies Welding and Refractory Heat treatment Requirements to Third parties
- Provides SME advice on Coatings as per Company requirements
- Evaluates Materials requirements as per MOC (Management of Change) requirements for both Capital and Maintenance Projects
- Advice on Design and implementation of corrosion protection systems (e.g., cathodic protection, coatings).
- Develop corrosion monitoring programs and interpret data (e.g. IOW development and settings)
- Provides Technical Leadership • Provide expert guidance to multidisciplinary teams on materials and corrosion issues.
- Use industry best practices and Networking to improve material performance and reduce lifecycle costs.
- Keep abreast and advice Company of Best Practices and Standards
- Ensure adherence to international standards (e.g., NACE, ASTM, ISO, API).
- Provide support during company audits, certifications, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide materials/corrosion SME support for Capital and Maintenance Project Initiatives
- Manage budgets, timelines, and vendor relationships related to materials engineering.
- Process and systems best practise compliance and guidance.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters in Material Science / BSc in Materials Engineering / Metallurgy or B-Eng
- Experience – 8+ Experience in Materials/Corrosion Engineering preferably in the Oil and Gas industry
- Certifications – API 571/ 579/580/581 & NACE CP Level II/III Advantageous
- Soft Skills – Leadership/Communication/Analytical Thinking/ Cross Functional Collaboration/Ability to prioritise, make thinking visible and manage pressure around competing deliverables. Can communicate appropriately at Senior Management, peers, Inspection and operations stakeholders levels.
- Technical Skill Set
- Materials Engineer must have developed experience and have a broad and in-depth knowledge of materials and corrosion. Skills include the following: • Materials properties,
- Fabrication methods and their effects on properties,
- Welding processes + PWHT and their effects,
- Corrosion mechanisms and mitigation methods,
- Application of chemical inhibition.
- Understanding of materials degradation mechanisms.
- Materials properties input for fitness for service analyses.
- Fracture mechanics analysis, including testing.
- Knowledge of chemistry and microstructure
- effects on toughness.
- Welding and Refractory Heat Treatment Requirements
- Coating Systems Requirements
- Technical Report Writing.
Key Industry Organizations
- API, ASME, ASTM, NACE, BS, SANS and ISO equivalents
Application deadline:
- 18 October 2025
Method of Application
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