Associate Project Engineer - Electrical Engineering (Modderfontein) at ABB

Your responsibilities

• Performing basic survey work, standard computations, analysis and basic design tasks, collecting data and supporting production of the engineering design, exercising judgment on limited details of work and on application of standard methods
• Preparing project documentation within one’s scope of deliverables, assisting customers on technical issues, interacting with official contacts, contractors and other staff within his/her scope of deliverables, assisting communication pertaining to specific assignments or meetings
• Participating in workshops pertaining to engineering design, tools and processes, learning from best practices / lessons-learned documentation across different projects and disciplines, using standard processes and tools applicable to one’s area of responsibility
• Reporting process and tool inefficiencies, along with suggesting ideas for improvement, supporting technical risk assessments and implementing resulting actions for one’s projects, ensuring Bill of Material (BOM) for the project meets contractual obligations
• Following work plans and cost estimates provided by the Project Manager and ensuring quality deliverables on time and at targeted cost, collaborating with the supply chain function and the Project Manager(s) to meet the contractual obligations
• Coordinating with manufacturing and testing functions to ensure the technical solutions are appropriately manufactured/ staged and tested, updating the engineering deliverables as-built
• Coordinating with commissioning / service functions to ensure the designs are appropriately installed and commissioned, updating the engineering deliverables post installation & commissioning.

Your background

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering Heavy current
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Eplan P8 and CAD, All Microsoft programs especially Excel and SAP experience will be an advantage
• Protection Relay programming will be an advantage, site commissioning on MV & LV switchgear will be an advantage