Electrical Engineer II at Sasol

Short Description/ Purpose of Job

Utilize a sound level of experience in electrical Engineering to: manage and/or execute the design, engineering, development and modification of electrical systems in accordance with established engineering principles and standards to satisfy the business requirements. This will require a broad base of electrical engineering knowledge and competence, relating to electrical network planning/design and process plants.

Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Apply detailed knowledge in defined fields of electrical engineering:

• Electrical network analysis in Digsilent Powerfactory. Conduct power system analysis studies e.g. load flow studies, fault level studies and motor starting studies.
• Detail knowledge, the integration and understanding the failure mode(s) of Switchgear, Transformers, Cables, Motors, Protection Relays etc. and the specification of these equipment in an electrical power system.
• Selection of electrical equipment for use in hazardous locations.
• Specialized engineering solutions.
• Perform efficient and high-quality Engineering Site Support (including Standby duties) in order to assist plant personnel during support activities, Root cause Analysis and investigations.
• Should be able to perform commissioning activities - Provide Technical inputs and support as well as the ability to do fault finding and to lead and coordinate these commissioning activities.
• Experienced and proficient with the various protection relays used on the Sasolburg site (e.g. RE_543, RE_615,_RE_630, REA-arc protection relays, SPAJ140C / SPAM150C, etc.)
• Governance & Site Support and contribute to site wide standardization, including Geographical Load forecasting and the development of special solutions.
• Assist to create, develop and update electrical engineering systems, tools and standards.
• Deliver electrical engineering equipment support to ensure that the technical ability of the business meets operating results.
• Support and give technology guidance to business units and equipment owners. Audit current systems and technologies and do gap analysis with alignment planning.
• Develop, track and govern maintenance strategies for new and legacy systems. Audit maintenance procedures and installations.
• Detail Engineering calculations to, review the schematic drawings and relay logics, calculate protection settings and grading development for existing and new installations and review protection setting and grading study proposed by external consultants.
• Provide alignment and inputs into strategic sourcing initiatives/ forums, development of standard documentation in collaboration with international best practices and standards.
• Develop technical and engineering skills of EITs (Engineer in Training) through coaching.
• Ensure compliance with legal, safety and operational reliability requirements.

Projects:

• The ability to formulate and execute the electrical Engineering scope for Tier 5 and Tier 4 multidisciplinary and single discipline projects (in both brown or green field project environments).
• Ensure and maintain awareness of best practices.
• Utilize electrical engineering systems, tools and standards in all projects.
• Contribute to project technical development strategies and execution as well as contracting and selection of suppliers.
• Develop and manage project execution planning with respect to electrical engineering.
• Review, comment, guide and govern the design process and deliverables from ECs, OEMs and other engineers.
• Ensure project success through adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for project scope.
• Comment on or develop technical design packages for projects (front end loading, concept, basic and detail engineering).
• Ensure quality assurance on technology and execution of new installations and maintenance projects.
• Implement QA/QC of technology and equipment installation, as well as all relevant strategies leading to the point of execution and project closeout.

Formal Education

University Bachelor's Degree: B Eng / BSc Eng in Electrical Engineering

Min Experience

8+ years relevant Petro-chemical experience as an electrical engineer.

Certification & Professional Membership

Registered with ECSA as a Professional Engineer

Competencies

1. Emotional Intelligence: Show influence, negotiation, maturity and emotional intelligence. Operate successfully in a diverse work environment (culture, roles, positions and levels.) Participate in interpersonal skills required for productive working relationships and to work with, or through, others inside and/or outside (including suppliers) the organization to get work accomplished.
2. Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
3. Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
4. Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
5. Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible way and taking all factors into consideration.
6. Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical thinking, analysis and persistence.
7. Project Management: The process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and resources to accomplish a well-defined objective, usually within constraints of time, resources, and cost. Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting