Electrical Engineer :Infrastructure Planning at Eastern Cape Government

REQUIREMENTS:

• National Senior Certificate, an NQF level 7 qualification in Engineering (B Eng/BSC (Eng) or relevant qualification as recognised by SAQA coupled with three (3) years’ experience post qualification as registered professional Engineer (Electrical). Compulsory registration with ECSA as professional Engineer. A valid driver’s licence. Computer literate

DUTIES:

• To provide inputs to technical and functional norms and standards from an engineering perspective to be issued in terms of the Provincial Health Facilities Guidelines.  Monitor that infrastructure projects implemented by Implementing Agent (s) comply with approved engineering functional and technical norms and standards and that the planning and design are according to sound engineering principles and code of practice.  Update functional and technical norms and standards updated based on learning generated through Post Project and Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) exercises.  Prepare reports stating the advisability, desirability, impact and legality of proposals for innovative service delivery mechanisms.  Undertake feasibility studies and prepare reports detailing services impact, financial impact, infrastructure impact, constraints, alternatives and attainability.  Develop cost effective solutions according to standards.  Prepare technical specifications.  Apply electrical design principles.  Evaluate existing technical manuals, standard drawings and procedures to incorporate new technology in specifications.  Undertake preliminary costing per installation.  Prepare reports on electrical engineering investigation.   Determine electrical engineering proposals and design work for solutions where necessary.  Provide electrical engineering inputs to implement projects successfully.  Provide electrical engineering professional and technical advice in the form of verbal and written advice, reports calculations, specifications and drawings.  Monitor and study the health sector, legal framework, standards changes and policy frameworks.