Electrical Project Engineer & Quality - OptiPower - Bedfordview at Murray & Roberts

Key Performance Indicators:
 

• Complete the task on time, to the prescribed schedule and according to the needs of the assignment or project organisation.
• Prepare and compile evaluation and analysis reports.
• Select fit-for-purpose technology that meets or exceeds customer requirements
• Provide assistance to site execution teams with regards to electrical enquiries.
• Liaise with allied engineering disciplines and departments to ensure a co-ordinated solution.
• Provide technical input and industry knowledge to enhance proposals and tenders
• Prepare Electrical specifications and documents to satisfy designated engineering standards.
• Prepare Bill of quantities for procurement purposes.
• Confirm equipment or machines are ordered to the project or client specifications
• Commission and hand-over of completed plants that meet contracted performance criteria

​​​​​Key Responsibilities: 

Analysis and Feasibility

• Task analysis and planning
• Develop structured work methodologies for the assigned task. 
• Consider risks and threats to task completion and mitigate proactively.
• Liaise with allied engineering disciplines and departments to ensure a coordinated solution.
• Assess the electrical engineering options presented by vendors for equipment to the needs of the organisation and provide accurate technical bid evaluation reports based on the assessment.
• Assist Quality department with quality checks and sign off of project quality documentation.

Specifications and Design

• Define and agree Electrical scope, battery limits, environment factors and constraints standards, design considerations and requirements design verification and testing, site installation and commissioning needs where applicable
• Provide business advice on planning operations in respect to optimizing electrical and civil engineering.
• Project Engineering 
• Implement appropriate planning systems and schedules for projects.
• Participation in electrical and civil engineering improvement projects.
• Participate in project meetings
• Preparation of plans and updates for projects.
• Manage project process to ensure deadlines are met.
• Advise on value adding or electrical and civil engineering improvements. 
• Ensure plans comply with legislation.
• Co-ordinate, report and audit work/budgets of assigned subcontractors/vendors.
• Monitor in-house and outsourced projects for the maintenance of applicable Regulations, The Act, Codes of practice and standards.
• Provide electrical engineering advice on planning operations.
• Provide direction and supervision of in house or outsourced detail drawing/cad offices.

Reporting and Administration

• Supporting administration and correspondence is up to date and accurate.
• Prepare and compile evaluation/analysis reports.
• Ensure the preservation of departmental records and statistics.   Ensure that technical data is secure.

Stakeholder Management

• Stakeholders to be regularly informed and kept up to date of scope changes and variations.
• Continuously liaise with the project management, on electrical & civil engineering developments, technology and innovations.
•  Support efforts to overcome operational problems
• Support management team to achieve improved performance
• Develop a trusting and mutual respect relationship with internal and external service suppliers and clients.

Minimum requirements

Qualifications:

• Engineering Degree, ideally Electrical Engineering
• Registered with ECSA.

Skills & Experience:

• At least 5 years related work experience in the renewables  sector
• Demonstrate hands-on design and commissioning experience
• Demonstrate experience in substation, transmission and distribution sector.

Technical systems:

• Project management principles
• Administrative processes and report
• Health and Safety requirements.
• Industrial and regulatory standards.
• Scientific principles, calculation methods
• Exposure to Computer based software tools