Professional Technologist (Electrical) at SMEC

PRIMARY POSITION PURPOSE 

• This position is responsible for providing professional services on projects within the Power & Energy Functional group, including leading, design management and design delivery for projects medium/large projects for Building Services, Power Reticulation (Electrification), Distribution Substations, Streetlighting, Urban Energy, Water Treatment Works, Pumpstations, Solar Design, Asset Management and Master Planning.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Make good decisions on own initiative
• Good software tool understanding, works alone with minimum supervision whilst producing tool deliverables
• Able to organise information well and communicate design intent through software tool output.  e.g. structure a drawing correctly and communicate design intent through drawing using CAD
• Understands the principles of the design process and how design is translated into deliverables using software tools.
• Understands the key project issues and how these influence their individual work
• Taking ownership and responsibility for their own work and completing it to time and cost  
• Trains technicians and junior staff in relevant software tools
• Supervises and checks the work of other team members
• Develops increased design ability and quality
• Drafts technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational quality
• Able to present / represent their technical work
• Able to draft responses to straightforward bids – assistance sought with commercial aspects
• Develop knowledge of the commercial aspects of project management
• Successful in identifying and following through on leads associated with additional work prospects on the projects they are involved with
• Regular clients contact under direction of more senior manager
• Ability to check and inspect constructed works for compliance with design and specifications
• Undertakes monitoring and proposes remedial actions
• Understand and implement local functional business technologies and markets
• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end
• Develop project scope and deliverables that support client business goals in collaboration with all stakeholders
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an on-going basis
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Track project milestones and deliverables
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
• Build, develop and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
• Conduct project postmortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
• Proactive approach in developing work or being aware of what projects are likely to come up from key clients
• Submission of Expression of Interest (EOIs) and proposals on behalf of SMEC & its partners
• Develop and maintain internal contacts within SMEC South Africa to source appropriate skills
• Directly responsible for a project budget to the value of R8m
• Directly responsible for recognising revenue to the value of R5m

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 

• Overseeing and delivery of design standards
• Quality and timeliness of reporting and other deliverables such as drawings
• Planning of workload to meet deadlines
• Knowledge and implementation of SMEC’s systems and procedures
• Reporting to meet project and internal requirements
• Management client satisfaction through project delivery
• Manage & report project finance
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement
• Report writing

RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE  

• Bachelor of Engineering degree/ B Tech degree in Electrical / Power Engineering from accredited university/college
• Professional Registration with ECSA as a Professional Engineering or Technologist (Pr Tech Eng) 
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience
• Specialist knowledge of streetlighting / road lighting design software tools e.g. Relux, DIALux  will be advantageous
• Specialist knowledge of power distribution for reticulation and substations for urban development
• Specialist knowledge of building services for utility buildings and commercial buildings
• Experience in water treatment plant electrical design will be advantageous
• Experience in solar systems design using software tools PVSyst, Homer, Helios, will be advantageous
• Experience in using power distribution design software tools e.g DilSilent, Etap, AutoCAD, Revit, MicroStation will be advantageous.
• Ability to effectively write reports
• Professional delivery and appearance to ensure SMEC image is maintained
• Courteous and business orientated manners when communicating with stakeholders to foster and promote good working relations
• Co-operative and flexible work style to work in a team environment