Senior Electrical Design Engineer x4 (12 Months Fixed Contract)- Glenvista at Rand Water

Job Advert Summary    
Reporting to the Consultant Electrical Engineer in the Design Office the role of the incumbent is to assist in the management of the Electrical Design Team and output within the design team, including the execution of the electrical engineering design function and co-ordination, integration and approval of design output relating all future requirements to meet Rand Water’s objectives.

Minimum Requirements    

•   B Sc (Eng) or B Eng degree in Electrical Engineering.
•   Already registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA.
•   Two years post ECSA Pr Eng registration experience required.
•  4-6 years’ relevant post qualification experience in industrial electrical plant comprising MV and LV switchgear, LV and MV motor drives, transformers, cable installations, MV power factor correction and harmonic filters, MV and LV reticulation systems and control systems interfacing to PLC/SCADA systems. Experience in MV and LV reticulation alone is not acceptable. Experience in the design of appropriate electrical control, interlocking and protection systems, including feeder, motor and cable differential protection. Experience in the integration of components into a functional electrical and instrumentation system. Exposure to a c variable speed drives and small scale generation plant will be an advantage.
•  A minimum of two years’ relevant experience in the installation and site commissioning of integrated industrial electrical plant including MV and LV switchgear and reticulation, LV and MV motor drives and MV and LV cabling and instrumentation.
•  Three years relevant design experience comprising sizing of electrical equipment, drawings including single line diagrams, general arrangements and schematic diagrams, specifications of equipment and Bills of Quantities. The ability to generate effective and practical solutions to complex problems with lateral thinking.

Primary Duties    

•   Perform a full range of varied and responsible Electrical Engineering design work in LV and MV switchgear and reticulation, large MV motor drives, variable speed drives,transformers, cable installations, control systems, protection systems and interface to PLC/SCADA systems independently requiring a high level of judgment and independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of standard techniques, and where required, devising new improved approaches to meet unique situations.
•   Involvement in work where no clear precedents exist, and which requires going beyond existing  arameters and adaptation of plans to fit the situation, always bearing in mind the initial specifications, and the underlying reason for them.
•   Give input into pre-project recommendations prepared by the Assets section into project scopes of work.
•   Functional and detailed designs (including calculations, drawings, technical specifications and tender document input).
•   Integration of a proposed engineering solution into an operating plant with minimal effect to such plant.
•   Assist with the direction of the Electrical Engineering Design Team, including the assignment and co-ordination of work and reviewing of team outputs for technical accuracy, adequacy, and compliance with national and international electrical engineering standards and organizational procedures.
•   Assist in the development of staff within the Design Office.
•   Manage the interface with other engineering design disciplines (mechanical, civil, pipelines, process, architectural and automation), consultants, asset engineers/managers, project teams, and contractors designers to accomplish completely integrated electrical designs.
•   Build and manage the working relationship with project managers, site operations and the Assets Sections.
•   Participate and give input in scoping meetings, functional and detailed design reviews, hazard and operability studies and present scopes / designs to Asset Managers/site personnel
•   Assist with the review and improvement to electrical design standards and procedures in conjunction with the Electrical Asset Management Section.
•   Give input into increased electrical supply capacity requirements from Eskom and municipalities at operational sites.
•   May be required to provide technical advice/reports to management as well as operating, scientific and asset management areas of the business, on which Rand Water may base significant decisions.
•   Liaises with other specialists such as quality assurance specialists and financial specialists.

Knowledge    

•  Wide technical knowledge of electrical engineering
•  Design of electrical infrastructure
•  Contract management
•  Project management
•  On site commissioning
•  Testing of electrical equipment

Skills    

•  Application of integrated electrical engineering principles in practice
•  Leadership
•  Good verbal and written communication skills
•  Relationship building
•  Creativity in problem solving and development of engineering solutions
•  Conflict management
•  Report writing skills
•  Ability to work under pressure
•  Quality in the delivery of design packages

Attitude    

•  Conceptual thinking
•  Ability to pay attention to detail
•  Quality orientated
•  Deadline and results orientated
•  Customer focused
•  Self-motivated
•  Proactive