Senior Mechanical Engineer at Rand Water

Job Advert Summary    

• The incumbent will be responsible for leading and coordinating energy management initiatives across Rand Water’s operations to ensure the judicious, efficient, and sustainable use of energy. This includes minimizing electricity costs, monitoring of non-revenue water (NRW), and supporting raw water abstraction efficiency. This position includes all spheres of management including budget control, human resource management, legal compliance etc.

Minimum Requirements    

• BEng/BTech Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering with 8 years’ multidiscipline engineering experience and water industry experience,
• Registered as a Certified Energy Manager with the Association of Energy Engineers is an advantage,
• GCC – Factories Certificate is an advantage,
• Project Management qualification,
• ECSA registration is an added advantage. Computer literacy (MS Office Suite),
• Driver’s License,

Primary Duties    

• Develop and implement energy management strategy,
• Purchase energy at the lowest cost Identify opportunities for energy savings and implement interventions,
• Ensure that energy is utilize at the highest efficiency,
• Prevent wastage of energy,
• Monitoring operational performance,
• Compile sales and energy budget,
• Manage energy-related KPIs and performance reports.
• Implementing and maintaining programs to support above

Knowledge    

• Knowledge of pumps, valves, pipelines, motors, switchgear, protection system and transformers,
• Condition monitoring of critical equipment,
• Project management principles (PMBOK),
• Knowledge of legislation and regulations in water industry,
• Knowledge of legislation and regulations in energy industry
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
• Leaks detection,
• Trends/failure analysis.

Skills    

• Fault finding,
• Good report writing and communication skills,
• Problem solving and analytical skills,
• Interpersonal and negotiations skills,
• Project monitoring,
• Good monitoring and evaluation.
• Attitude    
• Customer focussed,
• Service excellence,
• Deadline orientated,
• Performance and results driven,
• Professionalism,
• Proactive,
• Self-motivated.

Deadline:3rd November,2025