Rand Water previously known as the Rand Water Board is a South African water utility that supplies potable water to the Gauteng province and other areas of the country and is the largest water utility in Africa. The water is drawn from numerous sources and is purified and supplied to industry, mining and local municipalities and is also involved in sanitatio...
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Completed B Sc (Eng)/B Eng degree in Electrical Power Engineering.
Already registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA.
Five years’ relevant post qualification experience in industrial electrical plant for process assets comprising MV and LV switchgear, LV and MV motor drives, transformers, UPS systems, cable installations, MV and LV reticulation systems, LV variable speed drives and soft starters and control systems interfacing to PLC/SCADA systems.
Experience in the design of appropriate electrical control, interlocking and protection systems, including feeder and motor protection. Experience in the integration of components into a functional electrical and instrumentation system.
A minimum of two years’ relevant experience in the installation and hand on site commissioning and testing of integrated industrial electrical plant including MV and LV switchgear and reticulation, LV and MV motor drives and MV and LV cabling and instrumentation.
Two years’ relevant design experience comprising sizing of electrical equipment, drawings including single line diagrams, general arrangements and schematic diagrams to IEC standards, cable schedules, specifications of equipment and Bills of Quantities. The ability to generate effective, practical and quality design packages to engineering problems.
Experience in Quality Control Plans (QCP) of electrical equipment including LV and MV switchgear, transformers, stationary battery chargers and batteries and UPS systems and Factory Acceptance Testing of same at manufacturers’ works.
Primary Duties
Perform a full range of varied and responsible Electrical Engineering design work for Process Assets in LV and MV switchgear and reticulation, large MV and LV motor drives including variable speed drives,transformers, UPS systems, cable installations, control systems, protection systems and automation design interface to PLC/SCADA systems requiring judgment and evaluation, selection, application of standards and electrical engineering theory and adaptation of standard techniques where required.
Functional and detailed electrical designs for process assets (including calculations, drawings (including single line diagrams and schematic diagrams and general arrangements), technical specifications, Bills of Quantities and other tender document inputs).
Integration of a proposed engineering solution into an operating plant, where required, with minimal effect to the operation of such plant.
Be part of and contribute to the interface with other engineering design disciplines (mechanical, civil, pipelines, process, architectural and automation), consultants, asset engineers/managers, project managers and team, and contractors’ designers to accomplish completely integrated electrical designs
suitable for implementation.
Review contractors’ designs in Design and Build contracts and respond formally to such design submissions ensuring that functionality and compliance to Rand Water standards and requirements are achieved.
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 and project managers.
Witnessing Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) of manufactured electrical equipment to check compliance to design requirements.
Mentoring, coaching and take responsibility for junior engineers and/or technical staff on own projects
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