Senior Electrical Engineer

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Position: Senior Electrical Engineer

Work Type: Fixed Term Contract

Salary: To be negotiated

Location: Centurion

JOB SUMMARY

As a Snr Electrical Engineer, you will be required to offer your expertise within the electrical engineering aspect on a number of turnkey projects throughout the African Continent. You will be required to be involved at the conceptual stage of projects to allow for accurate budgeting and project planning.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical consulting services to our customers
• Produce and integrates engineering solutions/designs for assert creation on behalf of customers at various stages of project life cycle.
• The Candidate key functions will include the following:

• Conduct technical evaluations, supporting planning, design, and construction

• Perform project administration including preparing reports, gathering information, drafting proposals, drafting correspondence, and completing progress reports

• Design and implement the pumping system of the water abstraction plant including the piping to the water treatment plant

• Design and implement the pumping system of the water treatment plant and assist in the construction of the water treatment systems e.g. Sedimentation tanks, Flocculators etc.

• Design and implement the chemical dosing pumping systems

• Design and implement the pumping system from the water treatment plant to the booster station

• Follow safe work practices and use company guidelines and policies for planning and executing work in a safe manner that ensures personal safety, as well as the safety of fellow employees

• Advice, design and implement all the required mechanical structures of the water treatment plant.

• Interface with project managers and other engineering field on the design and implement the project

QUALIFICATIONS AND EPERIENCE / MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Sc. or BEng in Electrical Engineering PrEng (ECSA Registered as a professional Engineer)
• Experience of managing a team of junior engineers and
• Minimum 15 and more years in engineering design, management and Construction.
• Minimum 10 years experience in performing electrical/mechanical design
• Extensive experience in design and construction of steel water pipeline, pump stations, reservoirs, abstraction works and water treatment plants.
• Legal knowledge of Employee Equity Act, Labour and Employment laws, OHS Act, Design compliance standards.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office, MS Project, various Electrical and water design software.
• Drivers Licence is Essential.
• Quality Management Ensure that there is ISO compliance.
• Regular inter-provincial and international site visits and meetings.
• Salary is negotiable.

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Can take decisions and demonstrate accountability and integrity.
• Can negotiate, influence and persuade stakeholders in projects to achieve positive solutions to any challenges which may arise
• Can troubleshoot and strategize to meet the long-term vision of the company.
• The ability to see details at close range
• The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern a
• Deductive reasoning- the ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
• Oral and written comprehension and expression
• Leadership and Management
• Effective Communication
• Complex Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Financial Management
• Expert in Relevant design software
• Pay attention to details
• Analytical Reasoning
• Scientific acumen
• Logical thinking