Job Description

Reporting to the Consultant Electrical Engineer in the Design Office the role of the incumbent is to assist in the design of the Electrical /Automation Design output within a multidisciplinary design team, including the execution of the electrical automation engineering design function, co-ordination, integration and approval of design output relating all future requirements to meet Rand Waters objectives. This cuts across all asset categories within the organisations requirements.
Minimum Requirements

• 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 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 automation 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/Automation Engineering design work 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 automation designs (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

Knowledge

• Wide technical knowledge of industrial electrical engineering equipment
• Design of electrical infrastructure
• Knowledge of the OHS Act, the Electrical Installation Regulations and the Construction Regulations and contractual safety requirements
• Local and International Standards
• On Site Commissioning
• Testing of electrical equipment

Skills

• Application of integrated electrical engineering principles in practice
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Relationship building
• Creativity in problem solving and development of engineering solutions
• 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

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