snr electrical engineer - Mpumalanga - FRIMO RECRUITMENT AGENCY

Description

Senior Electrical Engineer - Bethal Mpumalanga

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to manage all aspects of project civil works, including electrical balance of plant (eBoP) design and technical report review, supply and construction scope, oversee the electrical elements of the civil balance of plant (cBoP), and ensure quality installation witnessing, inspection, and factory and site test observations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering Design and Quality:
• Participate in the design team, liaising with stakeholders on technical inputs, scoping, prioritization, adherence to employer's requirements, assessment of modification, progress monitoring, and reporting on associated risks.
• Contribute to pre-feasibility designs considering employer's specifications.
• Drafting the scope of works and contributing to prepare requests for proposals to be issued to procure front-end electrical engineering studies to support project development teams' endeavors.
• Contribute to concept, basic, and detailed designs in full compliance with employer's requirements, relevant standards, and other design criteria to achieve an optimized asset base.
• Perform appropriate interface designs and support with interface management.
• Liaise with external consultants on scoping, progress, quality, and modifications of designs.
• Contribute to documentation of the design package.
• Ensure that electrical designs (i.e., primary and secondary plant) are completed on time and to required quality standards so that various interface requirements are met.
• Identify key inspection/witness points and conduct key work inspections, ensuring they are undertaken in line with various issue for construction (IFC) plans and providing appropriate risk assessment and quality documentation.
• Support Construction Site Manager and Project Manager to certify completion for milestone payments.
• Collaborate with Civil and Mechanical Engineers, and Engineering Manager on interfaces and overall design process management.
• Ensure various interface requirements are met; accommodate wind turbine deliveries and undertake design reviews to ensure supplied equipment follows contractual requirements, employer's requirements, and applicable license conditions, regulatory, and acceptable industry codes, legislations, and governing laws.
• Make recommendations on reducing technical risk, improving reliability of assets, through plant health assessments, trending of incidents, analysis of data, and ongoing monitoring.
• Support Engineering Manager with developing internal guidelines and standards to standardize department's engineering practice and maintain ISO compliance.
• Contribute to development of technical, refurbishment, and obsolescence plans while considering impact of both supply and demand side alternatives.
• Support Engineering Manager with identifying training needs of business within discipline area.
• Ensure electrical and SCADA design is progressed in timely manner to meet interface requirements.
• Develop discipline-specific philosophies, technical guidelines, and standards, procedures, and specifications.
• Provide professional technical leadership over engineers within their own discipline.
• Oversee and lead investigations into plant incidents, recommending interventions to bring plant back into service.
• Provide O&M input during project planning, design, and implementation.
• Execute condition monitoring and testing activities on plant tan delta, thermography, oils sample, and DGA analysis as well as earth continuity testing etc. as required.
• Construction and Operation:
• Responsible for ensuring all electrical works meet required quality standards and specifications and design requirements.
• Review work and tests reports of work performed on HV and Secondary Plant equipment in Substation, validating results, and recommending acceptance or further actions.
• Regular site inspections and walkdowns to verify electrical contractors performance, contract adherence, quality, etc.
• Conducting inspections, witnessing of material and component tests, and overseeing necessary remediation work.
• Close liaison with site team to ensure issues are managed in accordance with various contract requirements.
• Regular/periodic reporting of electrical construction status.
• Developing Quality Assurance plans and scopes of work documents for HV and Secondary Plant equipment.
• Regular site inspections and walkdowns to verify eBoP performance, contract adherence, and quality.
• Performing quality assurance and final handover HV and Secondary Plant equipment for operational and capital project activities.
• Support handover of electrical assets to Seriti Green Asset Management team.
• Close liaison with site team to manage issues in accordance with contract requirements, including commissioning and Grid Code Compliance testing with Renewable Energy Technical Evaluation Committee (RETEC).
• Manage handover of Electrical assets to Seriti Green Asset Management team, providing necessary quality and operation and maintenance documentation.
• Ensuring availability of plant condition monitoring and reporting systems.
• Recording of plant condition and plan performance and trending thereof.
• Providing breakdown intervention to ensure return to service of failed plant.
• Investigating root causes of failures, identifying issues, investigating preventative measures, and applying corrective action.
• Evaluating risks to plant based on plant reliability and making recommendations on strategic spare holding.
• Compile and submit monthly plant performance and generation reports.
• Contract Management:
• Ensure all project contract requirements are implemented.
• Produce procedures for contract requirements implementation as required.
• Follow company policies associated with contracts.
• Initiate contractual claims as required.
• Prepare contract variations.
• Lead eBoP payment and variation certification process and manage contractual disputes if they arise.
• Monitor and review financial data related to contract performance, forecasts, labor, and variation costs, expected Gross Margin, and profits. Report discrepancies as they arise.
• Assist with reporting and processing monthly cost recording and processing.
• Monitor, review, and ensure all Business Units deliver required reports.
• Provide Project Reports according to project and company requirements.
• Assist with estimating and provide guidance on costings and commercial matters, including commercial schedules for tender submissions on other projects.
• Education & Experience:
• BSc or B.Eng in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• At least 7 years experience in large-scale construction project environment.
• Good knowledge of South African Grid Code including Renewables Grid Code will be an advantage.
• Experience working for EPC contractor or consultant in renewable industry.
• Exposure in Wind/Solar/BESS farms electrical design and on substation and overhead line design and construction methods will be an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in technical operations of renewable power generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure.
• Sound technical and commercial understanding of Electrical and/or Construction Industry.
• Good understanding of appropriate South African and International Standards and Regulations.
• Desirable to have wind farm project delivery experience.
• Demonstrated high level of commercial acumen, with proven ability to navigate complex deal structures.
• Demonstrated capacity to work for multitude of internal and external clients with conflicting interests and priorities. Demonstrated capacity to influence outcomes.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop and manage relationships to ensure outcomes are achieved as harmoniously as possible.
• Demonstrated capacity to work both autonomously and within team environment; use initiative; solve problems through analytical thinking; & make decisions within intense construction environment.
• Experience with health, safety, and environmental risk mitigation controls.
• Professional Registration with relevant local or international statutory body or institutions will be an advantage.
• Essential Skills:
• Delivery of projects in accordance with contract to satisfaction of investors, project stakeholders, and joint venture partners.
• All safety, time, cost, and quality KPIs of project are met.
• Contract administered in line with obligations.
• Delivery of project forecast and reports on time.
• Contribution to improvement of project management methods and processes within Project Construction.
• Character & Attributes:
• Enthusiastic commitment to renewable energy industry.
• Be flexible in terms of working arrangements, national travel, and some international travel may be required as part of job.
• Ability to demonstrate high standards of ethical conduct, honesty, and integrity.
• High attention to accuracy; cost conscious.
• The capacity and willingness to perform hands-on tasks.
• Self-motivated with ability to work both individually and as part of small, skilled, and highly focused team, with 'can-do' attitude and willingness to take ownership of delivering on goals and responsibilities.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and comfortable to make recommendations around resolving challenges.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to think and act strategically to maximize opportunities for business.
• Flexible working style, able to work at variety of different levels both inside and outside organisation and with members of team being in different locations.
• Team player.
• Comfortable, available, and willing to travel and do business within Africa at times.
• High attention to detail including adherence to company procedures.
• Resourceful, well organised, and effective at accomplishing objectives.
• Ability to learn quickly and meet deadlines.
• Ability to problem-solve.

Salary: R1,200,000 per annum