Electrical Engineer Career Opportunity South Africa

Babcock International Group South Africa; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

CPD opportunities

Prestigious projects

Supportive team

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our property and build services team, providing technical leadership for high-reliability power systems across data centre and industrial projects.

You will lead HV/MV/LV design, develop budgets and tender specs, coordinate with a global team, and ensure on-time delivery while building lasting client relationships. Travel locally and globally as required.

Qualifications

• BSc Eng. or B.Tech in Electrical Engineering required.
• Professional Registration with ECSA (Pr.Eng or Pr.Tech Eng) required.
• At least 10 years consulting engineering experience with building services and industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of MV and LV power distribution systems.
• Knowledge of large-scale standby generation systems, synchronisation schemes, and system resilience design.
• Experience with Autodesk Products (Revit, Navisworks, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of HV/MV and LV electrical systems focusing on resilience and operational continuity.
• Prepare accurate designs, design calculations, budgets, tender specifications, and manage project financials and construction monitoring.
• Collaborate with a global multi-disciplinary team of engineers on a project and participate in design coordination.
• Complete projects from inception to close-out with limited input from management and senior engineers.
• Focus on client care and professional team management including on-time delivery.
• Develop and maintain client relationships, acting as a trusted technical advisor and securing repeat work.
• Set up client/consultant fee/contract agreements and manage professional fees on all projects.
• Manage internal office project finances including hourly forecasting, WIP and invoicing.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Design authority

Quality assurance

Education

BSc Eng in Electrical Engineering

BTech in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Revit

Navisworks

ETAP

Job description

WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa. To further our strategic business execution plan, we are seeking leaders that share our guiding principles – we value our people and our reputation; we are locally dedicated with international scale; we are future focused and challenge the status quo; we foster collaboration in everything we do and we have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable. We are committed to the achievement and maintenance of diversity and equity in employment.

Lead Electrical Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer to join our property and build services team to provide technical leadership and act as the electrical design authority for high-reliability power systems across data centre and industrial infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of HV/MV and LV electrical systems, focusing on system resilience, redundancy, and operational continuity in environments where power failure has significant operational and/or financial impact.
• Preparing accurate and concise designs, design calculations, budgets, tender specification creation, performing project financial control and diligent construction monitoring and project management (electrical) throughout all stages of a project life cycle.
• Collaborating and working with global multi-disciplinary team of engineers on a project while taking an active part in the design process and co-ordination.
• Completing all types of projects from inception to close out with limited input from management and/or other senior engineers.
• Being able to focus on client care and professional team management including on-time delivery.
• Develop and maintain client relationships, acting as a trusted technical advisor and securing repeat work within data centre and industrial sectors.
• Setting up client/consultant fee/contract agreements, calculating professional fees and the effective management of professional fees on all projects.
• Managing internal office project finances regarding hourly forecasting, WIP and invoicing.

Requirements

• Minimum BSc Eng. or B. Tech in Electrical Engineering.
• Professional Registration with ECSA (Pr.Eng or Pr.Tech Eng) required.
• At least 10 years consulting engineering experience with building services and industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of MV and LV power distribution systems.
• Strong knowledge of large-scale standby generation systems, synchronisation schemes, and system resilience design.
• Knowledge and experience with Autodesk Products (Revit, Navisworks, etc.).
• Lead and review power system studies including load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, and arc flash using eTAP or equivalent tools.
• Higher than average Microsoft Office package (Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, etc.) skills.
• Be able to work independently, lead project teams, take accountability / ownership for designs.
• High-level commitment to quality when performing design reviews, for sign-off.
• Strong planning and priority management skills.
• Drivers licence and own mode of transport to travel to office and sites.
• Willingness and ability to travel within locally and globally.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package.
• Professional development and CPD opportunities.
• Involvement in diverse and prestigious building projects.
• Supportive team environment fostering professional growth.