Electrical Engineer or Technologist

Amatola Water; East London; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Amatola Water invites a qualified electrical engineer to join our planning and design team in East London. You will lead electrical planning, design and development of water infrastructure and support asset management functions.

The role requires registration as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) or Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr Tech Eng) and a minimum of 5 years in relevant environments such as water, utilities, or infrastructure. Occasional site travel may be required.

Qualifications

• BEng / BSc Eng / BTech in Electrical Engineering or equivalent (NQF level 7).
• Postgraduate qualification in Electrical Eng, Asset Management or PM is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Electrical planning, design and development of water services infrastructure.
• Prepare feasibility inputs, load assessments, design criteria, calculations, layouts and reports for treatment works, substations and power distribution.
• Engineering support to operations and maintenance.
• Undertake condition assessments, investigations and reliability improvement initiatives for assets.
• Project specification and project management from initiation to handover.
• OHS, legal compliance and governance.

Skills

Electrical planning

Electrical design

Asset management

Contract administration

Root-cause analysis

OHS compliance

Regulatory knowledge

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) / BSc Eng

BTech / Advanced Diploma in Electrical Eng

Tools

Engineering design tools

Job description

Minimum Qualification:

BEng / BSc Eng / BTech / Advanced Diploma in Electrical Engineering or equivalent recognized qualification (NQF Level 7)

Preferred Qualification:

• Postgraduate qualification in Electrical Engineering, Asset Management, Project Management or a related field will be an added advantage.

Required professional registration:

• Registration with ECSA as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) or Professional Engineering Technologist (Pr Tech Eng)

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant post-qualification experience in electrical engineering within water, wastewater, utilities, heavy industrial or infrastructure environments.
• Experience in planning and design, project specification, contract administration, commissioning, maintenance support, and condition assessment of electrical plant and distribution systems.
• Experience in managing contractors, interpreting standards, preparing technical reports and working in a regulated public-sector or utility environment will be advantageous.

Key Outputs:

Reporting to the Senior Manager: Planning and Design, the employee will:

• Electrical planning,designand development of water services infrastructure
• Prepare and review feasibility inputs, load assessments, concept reports, design criteria, calculations, layouts, schematics and technical reports for treatment works, pump stations, substations, MCCs, standby generation, control panels,cablingand power reticulation.
• Engineering support to operations and maintenance
• Undertake condition assessments, technical investigations, root-cause analyses and reliability improvement initiatives for plant and network assets.
• Project specification and project management
• Manage OPEX and approved minor CAPEX electrical projects from initiation, planning and design through tender support, construction monitoring, testing, commissioning,close-outand handover.
• OHS, legal compliance and governance
• Ensure compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Electrical Installation Regulations, Electrical Machinery Regulations, relevant SANScodesand any other applicable legal and corporate requirements.
• Asset management and performance optimisation
• Apply asset management principles aligned to lifecycle planning, risk, criticality, maintenance strategies, asset information quality and continuous improvement.

Key Competencies:

• Sound knowledge of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, applicable regulations, legalappointmentsand safe work systems relevant to electrical assets and industrial plant.
• Knowledge of asset management principles, lifecycle planning, reliabilityimprovementand condition-based decision-making.
• Knowledge of PFMA, SCM processes, contract administration, qualitymanagementand environmental compliance applicable to the water sector.
• Computer literacy in spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, maintenance or asset systems, and engineering design or modelling tools.
• Valid unendorsed driver’s license and willingness to travel to sites and work after hours when operationally required.

Employment Equity Target: Preference will be given to females