Electrical Engineer - Wind

Scatec; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Scatec seeks an Electrical Engineer – Wind to drive electrical engineering for utility-scale wind projects in South Africa. You will lead electrical design activities, ensure grid compliance, and deliver reliable performance across development, construction, and operations.

You will collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional teams, review technical docs, support procurement, and coordinate designs with utilities and contractors to resolve technical matters through the project

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Electromechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years’ electrical or electromechanical engineering experience, including at least 3 years within renewable energy.
• 4+ years’ experience in a project environment, with experience in utility-scale wind project design and execution.
• 3+ years’ experience in electrical distribution and reticulation design, including the design of electrical reticulation systems.
• Experience using AutoCAD and working with engineering drawings, specifications, and technical design documentation.
• Experience or exposure to high-voltage networks, substations, grid infrastructure, and associated electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of allocated electrical engineering and design activities across wind projects.
• Coordinate and review electrical designs, ensuring grid requirements and contractual obligations are incorporated.
• Review technical documentation and contractual requirements (PPAs, Grid Codes, Connection Agreements, EPC and O&M contracts).
• Support procurement with technical input into RFPs, supplier evaluations, and contract schedules.
• Engage with utilities, suppliers, contractors, and technical advisors to resolve matters throughout development and execution.
• Provide engineering support during construction, including design changes, site inspections, and testing.

Skills

Electrical design

AutoCAD

High-voltage systems

Renewable energy

Project delivery

Education

Electrical/Electronic/Electromechanical Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Overview

Electrical Engineer – Wind

South Africa

At Scatec, you get to work on something that matters. We develop, build, own, and operate renewable energy solutions that accelerate access to reliable and affordable clean energy. As part of a global and agile organisation, you will work with skilled colleagues across functions and geographies, take real ownership, and contribute to a company driven by the vision of improving our future.

At the heart of everything we do is our belief that we bring the energy – the energy for change, connection, and growth. It shapes how we collaborate, innovate, and create impact together.

If you are looking for a role where your contribution is visible, your development matters, and your work supports a more sustainable future, Scatec may be the right place for you.

Ready to make an impact?

Why this role matters

As an Electrical Engineer – Wind, you will support the engineering and delivery of technically compliant utility-scale wind projects across development, structuring, execution, and operations. Working alongside senior engineering team members, you will manage and lead allocated electrical engineering activities, technical assessments, investigations, and designs. Your expertise will help ensure that electrical systems, grid requirements, technical specifications, and contractual requirements are effectively incorporated throughout the project lifecycle and translated into safe, reliable, and high-performing renewable energy assets.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you will take ownership of allocated electrical engineering and design activities across wind projects, including:

• Support the development of technical business cases, project base cases, specifications, and electrical design requirements for utility-scale wind projects
• Manage and coordinate technical assessments, investigations, due diligence studies, electrical system designs, and allocated engineering deliverables
• Review technical documentation and contractual requirements, including PPAs, Grid Codes, Connection Agreements, EPC and O&M contracts
• Support procurement activities through technical input into RFPs, supplier evaluations, technology selections, and technical contract schedules
• Coordinate and review detailed engineering designs, ensuring electrical and technical requirements established during project structuring are incorporated into construction designs
• Engage with utilities, suppliers, contractors, technical advisors, and other stakeholders to establish requirements and resolve technical matters throughout project development and execution
• Provide engineering support during construction, including design changes, quality requirements, site inspections, electrical works, testing, and commissioning
• Support project close-out and Technical Take Over (TTO), ensuring technical requirements and engineering deliverables are successfully completed

Your work will help translate strong electrical engineering design into reliable wind energy assets and contribute directly to the successful delivery and long-term performance of Scatec’s renewable energy portfolio.

What you’ll gain

• Professional growth through ownership, exposure, and meaningful contribution from day one
• Hands-on experience in a role where the challenge is energising, fast-moving, meaningful, and built on learning through doing
• Broader commercial understanding through close collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Stronger electrical engineering and project delivery capabilities across the full renewable energy project lifecycle
• Exposure to utility-scale wind projects from development and electrical design through construction, grid integration, commissioning, and operations
• Experience working with high-voltage infrastructure, substations, electrical reticulation systems, and multidisciplinary engineering teams

What you’ll bring

Experience and qualifications

• Degree in Electrical, Electronic, Electromechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 7+ years’ electrical or electromechanical engineering experience, including at least 3 years within renewable energy
• 4+ years’ experience working in a project environment, with experience in utility-scale wind project design and execution
• 3+ years’ experience in electrical distribution and reticulation design, including the design of electrical reticulation systems
• Experience using AutoCAD and working with engineering drawings, specifications, and technical design documentation
• Experience or exposure to high-voltage networks, substations, grid infrastructure, and associated electrical systems

What it’s like to work at Scatec

At Scatec, we combine purpose with performance. We value responsibility, clarity, and collaboration, and we encourage people to challenge existing ways of working, contribute ideas, and keep developing. You can expect an environment where people work together across disciplines and geographies, where good performance matters, and where you are trusted to take ownership without unnecessary hierarchy.

If you are motivated by solving complex electrical engineering challenges and want to see your designs contribute to the successful delivery of utility-scale wind projects, this could be a strong next step in your career. We are looking for someone who combines strong electrical design capability with practical project experience and can work confidently across engineering, commercial, construction, and operational environments.

What we offer

At Scatec, you will be part of a company with a clear and ambitious purpose, working on renewable energy solutions that make a lasting difference. You will gain responsibility early, learn from experienced colleagues, and build your capabilities in a business that offers global exposure, strong development opportunities, and meaningful work in the energy transition.

Scatec is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit, competence, and business needs.

We review applications on an ongoing basis.