Electrical Maintenance Engineer - Overtime & Training

Placements24; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP in South Africa seeks a Lead Electrical Engineer to join the property and build services team, delivering HV/MV and LV electrical systems for data centres and industrial projects.

You will lead design teams, coordinate with multidisciplinary engineers, manage budgets and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining safety and quality.

Experience in data centres is advantageous; professional registration with ECSA is preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills (English) and report writing.
• Knowledge of MV/LV power distribution systems and standards.
• Experience with building services contracts (JBCC, Fidic, NEC).

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate designs, calculations, budgets and tender specs.
• Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams and coordinate with clients.
• Manage projects from inception to close-out with active PM involvement.
• Control project finances, WIP and invoicing.
• Ensure safety and quality in design reviews and sign-off.

Skills

Communication skills

English proficiency

Project management

Client liaison

Team leadership

Technical design

Education

BSc Eng or BTech in Electrical Engineering

Professional Registration with ECSA

SAQCC Registration

Tools

Autodesk BIM (Revit/Navisworks)

Relux/Dialux

CBi/Ecodial/ETAP

MS Office

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**What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?**
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
**A little more about your role**
In this role you will be providing a consulting engineering service and the design of MV & LV, Earthing, Power and Lighting, Single Line Diagrams, Reticulation, Generators, UPS, Fire Detection and Alarms as well as experience in Data, CCTV, Access Control, Intruder Alarms and Building Management.
**You will:**
Technical Expertise:
+ 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 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.
+ Marketing, including attendance at business related networking and client functions. Ensuring repeat work from clients and developing a client base.
+ 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.
Health and Safety
+ Role model standards for SHEQ performance and behaviour consistent with the company's health, safety, environmental and quality vision, and policies by influencing those around you.
+ Contributing to the identification of SHEQ risks and driving processes to achieve Zero Harm.
+ Embracing, displaying, and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times.
**What we will be looking for you to ddemonstrate.**
+ Minimum BSc Eng. or B. Tech in Electrical Engineering
+ Professional Registration with ECSA advantageous
+ At least 7 years consulting engineering experience within the Building Services and/or industrial environment
+ SAQCC Registration highly advantageous.
**Key Competencies And Generic Skills**
+ Good to excellent communication skills (English) and including report writing abilities. Ability to have clear and accurate communication skills with internal and external professional teams and including clients via email, telecommunication, and face-to-face meetings.
+ Good knowledge of SANS10142-1&2, SANS10400 and SANS204 among others.
+ Good knowledge of various building contracts applicable to the building services industry (i.e., JBCC, Fidic, NEC, etc.).
+ Good knowledge of MV and LV reticulation designs.
+ Good knowledge of standby power systems including changeovers, synchronising, and calculating ratings thereof.
+ Good knowledge of Renewable energy installations.
+ Knowledge and experience with Autodesk BIM (Revit, Navisworks, Glue, Field, etc.) software.
+ Knowledge and experience with electrical software packages such as Relux and/ or Dialux, CBi and/ or Ecodial and/or ETAP.
+ Higher than average Microsoft Office package (excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, etc.) skills.
+ Be able to work independently, take responsibility / ownership for their designs with little input, and follow up from senior management/engineers.
+ High-level quality to the attention to detail when performing design reviews, for sign-off, with internal working peers and BIM team.
+ Good with self and project time-management skills.
+ A good knowledge of the latest technologies within the building services industry (e.g., lighting, UPS etc.).
+ Self-motivated and ambitious. Ability to raise, suggest and drive to office/ internal efficiencies.
+ Able to offer creative solutions to client, architectural and/or interior design requirements.
+ Able to interface professionally across all levels of the professional team and with the client, think on their feet and remain calm when faced with a challenge/ confrontation.
+ Have a pro-active attitude.
+ Ability to offer input with multiple engineering disciplines in project meetings.
+ Good client marketing characteristics and including external project professional team members.
+ Must be a team player and be able to work independently on challenging projects that may have tight timelines.
+ Drivers licence and own mode of transport to travel to sites.
+ Willingness and ability to travel within RSA and Africa

Company 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
A little more about your role
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.
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.
**Experience in data centre environments will be advantageous.**
**You will be.**
+ 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. **Focus will be on Data Centres projects.**
+ 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.
**What we will be looking for you to demonstrate**
+ Excellent communication skills (English) and including technical report writing abilities. Ability to have clear and accurate communication skills with internal and external professional teams and including clients via email, telecommunication, and face-to-face meetings.
+ Working knowledge of IEC, SANS and BS standards applicable to MV/LV power systems. Exposure to data centre standards (TIA-942 / Uptime principles) advantageous.
+ Good knowledge of various building contracts applicable to the building services industry (i.e., JBCC, Fidic, NEC, etc.).
+ Strong knowledge of MV and LV power distribution systems.
+ Strong knowledge of large-scale standby generation systems, synchronisation schemes, and system resilience design. Understanding of power quality, system reliability, and redundancy design.
+ Knowledge and experience with Autodesk Products (Revit, Navisworks, etc.). Advantageous understanding of ISO 19650 and CDE Information Management.
+ Perform and support 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.
+ A good knowledge of the latest technologies within the industrial and building services industry (e.g., lighting, UPS etc.). Data centre knowledge advantageous.
+ Able to interface professionally across all levels of the professional team and with the client, think on their feet and remain calm when faced with a challenge/ confrontation.
+ Have a pro-active attitude.
+ Ability to offer input with multiple engineering disciplines in project meetings.
+ Good client marketing characteristics and including external project professional team members.
+ Must be a team player and be able to work independently on challenging projects that may have tight timelines.
+ Drivers licence and own mode of transport to travel to office and sites.
+ Willingness and ability to travel within locally and globally
+ Minimum BSc Eng. or B. Tech in Electrical Engineering.
+ At least 7 years consulting engineering experience with building services and industrial environment.
+ Professional Registration with ECSA (Pr.Eng or Pr.Tech Eng) advantageous.