Senior Electrical Engineer

Primeserv Recruitment; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier recruitment firm seeks an experienced Electrical Designer in Johannesburg, South Africa. The ideal candidate will have a B.Sc / B.Eng or B.Tech in Electrical Engineering, with a strong background in designing and managing electrical systems in processing or petrochemical plant projects. Responsibilities include producing technical designs, client interaction, and adherence to quality standards. Excellent communication and project management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of experience in engineering design and project management.
• Registered with ECSA as a professional engineer.
• Ability to understand and communicate via technical specifications.

Responsibilities

• Produce cost-effective and technically sound electrical designs.
• Develop electrical strategy and design criteria according to project requirements.
• Manage and interface with Clients, suppliers, and contractors.

Skills

Electrical transmission and distribution knowledge

Project management

Electrical control systems

Technical documentation skills

Innovation and adaptability

Education

B.Sc / B.Eng or B.Tech (Electrical)

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Primary Responsibilities :

To produce cost effective and technically sound Electrical designs within the required time frame to support project deliverables.

Specific Responsibilities :

Project Life Cycle

• Ensure discipline strategy development during set-up to meet project deliverables.
• Offer general project support and problem solving on technical matters arising.
• Use knowledge of scope on current and recent projects to promote re-use of engineering where possible.
• Review key discipline documentation and drawings produced on projects.
• Develop electrical strategy and design criteria to suit the unique project / client requirements.
• Produce regular project status reports.
• Generate post-project feedback.

Design

Review and approve cable schedules that list all cable details and lengths.

Generate scope of work specifications with technical requirements for each package.

Assist in developing, managing and controlling the discipline cost and man-hour estimates.

Produce discipline specific designs according to schedule and budget.

Maintain effective engineering input / output of design office.

Client relationship.

Maintain effective inter-discipline requirements.

Manage and interface with Clients, suppliers and contractors to meet project objectives.

Continuous Improvement

Provide suggestions for improving internal work methods and procedures on an ad-hoc basis.

Quality and safety.

Regularly review and contribute towards improvement of procedures and systems.

Ensure all QA procedures and guidelines are followed in all daily activities.

Participate in quality assurance audits.

Monitor vendor quality.

Monitor site quality.

Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the Clients management system.

Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.

Qualifications :

Professionally, the successful candidate will be a B.Sc / B.Eng or B.Tech (Electrical) graduate and preferably registered with ECSA as a professional engineer.

Skills and Experience :

A proven track record of 8 to 10 years plus experience in engineering design and project management, within a processing or petrochemical plant projects environment, is required for this position.

Required Skills / Knowledge :

Project management - knowledge of basic project management methods and knowledge of all project life cycle phases.

Electrical distributions and transmission - knowledge of electrical transmission and distribution systems and techniques.

Electrical network - network systems and techniques.

Cables and wires - products and design techniques.

Electrical control systems - design, equipment and systems.

Design criteria - applications and improvements of technical knowledge into design criteria that suit project reqs and / or support the design of new components / equipment.

Technical documentation - ability to create, understand and communicate via technical specifications.

Plant layout development - ability to lay out the plant in a functional, safe and cost-effective way.

Materials fundamentals - knowledge and understanding of basic information regarding materials and their properties used in engineering and manufacturing activities.

Construction and commissioning - understanding of on-site construction work and commissioning with associated contractor and supplier interactions.

Cost estimation - understand cost of design (including cost of deliverables generation) and ability to estimate costs related to a project or specific activity.

Basic IT Tools - office automation and graphic software.

Procurement - understand project cost control, budgeting, procurement, purchase-to-pay and supply chain management.

Engineering calculations - knowledge of engineering calculation techniques.

Innovation and adaptability - the ability to adapt to different environments (team, technologies, countries etc.) from a technical point of view, including ability to find out new possible technological solutions according to customers needs.

Quality engineering - knowledge of quality methods, management systems and procedures and / or understanding of quality features of products and parts.

Quantity estimation - ability to estimate quantities (volumes, dimensions, masses, weights etc.)

CAE software - familiarity with CAE software including setting up systems, procedures and guidelines e.g. AutoCAD.

Legislation and standards - knowledge of sector specific law (e.g. engineering safety reqs and knowledge of standard specifications (e.g. plant layout requirements etc.) including the ability to integrate these standards.