Senior Electrical Engineer – Cape Town

Kirby Group Engineering; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development programmes

Competitive package

Job summary

Kirby Group Engineering is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership across projects in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment. You will mentor junior engineers, review designs, and support the team through procurement, construction and commissioning stages.

Based in Cape Town, the role focuses on delivering on time, safely and to budget while upholding quality standards and client expectations. A strong path for career development is offered.

Qualifications

• Senior Electrical Engineer with ability to lead technical reviews and mentor junior engineers.
• Experience delivering electrical design across projects in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to coordinate design input with procurement, construction and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical reviews of design deliverables and coordinate resolutions.
• Mentor Project and Graduate Engineers to build team capability.
• Coordinate engineering input across design, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Ensure compliance with specifications, standards and client expectations.
• Attend FATs/SATs and witness tests to ensure technical compliance.
• Support value engineering and continuous improvement across projects.
• Provide weekly reports and act as contact for technical queries.
• Develop relationships with clients, consultants and vendors.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical engineering

Mentoring

Project coordination

Tools

BIM

Job description

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of ‘leading edge’ engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby’s Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

• Permanent position available with a considerable portfolio of works for the next 5+ years
• To build your career by assisting in the delivery of ‘leading edge’ engineering projects.
• To work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects on time, safely, to budget and to the required quality standards.
• To benefit from Kirby’s Career Development Programmes that will enhance your leadership capability.
• To work with the best.
• Excellent package on offer with room for negotiations

About Kirby Group Engineering

Kirby Group Engineering is an international multi-disciplinary engineering services contractor and leading provider of high-value engineering services to a number of ‘blue chip’ companies. Operating across Ireland, the UK, Europe and South Africa, Kirby has become the engineering service provider of choice in growth segments such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and power transmission and distribution. Our culture is innovative, collaborative and performance focused. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow and develop in a company committed to developing talent and rewarding performance.

The role of the Senior Electrical Engineer is to provide technical leadership and oversight on electrical engineering deliverables across projects. The Senior Engineer manages design development, provides expert reviews, mentors junior engineers, and supports project teams to achieve compliance with specifications, standards, and client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Management

• Lead engineering tasks and support the Lead Engineer in managing project technical
• Coordinate technical input across design, procurement, construction, and commissioning
• Mentor and guide Project and Graduate Engineers to build team capability.
• Prepare project engineering documentation, trackers, and progress reports for

EHS

• Ensure compliance with EHS Plans on all assigned projects.
• Promote safe engineering practices in design and site-based activities.

Procurement

• Oversee preparation and review of RFQ packs and evaluate vendor responses for
• Advise PM and procurement teams on technical scope alignment with submittals.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of technical submittal registers.

Quality

• Review and comment on quality plans, ITPs, and CTQs for projects.
• Define system boundaries and oversee preparation of test packs.
• Attend and witness FATs/SATs, ensuring technical compliance with specifications.
• Lead closure of engineering-related snags and confirm readiness for third-party

Planning

• Support integration of engineering activities into project schedules.
• Update and monitor commissioning trackers and other engineering deliverables.

Business Development

• Assist in the preparation of technical project summaries and reports.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, and vendors.

Engineering

• Lead technical reviews of design deliverables and coordinate resolutions of design
• Manage design deviation logs, RFIs, and technical submittal production.
• Review BIM models and coordinated drawings for compliance, constructability, and
• Provide oversight of commissioning activities including test protocols, walk-downs, and
• Support value engineering and continuous improvement initiatives across projects.

Communications

• Provide weekly reports, trackers, and updates to PM and Lead Engineer.
• Act as a primary point of contact for technical queries between site teams and design

Risk

• Identify and elevate technical and project risks to the Lead Engineer and PM.
• Contribute to the development of mitigation strategies and maintain risk logs.

Commercial

• Evaluate technical aspects of variations and support PM/QS in commercial discussions.
• Provide input into project cost-saving initiatives through value engineering.

HR

• Mentor Project and Graduate Engineers and support their development plans.
• Attend CPD events and represent the electrical engineering discipline in training initiatives.

For more information on this role, or other Construction / Engineering opportunities across Ireland, the UK, Europe, or South Africa please review our careers page (Vacancies – Kirby Group Careers) or contact the Talent Acquisition Team at Kirby Group in confidence on [phone].

Kirby Group Engineering is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.