Senior Electrical Engineer

1.  POSITION DETAILS:

Position Title:

Senior Electrical Engineer

Reports to:

Engineering Manager

Department:

Engineering

Closing Date

31 July 2024

2.  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Developing, reviewing, updating, modifying, and approving all maintenance strategies for all electrical equipment on assigned sites in accordance with OEM and industrial standards.
• Lead and assist in Root Cause Analyses of plant component failures, environmental and compliance related items and operational events.
• Conduct project management and technical oversight of both small and large Capital projects. Coordinate and execute betterment capital and O&M projects, interface with plant production and maintenance, project personnel, and other stake holders.
• Provide project and maintenance troubleshooting of equipment to address issues in a timely manner.
• Provide oversight of engineering activities of external firms, including development of work scopes, and solicitation and evaluation of proposals, project planning and controls, review of deliverables, installation support, and start-up assistance.
• Assist plant on KPI (Key Performance Indicators) criteria/ Improve plant processes, support plant personnel in establishing action plans to close gaps, and track action plan progress through completion.
• Provide technical consultation to site based employees as and when required.
• Establishing relationships with clients, vendors, suppliers, other professionals, and expanding networks
• Provide engineering support for plant modifications and ensure plant modification process is followed on all projects.
• Ensure adherence to all project agreements and contracts including, but not limited to, O&M agreement, PPA, LTMC, Transmission agreement, South African Grid Code.
• Development of electrical design standards for use in projects.
• Perform complex electrical engineering design, calculations and analyses when required.
• Conduct audits, inspections, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing when required. Performs on-site commissioning activities when required.
• Adherence to Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards
• Maintaining high standards of management, ethics and leadership
• Establish and facilitate training programs for individual development and operational competence
• Conducts risk analyses / risk assessments when required.
• Fulfil GMR2.1 responsibilities in assigned sites.

3.  MODUS OPERANDI:

• The Job Holder works as Senior Electrical Engineer in the Engineering department of the Company and has a direct report to the Engineering Manager and functional report to the Plant Managers at sites that the job holder is fulfilling GMR2.1 responsibilities.

4.  COMMUNICATION AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

The Job Holder will work and communicate with:

• Internal: Senior Management, Line Management, Engineers,
• External:

• NTC, OEMS, Suppliers, Networking Groups etc.
• Other Contractual Counterparties, Contractors, Suppliers, Equipment Manufacturers and Vendors.

5.  FRAMEWORKS, BOUNDARIES AND DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY:

• Operates within the approved budgetary limits and assigned authorities;
• Is part of the approval process for purchase orders, payments, contracts and master data as defined in the Company delegation of authorities, processes, policies and procedures

6.  QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

Essential Qualifications:

• An accredited Electrical Engineering Degree
• Government Certificate of Competency (GCC)
• Registration as Professional Engineer an added advantage
• Demonstrated competence at engineering level supported by relevant education and training

Experience:

• At least 10-15 years’ experience in the maintenance of a large power plant, 5 of which should preferably be in the capacity of Electrical Engineer
• Leading and managing people
• Use of safe systems of work
• Use of computerized management system
• Engineering concepts and principles
• Interaction with purchasing, finance and accounting, maintenance, administration and HR
• Budget control and reporting

Skills:

Behavioral:

• Drive to achieve results through himself and others
• Ability to build and work with multi cultural and multi disciplinary staff
• Ability to work together with the other departments in order to achieve the best result for the company
• Take ownership
• Maintains high ethics standard
• Motivation and leadership of team and individual team members
• Respects the others as well as the cultural diversity
• Seek, organize and exchange information for decision making  and problem solving
• Ability to create a climate of open communication on personal and professional issues
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritizing tasks and activities in line with business objectives
• Quality and environmental awareness and managing according to quality standards and procedures
• Innovation, vision, creativity, taking initiative, problem solving and decision making
• A pro-active approach to planning and decision making
• Ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders

Language:

• English Language: excellent communication skills both written and verbal;
• Afrikaans/Zulu/Xhosa is an advantage;

IT:

Computer literate: must have a high degree of skill in Business Computing Applications such as Databases, Word Processors, Spreadsheets, PowerPoint and Enterprise Resource Planning applications (Maximo/SAP or equivalent);

7. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Adheres to the Company Policies and Procedures
• Behaves in a responsible way
• Lives the values of the company;
• Undertakes other duties as may be requested within reason.