Senior Engineer​/Technologist

REPORTS TO
Function Manager:
Power & Energy, or any other person appointed to supervise him/her from time to time

This position is responsible for providing professional services on projects within the Power & Energy Functional group, including leading, design management and design delivery for projects and managing professional teams of medium/large projects in any of the focus areas:
Renewable Energy, Building Services, Power Reticulation, Distribution Substations, Overhead Power Lines, Underground Power cables, Street lighting, Urban Energy, Water Plants, Asset Management and Master Planning.

• General management of the electrical design process on medium/large projects
• Management and coordination of inputs and deliverables to multi-disciplinary project teams
• Manage budgets, resourcing, and deliverables of design team, within the function
• Manage budgets, resourcing, and deliverables of outsourced work (if required), within the function
• Negotiate and agree project budgets and timelines with other sections on large projects comprising multi-disciplinary project teams
• Author competent technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational quality
• Check and review the deliverables of project team
• Take responsibility for project deliverables
• Present / represent designs at technical committees
• Draft successful responses to bids
• Clear knowledge of work procedures and ability to brief project team on them
• Assign tasks, and manage work of others
• Regular client contact under direction of more senior manager
• Build relationships with clients
• Manage project Scope and manage scope creep
• Successfully identify and follow through on leads associated with additional work prospects
• Clear understanding of local functional business technologies and markets
• Discuss in detail with clients the business technologies and markets
• Train and mentor others in respective functional fields and build a team
• Market SMEC’s technical capability
• Supervise Engineers or Technicians in undertaking checks and inspections of constructed works for compliance with design and specifications, including monitoring and proposing remedial actions
• Development and/or improvement of function group specific design procedures
• Plan and coordinate investigations and surveys
• Coordinate work between functions

• Overseeing and delivery of quality designs and solutions according to standards
• Meeting timeliness of deliverables such as designs and drawings
• Setting clear project goals and requirements that are agreed to by all stakeholders
• Planning of workload to meet deadlines
• Knowledge and implementation of SMEC’s systems and procedures
• Meeting of project and internal requirements such as budgets and utilization targets
• Satisfying Client requirements on project delivery
• Report writing
• Mentoring Graduates

• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree/higher degree from accredited university
• Relevant Professional Registration
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience
• Specialist knowledge in one of the following:
• Renewable Energy and/or
• Power distribution, reticulation, Substations (Primary / Control plant), Overhead lines and underground cables and/or
• Building services for utility buildings, commercial buildings, Urban energy, Water plants, Asset Management and Master planning
• Worked with Eskom or South African Municipality
• Knowledge of relevant Eskom or SANS standards

• Knowledge of QA and OHS requirements
• Knowledge of the commercial aspects of project management
• Experience in using design software tools e.g. DIALux, AutoCAD, Micro Station, Revit, Relux etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively write reports
• Courteous and business‑orientated manners when communicating with stakeholders to foster and promote good working relations
• Co‑operative and flexible work style to work in a team environment
• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to make technical decisions which are outcome driven

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