# Lead Electrical Engineer / Technologist

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Cape Town, Western Cape
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

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.

You will be leading 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.

Key responsibilities include:

- 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.

- Focusing on client care and professional team management including on-time delivery.

- Developing and maintaining 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.

Requirements:

- Minimum BSc Eng. or B. Tech in Electrical Engineering.

- Professional Registration with ECSA (Pr.Eng or Pr.Tech Eng) required.

- At least 10 years consulting engineering experience with building services and industrial environment.

Desired skills and experience:

- Excellent communication skills (English).

- 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.

- Strong knowledge of MV and LV power distribution systems.

- Strong knowledge of large-scale standby generation systems, synchronisation schemes, and system resilience design.

- Knowledge and experience with Autodesk Products (Revit, Navisworks, etc.).

- Understanding of ISO 19650 and CDE Information Management.

- Lead and review 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.

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- IEC standards
- BS standards
- MV/LV power systems
- Autodesk Products
- Microsoft Office

### Nice to have
- data centre standards
- TIA-942
- Uptime principles
- ISO 19650
- CDE Information Management

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