Description
WSP South Africa is seeking a Senior Substation Design Engineer with a BSc or BEng in Electrical Engineering or similar. The successful candidate will primarily function as a substation secondary plant design engineer for transmission and distribution projects.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare or review conceptual or functional designs, specifications, bills of quantity, and tender documents for substation projects.
- Design and configure protection, automation, and SCADA systems.
- Perform fault studies, relay settings calculations, and coordination reports for transmission and distribution systems.
- Review submitted designs against specifications.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards such as IEC, IEEE, NRS, SANS, and Eskom standards.
- Provide project engineering support during construction and commissioning phases.
- Participate in design reviews, HAZOPs, FATs, SATs, and site commissioning support.
- Mentor junior engineers.
Qualifications:
- A Degree in Electrical Engineering or similar from an internationally recognized institution.
- Minimum 15 years' engineering experience in protection and communication design for power network projects.
- Professional registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) or an internationally recognized institution.
Key Competencies and Generic Skills:
- Fluent spoken and written English language.
- Ability to work as part of a dispersed and remote team.
- Good technical report writing skills.
- Ability to manage time, quality, and effort to deliver a quality product within time and cost constraints.
What's in it for you?: WSP offers competitive pay, standard benefits including first-class medical cover, generous annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.