Duties and responsibilities will include:
- Grid impact and grid code compliance studies for power generation projects
- Power quality assessments/investigations
- Transmission and Distribution network planning
- Project management (financial and resource management)
- Maintaining relationships with existing clients and identifying and engaging new clients
Essential requirements include:- A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering (or equivalent)
- Familiar with, and ability to interpret, typical substation primary and secondary/control plant design drawings
- Experience of network modelling and analysis in DIgSILENT PowerFactory (PSS/E, ETAP or other software packages will also be considered)
- Experience performing grid code compliance studies, grid impacts studies and/or network planning studies.
- Knowledge of the South African transmission and distribution systems and South African Grid Code and current industry developments
Desirable requirements:- Postgraduate degree (master’s or higher) in engineering and registration (or working towards registration) with ECSA as a Professional Engineer
- Experience performing insulation co-ordination, earthing, protection co-ordination or arc flash studies
- Data analysis skills in either Excel, Python or similar
- Scripting skills for automation of repetitive analytical work
- Experience as owner’s engineer on energy or other infrastructure projects
