About the position
Requirements:
- B.Eng / B.Sc / B-tech degree in Electrical Engineering from ECSA recognised institution
- Registered Professional Engineer or Registered Professional Engineering Technologist
- At least 10 years relevant post qualification experience in Protection Engineering and SCADA systems
- Extensive managerial and communication experience
- Financial analysis and SAP competency
- A high degree of computer literacy
- The nature of the job requires the incumbent to be physically fit
- The incumbent cannot be colour blind.
Key Performance Areas:
- Identify and define immediate, short and long term objectives, priorities and strategies associated with the provision of an effective Protection and SCADA Section encapsulating Protection Field Services, Protection Projects & Design, Protection Performance Audit & Settings, as well as SCADA Field Services
- Prepares annual capital and operating budgets for the section and manages the implementation of financial controls and procedures over expenditure against the approved budget allocations
- Directs and controls the professional, technical and operational outcomes associated with the maintenance of the Electricity Department's high and medium voltage protection and SCADA control systems
- Manages the development and implementation of a quality management system to monitor and verify the correct configuration of protective relaying schemes and control systems
- Manages the performance of protective relaying systems and ensures that investigations are conducted into relay faults and malfunctions
- Directs and ensures version control of protective relay documentation and software to ensure that the latest software versions are available for field services and design staff
- Project Management such as manage the formulation of specialized contracts and tender documents and controls contractual obligations
- Manages the detail designs of protective relaying schemes and control systems for the high voltage and medium voltage distribution networks, including the accurate configuration of protection software and hardware systems as well as substation automation communication protocols
Please apply online at [URL Removed] (external applicants) or via the SAP Portal (internal applicants), unless otherwise stated.
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Closing date: 09 April 2024
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- Certified copies of qualifications must be available on request
- Copies of supporting documents will not be returned
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- Late applications will not be considered
- If no notification of appointment is received within three (3) months of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful
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