Transmission and Distribition Design Engineer
Assegai Recruitment (Pty) Ltd
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Senior position
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South Africa
- Posted 02 Jun 2026 by Assegai Recruitment (Pty) Ltd
- Expires in 28 days
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Job 2640144 - Ref DUR000422
About the position
Our client, a leading international consulting engineering firm is seeking a Transmission and Distribution Design Engineer (Overhead Lines) to join their Energy team in providing Structural design for powerlines and substations as a consultant.
Responsibilities include:
- Design of substation equipment and line termination gantry structures & Cable Sealing Ends.
- Design powerlines with PLS-CADD and powerline towers with PLS-Tower.
- The role will include Sag & tension calculations; Catenary Support System design; Line Profiling; Gantry analysis; Tower setting levels; Environmental loads; Insulator set design; Overhead Line Wire Clearance; Route plans; Material Quantification - Short Circuit Analysis.
- Involved with the Design of powerline structural foundations, including piled, pad, and rock-anchor foundations.
- Carry out the Investigation and proposed remedial actions for damaged or corroded structures: corroded structures (remaining life and remedial action): Substation structures; Power line structures (11kV to 400kV); Structural loading.
- Foundation design, including field testing. Stays and anchors. Cross-Arm design.
- Lead and mentor graduate and experienced engineers.
- This role will involve the preparation and checking of feasibility studies, outline and detailed design technical reports and other written documents.
- The design and checking of detail allocation and construction design drawings and the Production of design concepts, drawings, specifications, and other technical documents.
Requirements:
- A BSc or BEng. degree
- Master’s degree is advantageous.
- Registered with ECSA
- Good project delivery experience
- An understanding of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and South African National Standards (SANS) standards
- Proficiency in associated technical specifications from clients such as Eskom/NTCSA or others.
Desired Skills:
- transmission
- distribution
- overhead line
- structural design
Employer & Job Benefits:
- Medical aid
- Provident Fund
Assegai Recruitment (Pty) Ltd
About the agency
Assegai Recruitment’s purpose is to find and place talented, motivated and dedicated people wanting to make their next career move.
We are specialists in the professional search and selection of engineering, supply chain and construction industry candidates for permanent and contract placements.
Our aim is to create a successful alignment between a company’s human resourcing needs and a career-seekers aspirations and so building long lasting relationships between employer and employees.
We provide advice and assistance in all areas of the recruitment process and aim to help all parties on their mutual path of growth and development.
Based in Durban, we service clients across South Africa.
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