A dynamic consulting company at the forefront of providing expert technical advice to electricity network companies, renewable energy developers, regulators and funding institutions all over the world is looking for a Senior Power Systems Engineer to join their team in Pretoria) or Beville (Western Cape).
You will have the opportunity to work within an exciting and growing sector on a diverse range of technical, strategic and regulatory consultancy projects.
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
Desired Skills:
- power systems
- network modeling
- digsilent
- grid code compliance