Principal Electrical and CI Engineering and Maintenance GCC AI Johannesburg South Africa

Job Description:

Our client is seeking a Principal Electrical and C&I Engineer who will be responsible for overseeing the Electrical and C&I functions of the company ensuring compliance with standards and regulations driving improvements in reliability and efficiency and supporting project development and implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Rollout embedment and review of relevant standards frameworks and best practices managing compliance issues within the relevant managerial and governance frameworks.
• Provide SME input to Electrical and C&I service strategies Work Management and A&I to improve reliability and the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the fleet at an operational and organisational level.
• Review and development of project specifications and design criteria are reflective of minimum requirements and safe and costeffective manner.
• Design and implementation of electrical and instrumentation systems that comply with industry standards and regulations.
• Support the sites through defect elimination investigations of highly complex critical /persistent equipment issues as well as risk studies & significant projects
• Development of asset and aligned services strategies focusing on the 15yr window aligned to the Life of Asset Plans of the operations within Operating Model principles.
• Facilitate continuous improvement and modernisation at operations aligned to the defined priority areas.
• Drive people development within the discipline by identifying knowledge gaps providing coaching identifying potential employees and planning succession for critical roles
• Provide support on firstline assurance on relevant standards
• Review inputs activities and cost (Capital and Operational cost) for Electrical Controls & Instrumentation service strategies as defined by operational teams as an input into the business planning cycle and projects

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering
• Professional electrical registry with ECSA
• GCC (Mechanical or Electrical) is advantageous
• Qualification within Project Management discipline would be advantageous.

If you wish to apply for the position please send your CV to Lucia Baeza at

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