Lead Design Engineer

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You as a Project Lead Engineer will be part of Hitachi Energy based in Modderfontein Gauteng South Africa. As a Project Lead Engineer you will be coordinating project engineering activities - preparation and review of project engineering deliverables monitoring of contractual scope variation & change orders initiation technical discussions liaising with all stake holders on technical matters monitoring engineering effort for projects and tenders etc.

Your responsibilities:

• Coordinating with other engineering disciplines substation projects and tenders.
• Coordinating with internal and external stakeholder for scheduled progress of projects and tenders.
• Reviewing of equipment specification and BOQ for supplier enquiries technical offer review monitoring and coordination of supplier deliverables resolution of technical issues during FAT etc.
• Following the engineering processes change management risk and opportunities management and other relevant processes during project execution and tendering.
• Coordinating with customer/consultant for document approvals as per project schedule.
• Coordinating with site team for technical matters during installation testing and commissioning punch point closure etc.
• Living Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering.
• Able to assess the knowledge and expertise of Risk Management process and HE Framework and Tool.
• Detailed domain expertise in one of the domains (either primary or secondary) is a must. The candidate must have the knowledge of other domains for effectively monitoring and supervising the regular project engineering activities.
• Primary engineering of GIS and AIS substation layouts earthing cabling lightning protection sizing calculations BOQ estimation RFQ supplier offer verification FAT MV system etc.
• Secondary engineering of GIS and AIS substation protection relay panels LCCs SCADA/RTU/SCMS etc. FMS/DFR Telecom control cabling CT/VT sizing sizing calculations BOQ estimation RFQ supplier offer verification FAT MV system etc.
• Engineering of Auxiliaries of GIS & AIS substations LV AC boards service/auxiliary transformers earthing transformers DC system - batteries and battery chargers UPS inverter security system CCTV access control EPABX sizing calculations BOQ estimation RFQ supplier offer verification FAT etc.
• Experience of coordination with civil and MEP disciplines in the substation inputs for civil and MEP engineering interfaces coordination check with civil & MEP services etc.
• Experience of preparing BOQ deviation list clarifications technical proposal for tenders and customer enquiries for firm and budgetary tenders.
• Understanding of installation testing and commissioning requirements to effectively support the preparation of testing protocol site activities.
• Minimum 10 years of work experience is required of which 3-4 years of experience in a lead role is preferred.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English.

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