High Voltage EngineerStefanutti Stocks

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  Design and implement high voltage electrical systems for power distribution units, switchgears, transformers, and backup power systems.
• Conduct thorough analyses and simulations to ensure the reliability and efficiency of high voltage systems, optimizing for both performance and energy conservation.
• Collaborate with the project management team to integrate high voltage engineering solutions with overall data centre design and construction plans.
• Oversee the installation, testing, and commissioning of high voltage equipment, ensuring compliance with national and international standards, as well as industry best practices.
• Develop and implement maintenance protocols for high voltage systems, including predictive and preventive maintenance strategies, to minimize downtime and extend equipment lifespan.
• Provide expert guidance on high voltage safety protocols, ensuring all work is performed in accordance with strict safety standards to protect personnel and infrastructure.
• Stay abreast of the latest advancements in high voltage engineering, renewable energy sources, and sustainable practices to continuously improve data centre operations.
• Liaise with vendors, suppliers, and contractors, managing relationships to ensure high-quality equipment procurement and service delivery.
• Offer technical support and training to in-house teams, enhancing their understanding and capabilities in managing high voltage systems.
• Assess and approve risk assessments and method statements and ensure compliance on site.
• Develop the Health & Safety high risk matrix and produce the risk assessments and method statements required to execute the project in a safe manner.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field. A Master’s degree or higher is preferable.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in high voltage engineering, with at least 5 years focused on critical infrastructure projects.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration or equivalent professional registration is highly desirable.

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of high voltage equipment, standards, and regulations applicable in South Africa and internationally.
• Proficient in using engineering design software for high voltage system design and analysis.
• Excellent project management skills, with a proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex projects under tight deadlines.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present technical information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to project sites across South Africa and work flexible hours as project demands dictate.

Skills and Abilities

Technical Skill and Competence

• Demonstrates detailed knowledge and expertise in relation to the construction industry; readily absorbs new technical information and keeps up-to-date in specialist areas; examines documentation thoroughly to ensure all aspects of the project have been understood and any risks/gains have been accounted for. Excellent project management skills, with a proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex projects under tight deadlines.

Commercial Orientation

• Knowledgeable about high voltage matters; focuses on costs, profits, markets, new business opportunities and activities which will bring the largest return.

Judgement

• Makes rational, realistic and sound decisions based on consideration of the facts and alternatives available.

Management Control

• Establishes clear priorities; schedules activities to ensure optimum use of time and resources; monitors performance against objectives. Achievement of all agreed deadlines.

Problem Analysis

• Breaks problems into constituent parts and differentiates key elements from the irrelevant or trivial; makes accurate use of logic and draws sound inferences from information available.

Concern for Excellence

• Committed to the achievement and maintenance of quality; sets high standards of performance for self and others.

Communication Skills

• Produces written and verbal communications which are clear, fluent, concise, and readily understood by intended recipient(s). 

Information Gathering

• Seeks all possible relevant information for problem solving and decision making; consults widely, probes the facts, analysis issues from different perspectives.

Self confidence

• Independent and self-reliant; conveys a realistic confidence in own ability to select appropriate courses of action and in likely success of own initiatives; able to stand ground in face of opposition.