Position: Electrical Protection Specialist
Department: Engineering Services
Grade: C5
The Electrical Protection Specialist will maintain, develop, and provide a specialised service in respect of medium and low voltage electrical systems, specific protection relay settings, fault calculations and load flow studies
Key responsibilities will include:
• Conducting annual reliability audits, tests (secondary and primary injections) on medium voltage equipment, protection, and metering relays.
• Recommending cost-effective upgrades and replacement of protection and metering relays.
• Planning, controlling, and supporting Contractors toward ensuring task execution.
• Ensuring all electrical equipment on the network is functional, protected, and reliable.
• Providing after-hours / standby maintenance support.
• Researching, developing and improving existing methods, technology, and equipment.
• Implementing change where required.
• Investigating and reporting on MV protection trips, quality of electrical supply or metering queries.
• Providing quality technical protection-related support service to plants and projects.
• Maintaining and improving safety, health and environmental standards and practices.
• Perform fair and reasonable tasks related to the job and working environment, at the discretion of the Engineer.
• Compiling reports on the status and condition of assets.
• Completing related administration, do SAP notifications and maintain database.
• Maintaining technical specifications, diagrams, operating procedures, training manuals, etc.
• Order equipment, report needs and operate within set financial parameters.
Intrinsic Qualities:
• Taking ownership for own performance and decisions and their impact on the business
• Demonstrating tenacity and resilience even when faced with obstacles
• Seeking opportunities for personal feedback, learning and development
• Understanding the impact of behaviors on others
• Exhibiting self-confidence, humility, energy, and drive
• Acting decisively when tough or quick action is required
• Building and maintaining credibility to effectively influence others
• Delivering on commitments
• Leading by example and displaying commitment to the objectives of the business
• Demonstrating effective reasoning ability
Qualifications & Experience:
• B Tech or National Diploma (N6 or S4) in Electrical engineering
• ECSA registration (advantageous)
• Accreted advanced Protection Courses
• Advanced abilities in the use of ETAP
• Valid Driver’s License
• 5 years post qualifying experience (in electrical protection) within a medium voltage environment.
• Sound knowledge of testing of Relays, breakers, and transformers
• Performing of plant audits
