Senior Electrical Engineer ( Building Services)

SUMMARY:
Providing a consulting engineering service and the design of power and lighting, single line diagrams, reticulation, generators, UPS.

POSITION INFO:

Key Responsibilities:

• Business development with a focus on client care and professional team management including on-time delivery.
• Marketing, including attendance at business related networking and client functions. Ensuring repeat work from clients and developing a client base.
• Preparing accurate and concise designs, design calculations, budgets, tender specification creation, performing project financial control, diligent construction monitoring and project management (electrical) throughout all stages of a project life cycle.
• Collaborating and working with multi-disciplinary team of engineers on a project while taking an active part in the design process and co-ordination.
• Completing all types of projects from inception to close out with limited input from management and/or other senior engineers.
• Setting up client/consultant fee/contract agreements, calculating professional fees and the effective management of professional fees on all projects.
• Managing internal office project finances regarding hourly forecasting, WIP and invoicing.
• Embracing, displaying and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times.

 Qualifications and Experience Required:

• B.Eng. or BSc Eng. in Electrical Engineering (minimum)
• Must be a professionally registered engineer with ECSA as a Pr. Eng
• At least 8-10 years consulting engineering experience within the Building Services sector, 5 of which should be post ECSA accreditation.
• SAQCC Registered for Design (preferably).
• Proven track record in business development
• Excellent client marketing characteristics and including external project professional team members.
• Thorough knowledge of SANS10142-1&2, SANS10139, SANS10400 and SANS204 among others.

• Depth of experience of various building contracts applicable to the building services industry (i.e. JBCC, Fidic, NEC, etc.).
• Knowledge and experience with Autodesk BIM (Revit, Navisworks, Glue, Field, etc.) and CAD software. Knowledge and experience with electrical software packages such as Relux and/ or Dialux, CBi and/ or Ecodial and/or Amtech.
• Be able to work independently, take responsibility / ownership for their designs with little input, and follow up from senior management/engineers.
• High-level quality to the attention to detail when performing design reviews, for sign-off, with internal working peers and BIM team.
• A good knowledge of the latest technologies within the building services industry (e.g. lighting, UPS etc.).
• Able to offer creative solutions to client, architectural and/or interior design requirements.
• Ability to offer input with multiple engineering disciplines in project meetings.
• Must be a team player and be able to work independently on challenging projects that may have tight timelines

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