Senior Power Systems Consultant

Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Grid impact and grid code compliance studies for power generation projects
• Power quality assessments/investigations
• Transmission and Distribution network planning
• Project management (financial and resource management)
• Maintaining relationships with existing clients and identifying and engaging new clients

Essential requirements include:

• A Bachelors degree in Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering (or equivalent)
• Familiar with, and ability to interpret, typical substation primary and secondary/control plant design drawings
• Experience of network modelling and analysis in DIgSILENT PowerFactory (PSS/E, ETAP or other software packages will also be considered)
• Experience performing grid code compliance studies, grid impacts studies and/or network planning studies.
• Knowledge of the South African transmission and distribution systems and South African Grid Code and current industry developments

Desirable requirements:

• Postgraduate degree (masters or higher) in engineering and registration (or working towards registration) with ECSA as a Professional Engineer
• Experience performing insulation co-ordination, earthing, protection co-ordination or arc flash studies
• Data analysis skills in either Excel, Python or similar
• Scripting skills for automation of repetitive analytical work
• Experience as owners engineer on energy or other infrastructure projects