Coordinate and liaise with engineers of other disciplines, his immediate supervisor, his immediate subordinates, the project support team and any other Engineering and Design house to ensure that the design and project management proceeds in strict accordance with the project requirements and specified standards.
Review and maintain the design criteria.
Attend and participate in all engineering meetings with the main EPCM.
Attend and participate in weekly internal progress meetings.
Attend and participate in Internal engineering Meetings.
Ensure adherence with the project Engineering and Design Workflow.
Establish and ensure adherence with the Project Schedule during Engineering Phase.
Implement and manage scope change control.
Prepare technical reports as required by the project.
Obtained to complete electrical designs and to compile electrical equipment technical specifications.
Prepare detailed technical specifications for all items of equipment purchased, usually in consultation with the client and using standard documentation where available. Knowledge of applicable IEC Standards is key to this process.
Prepare a Procurement Register for all electrical equipment intended for purchase together with pertinent details of such equipment.
Prepare special services Requests for Proposals.
Assist the Designer in preparing a detailed drawing register to plan and track the production of drawings and to control design man-hour expenditure.
Convene and attend coordination meetings as and when necessary.
Prepare a detailed scope of work and provisional bill of quantities to form the basis of an electrical installation contract.
Prepare, in consultation with the appointed quantity surveyor, a construction document for the installation of all electrical equipment planned for the project.
Carry out technical adjudications on all items of equipment to be purchased and secure client approval for such adjudications.
Monitor the progress of manufacture of all equipment purchased to ensure that all items are manufactured to meet the project schedule requirements and in accordance with the relevant specifications.
Carry out pre-delivery inspections and perform Factory Acceptance Testing activities at the manufacturer’s works.
Secure, from each individual manufacturer, the following documentation:
Approved Factory Acceptance Testing Quality Control pack
Factory “As Built” drawings.
Detailed installation instructions.
Detailed operating instructions.
Detailed maintenance instructions.
Detailed safety instructions.
Copies of all test/calibration certificates.
Certified drawings of equipment supplied.
Risk analysis for all equipment installed on site.
The Electrical Engineer shall review the abovementioned documentation and ensure that it is of an adequate standard to enable the end user to install, operate and maintain the equipment in a totally safe manner.
Following installation, should the abovementioned documentation require modification, the Electrical Engineer shall take cognizance of such requirements and implement them in consultation with the vendor and the Project Manager.
Supervise the electrical design team to ensure that electrical designs are carried out in accordance with standard documentation, industry norms and the relevant legislation.
Supervise and approve all required design calculations and ensure the recording thereof.
Prepare monthly reports, detailing activities undertaken and completed during the preceding month.
Monitor site installation to ensure adherence to the design and the intention of the design. After each site visit, the Electrical Engineer shall issue a report with findings and observation to the construction manager. Deviations from the design shall first be approved by the engineer and be highlighted in these reports.
Review and approve site testing and commissioning procedures, in consultation with site staff and appropriate vendors, to ensure that all equipment is brought into service in accordance with the relevant designs, manufacturer’s recommendation and in a safe manner.
Facilitate the timeous preparation and submission of certificates of compliance where these are required by relevant legislation.
Set-up and implement procedures to ensure that “As-Built” drawings are prepared up-dated and issued to the end user and the drawings record department.
Prepare and issue hand-over certificates by way of agreed procedures.
Prepare close-out report for each project which shall include, but not be limited to:
Comment on the final design and its relationship with the initial intentions.
Comparison of discipline related budgeted and final cost and reasons for any significant divergence.
Comparison of planned and actual completion dates and comments on any significant divergence.
Recommendations for future projects with particular emphasis on design aspects, which were particularly good or bad.
Comparison of man-hours expended against man-hours planned and comment any significant divergence.
Desired Experience & Qualification
B.Eng (Electrical) degree
ECSA registration as Professional Electrical Engineer
5-10 years experience
Must have power system analysis modelling and ETAP experience