Career Opportunities: Electrical Engineer I (111471)
Requisition ID 111471 – Posted 07/25/2022 – South Africa – Mpumalanga
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Closing Date: 5 August 2022
Org Structure No:
80018639
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Business Unit
City / Town
Energy Operations
Energy Operations – Secunda Operations
Secunda
Short Description / Purpose of Job
Utilise a sound level of experience in electrical engineering to:
To deliver electrical engineering operational support to ensure that the technical ability of Sasol Secunda Operation meets operating intent, whilst governing operational technical standards.
manage and/or execute the design, engineering, development and modification of electrical systems in accordance with established engineering principles and standards to satisfy the business requirements.
To ensure installed assets are being operated at the most profitable operating window that will be determined by, but not limited to, throughputs, utility consumption, availability, reliability and quality.
Mitigate electrical risks through engineering out / improvement / renewal / re-design.
Manage deviations from electrical specifications or standards when necessary.
Provide engineering solutions to improve / maintain the application of technology to optimize the production plant capability.
Manage the electrical design function in Sasol Secunda Operation to ensure that projects deliver on their business and technical intent and to govern technical standards and relevant legislation across the Synfuels business.
Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities
Business Results:
To interpret and translate business requirements into an electrical engineering strategy to enable BU to safely meet production targets.
Deliver integrated and in-time electrical technical support to the BU to improve stability.
Provide short term, intermediate and long-term technical solutions for BU.
Ensure equipment reliability and availability.
Interpret results from analysis and monitoring of electrical equipment/systems.
Equipment criticality is known for each BU.
Apply detailed knowledge in defined fields of electrical engineering.
Formulate and execute the electrical engineering scope for small multidisciplinary
projects.
Ensure and maintain awareness of best practices.
Utilise electrical engineering systems, tools and standards in all projects.
Assist to create, develop and update electrical engineering systems, tools and standards
with guidance from more experienced engineers.
Develop and govern technology procedures and standards relevant to the Sasol
environment in collaboration with international best practices and standards.
Act on time to changes/technical queries.
Develop and review technical deliverables.
Develop technical design packages for projects (front end loading, concept, basic and
detail engineering).
Review, comment, guide and govern the design process and deliverables from ECs,
OEMs and other engineers.
Track reliability deviations in order to establish failure trends and rectify pro-actively.
Support and give technology guidance to business units and equipment owners.
React to technology challenges and failures/incidents as required (first line support).
Conduct incident investigations and route cause analysis.
Support plant functions with technology related concerns and provide recommendations.
Audit current systems and technologies and do gap analysis with alignment planning.
Develop, track and govern maintenance strategies for new and legacy systems.
Conduct power system analysis studies e.g. load flow studies, fault level studies and
motor starting studies.
Conduct protection co-ordination studies, and calculate unit protection settings for various
electrical equipment.
Ensure quality assurance on technology and execution of new installations and
maintenance projects.
Implement QA/QC of technology and equipment installation, as well as all relevant
strategies leading to the point of execution and project closeout.
Governance and Assurance:
Effective monitoring of desired changes for multi-disciplines.
Provide clear guidance on relevant specifications and standards when changes take place in the electrical field for a specific plant.
Minor modifications or designs required.
Strategy and Planning:
Holistic view over current challenges / future requirements and life span of equipment.
Compiling holistic view of business unit renewal roadmap.
Knowledge Management:
Identify technical advanced electrical equipment that can have a significant production impact and become subject matter expert.
Build knowledge base in Business Unit for technically advanced electrical equipment.
Broad base of electrical engineering knowledge and competence in Business Unit.
Project Performance:
Critical evaluation on definition of problem statements and opportunities in the electrical fraternity
Identify areas where engineering is required to resolve the problem.
Project Execution:
Ability to formulate and execute (manage and do) the electrical engineering scope for small multidisciplinary and single disciplinary projects, relating to the defined fields in electrical engineering.
Contribute to project technical development strategies and execution as well as
contracting and selection of suppliers.
Develop and manage project execution planning with respect to electrical engineering.
Ensure quality assurance and quality control of delivered services by means of ETQP and
Hold/review plans.
Have deviation controls in place.
Ensure project success through adherence to cost, schedule and quality targets for project
scope.
SHE Performance and compliance:
Interdependent safety culture
Ensure compliance with legal, safety and operational reliability requirements.
Personal development:
Develop technical and engineering skills of EITs through coaching.
Have a PM plan and PDP in place.
Drive own development and performance management discussions.
Participate in interpersonal skills required for productive working relationships and to work
with, or through, others inside and/or outside (including suppliers) the organisation to get
work accomplished.
Show influence, negotiation, maturity and emotional intelligence.
Operate successfully in a diverse work environment (culture, roles, positions and levels.
Formal Education
University Bachelor’s Degree (Electrical Engineering)
Min Experience
Typically 3+ Years Relevant Experience
Certification & Professional Membership
None
Competencies
Technical: Electrical network analysis. Switchgear, transformers, motors, power electronics, selection of electrical equipment for use in hazardous locations etc. Concept, basic and detail engineering related to electrical engineering. Making professional technical recommendations. Conducting technical investigations.
Analytics: The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics
Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory
requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations,
both internally and externally.
Continuous Process Improvement: The methodology followed for increasing the
effectiveness and/or efficiency of a business process, often through automation.
Critical reasoning: The action of critically thinking about something in a logical, sensible
way and taking all factors into consideration.
Problem Solving: Is a step-by-step process of defining a problem, searching for
information, and testing a series of solutions until the problem is solved. In involves critical
thinking, analysis and persistence.
Project Management: The process of planning, organizing, and managing tasks and
resources to accomplish a well-defined objective, usually within constraints of time,
resources, and cost. Functional leadership of specific discipline for project. Project execution methodologies and strategies. Collaboration and influencing project team.
Self-Mastery: Takes accountability for driving own growth through developing self-awareness, reflecting, seeking feedback and self-correcting
Collaboration: Leverages diversity and inclusion. Forms part of coaching program. Builds partnerships.
