Electrical Design Manager

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa ENERTRAG South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Full time
ENERTRAG South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

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About us:

  • 100% Fossilfree: We don't just dream of a sustainable and livable world we shape it together and with passion For over 20 years, we have been a driving force in the expansion of renewable energies. We generate, store and deliver green energy around the globe with wind, solar, biogas and hydrogen.
Around 1,000 employees at various locations worldwide share our mission:
to generate renewable energy sustainably for a livable earth.

Become a part of the ENERTRAG team at one of our locations in Cape Town, Sandton and Pretoria as Electrical Design Manager (M/F/d) and let's advance the energy transition together.


Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Team Leadership
  • Responsible for a team of electrical designers and engineers (based in South Africa and supporting the broader region)
  • Integrating with the grid planning and design functions in ENERTRAG globally
  • Development and expansion of technical infrastructure and process to optimise electrical designs and support the design base
  • Optimisation of grid connection preliminary and detailed design for ESA projects (Wind, PV, Storage and PtX). Note scope can expand to include projects in the region including likes of Hyphen
  • Electrical design base
  • Custodian of the ENERTRAG electrical design database of the South African / Regional projects.
  • Project Reporting
  • Regular reporting on the status and the progress of project electrical design and grid connection. Proactively inform as regards to any major deviation from the plan
  • Grid planning integration
  • Public relation
  • Interact and engage with public bodys, communities and govenment institutions for necessary permits and approvals as regards electrical design
  • Decision Making
  • Making decisions on project electrical design matters within the authority given by management
  • Knowledge collection and sharing
  • Compile specific information regarding requirements for the electrical design base and the related workshoping thereof and development of staff
  • Advocacy and networking
  • Represent ENERTRAG in industry forums and working groups. Engage Eskom and municipalities as regards grid interfacing and design, including new/novel approaches that support grid access

Qualifications and Personal Competencies:

  • Engineer (Electrical or similar)
  • University degree
- minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience

  • Professional Registration (Engineering Council of South Africa) is advantageous
  • Ability to convincingly manage teams and individual team members in a local, regional and international environment
  • Be an active and contributing member in interdisciplinary teams
  • Ability to sense other people's emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling
  • Delivering results even under adverse conditions and remaining calm even under stress
  • Ability to clearly articulate your opinion while respecting others' point of view and trying to convince through arguments.

Skills and Experience:

  • Power system analysis
  • Analysis of power system designs and electrical plant in simple and hybrid power generation facilities. Expertise in loadflow, faultlevel and dynamic stability studies with exposure to reactive compensation and harmonic analysis
  • Electrical design
  • Design of electrical systems such as substations and power lines, and the related design integration with generation plant and energy storage systems.
  • Grid codes and standards
  • Detailed knowledge and implementation of the local standards and codes impacting on the grid interconnection of power generation/storage/PtX projects and the design of the related electrical plant
  • Power system control
  • Basic exposure to power system control and the integration of multiple technologies in hybrid facilities
  • Bei uns zählen Dein Können und Deine Motivation, die erneuerbaren Energien mit uns voranzubringen nicht Alter, Behinderung, Geschlecht, Hautfarbe, Herkunft, sexuelle Orientierung oder Religion.


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