Electrical Engineering Specialist

**Job Details**:

- Department other- Minimum experience Mid-Senior- Company primary industry Financial Services- Job functional area Engineering- Salary R800 000 - R1 300 000 per annumOur client who is a financial services company is looking for a highly motivated, passionate person to manage the entire asset life cycle of all electrical and mechanical installation on its buildings, with the aim to drive energy efficiency and sustainability, ensure reliable electricity supply and improve customer experience and service delivery. Applications are sought from persons who want to make a difference to the staff and visitor’s experience, who want to share technical, and management experience and knowledge with a forward-thinking facilities management and engineering team, in a supportive and thriving environment and be integral to the management of the company facilities.

**Job Purpose**

To provide Electrical design and maintenance services for the company's buildings. Taking full responsibility of all electrical engineering and designs required by the company for elements such as building projects, all related building maintenance electrical engineering, infrastructure commissioning, planned maintenance, optimised energy efficiency and innovations in order to enable tactical translation and operational implementation.

Job Outputs:
**Process**

**Engineering design and project support**
- Execute work as a Professional Electrical Principal Consulting Engineer as defined by the Engineering Professions Act, 46 of 2000, to design, install and commission electrical infrastructure in support to project managers.
- Coordinate and direct projects, analyse technology, resource needs, and market demand, to plan and deliver complex projects, on time and within budget, with no error, in area of responsibility.
- Plan, manage, and oversee the daily operations and activities of the engineering teams to continuously improve organisational productivity and customer service.

**Maintenance and asset reliability**
- Take overall technical responsibility for the electrical services infrastructure within and outside buildings.
- Provide specialist electrical advice in relation to facilities and authorises and controls all new electrical infrastructure installations
- Design, install, commission and monitor all assets in order to maximise production, extend life of equipment & to reduce maintenance costs. Improve asset reliability and life expectancy through creative and cost-effective design, installation, commissioning and monitoring practices.
- Ensure the power supplies to company campuses are resilient, reliable and have capacity by continually upgrading and maintaining the electricity network and sub-stations.
- Provide systematic technical support on root cause analysis and problem solving on major/repetitive failures on operations
- Contribute to Asset Care initiatives - Criticality Analysis, PM Reviews etc.

**Energy efficiency and carbon management**
- Responsible for advice, leadership and management in all aspects of energy management, carbon and utilities across the company property portfolio of over 130 buildings.
- Responsible for improving the company energy efficiency and carbon reduction and manages the Carbon Management Strategy and Implementation plan, including the Sustainable Travel Plan. Implement energy management and saving initiatives such as PV plants.
- Provide assistance in designing and implementing Green Building strategies, develop green building standards and alternate technologies in conjunction with Architects and mechanical engineers

**Health, safety, and general compliance**
- Take full legal and professional accountability for all electrical infrastructures in a building project
- Provide advice and guidance on the safe operation and maintenance of electrical services to the buildings
- Undertake development of systems to fulfil changing legislative requirements

**Standards and Processes**
- Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
- Ensure adherence to asset management standards.

**Governance**

Ensuring that the electrical engineering function, complies with all statutory requirements.

**People**

Create a positive work climate & culture to energise teams, peers and internal customers by minimising work disruption and maximising productivity. Integrate new knowledge and transfer skills attained through formal and informal learning opportunities in the execution of your job. Provide specialist expertise, support, advice, mentorship and practice thought leadership in area of expertise.

**Finance
Determine cost reduction strategies for projects. Implement and monitor financial control, management costs and corporate governance in area of specialisation.

**Client**

Develop and ensure implementation of a practice that builds service delivery excellence & encourage others to provid