Renewable Energy Project Engineer (Solar & BESS)

Position: Renewable Energy Project Engineer (Solar & BESS)
Department: Engineering, Procurement and Construction
Location/ Office: Tyger Waterfront, Cape Town
Work Model: In-Office with some site work (50% travel to site/and or suppliers for FAT –Construction)
Remuneration Bracket: Market related with benefits included into CTC

Company & Job Overview

The Company
The Project Engineer is the primary resource responsible to provide sound technical input during different phases of the project from project development to project construction and operations. During construction, the Project Engineer is responsible for ensuring that the project is executed in accordance with Company’s health and safety, quality and design requirements. The Project Engineer will carry out site inspections during manufacturing, construction and commissioning in order to ensure these activities are performed in accordance to the design and methods described in the method statements, risk assessments and procedures.

Key Accountabilities: Design Review and Compliance Monitoring

Key Activities

• Reviews, recommends changes (where required) and approves facility designs, technical specifications, technical studies and risk assessments and method statements to ensure compliance with required design standards, legal compliance and environmental, health and safety requirements
• Completes engineering projects by organizing and controlling project elements
• Develops project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans and conferring with management
• Determines project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements and performance standards
• Reviews technical studies and prepares cost estimates
• Confirms product performance by designing and overseeing of tests and evaluation of test outcomes
• Determines and evaluates project schedule by studying project plan and specifications, calculating time requirements and sequencing project elements
• Monitors project plan by reviewing design, specifications and recommend scheduling changes and actions
• Ensuring that latest approved designs are used on site ensuring design compliance
• Monitors project cost by approving expenditures
• Prepares project status reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends, recommending actions
• Ensure safe and clean working environment by enforcing procedures, rules and regulations
• Maintains product and company reputation by ensuring compliance with local legislation
• Assists the construction management team with design compliance inspections
• Provides technical input and reviews key project contracts and permits
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Assists the construction management teams to interpret equipment specifications to equip the construction team with the relevant insight required
• Ensure that the engineering requirements are satisfactory for a given project within scope of work provided according to Engineering Standards
• Support the maintenance of a technical project library by systematically filing all approved designs
• Prepare Technical package for EPC to tender on – Design and Financial Close (Project Development assistance)
• Assist with Technical tender Adjudication – FC
• Monitor and own the Design Document Release schedule working with EPCs, the OE and other stakeholders
• Comment on designs received from the EPC – Entire Works inclusive of Grid and the IPP substation – trackers, panels, etc – not only admin function to coordinate – input is required

Key Accountabilities: Construction Progress Monitoring and Reporting

Key Activities

• Furnishing the team on site with approved designs for construction (IFC)
• Liaising with the team on site that works are completed according to approved QCP’s
• Liaising with the team on site that construction works are completed according to approved schedule.
• Liaising with the team on site of works that are in delay.
• Having progress meetings with the EPC Contractor (weekly) to asses on construction progress
• Preparing, implementing and recommending changes due to site conditions
• Writing reports on the construction progress
• Diagnosing problems and troubleshooting equipment
• Analyzing if a ramp up is required to stay within schedule
• Design compliance and quality assurance inspections

Key Accountabilities: Coordinate design review activities

Key Activities

• Liaising with EPC Contractor, Eskom and Owners Engineer in order to finalize and agree on designs

Key Accountabilities: Equipment Performance Review

Key Activities

• Reviews Factory and Site Acceptance Tests to ensure equipment performance meets design requirement
• Inspects and ensures that the equipment is built to designer’s specification and Company’s requirements to eliminate risk of equipment failure
• Provides engineering advice during equipment failure investigations

Key Accountabilities: Grid studies

Key Activities

• Reviews technical studies prepared by consultants to ensure compliance with Grid code
• Evaluates outcome of technical studies to determine feasibility of connecting a project to the National Grid

POSITION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Internal Communication

• Technical Director
• Contracts Manager
• Construction Manager
• Health Safety and Environmental Manager
• Grid Manager

External Communication

• Engineering Consultants
• Contractors (Engineering and Construction)
• Eskom Project Management Team
• Equipment manufacturers

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree
• (Mech/Elec) or similar. Registration as Professional Engineer a preference.

Experience

• 3-8 years’ experience in the power plant engineering, construction, commissioning and operations industry (site and construction)
• Engineering design experience.
• Project development exposure
• Advanced use of the Microsoft Office suite and MS Projects

Person Specification (knowledge, skills and attributes)

Behavioural Competencies / Performance Drivers

• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking (Analysing designs, design drawings and technical studies)
• Attention to Detail (ability to pay attention to project detail: Design/Construction and Commissioning)
• Decision Making
• Initiative
• Interactive Communication
• Problem solving
• Resilience
• Teamwork
• Writing Skills
• Self-starter – take full responsibility for the engineering process throughout the project lifecycle

Technical Competencies / Professional Expertise

• Concern for Safety
• Legislation, Policies, Procedures and Standards
• Project Management
• Understanding and interpretation of various design standards applicable to design and construction of the plant