Basic Requirements:

• Formal Tertiary education : N. Dip or higher in Electrical Engineering
  or Mechatronics Degree
• Drivers License : Code 8 - required
• Languages :
• English (speak, read, and write)
• Afrikaans (speak, read, and write)

Experience:

• Min 3 years' experience in an Electrical Design capacity.
• Computer Literate
• Electrical panel building
• Field wiring of related hardware to panel
• Fault finding
• Fluid control systems (valves & actuators, etc)
• Extensive design experience in ePlan (including panel layouts and fluid control)
• Knowledge of electrical control hardware (including Power Supplies, PLC, Sensors, Actuators, Transducers, IO
• Devices, Printers, Scanners, IPC, Valves, Cables, Motor & Drive Systems, Plugs, Bus Systems & Hardware)
• Site Experience and/or project/team lead experience.
• Competent in doing full machine specifications and designs.

Job Objectives:

• Must perform all the duties and tasks of an Electrical Designer with excellence
• Work within the design department team to deliver engineering designs and solutions specific to customer requirements and / or specifications on a specific project timeline basis
• Implement and maintain design procedures in order to improve design productivity and accuracy of design
• Improve the development of the design team in order to achieve the highest design standard.
• Ensure continuous improvement in design department and staying at the forefront of technology
• Achieve all job objectives with minimal input from Electrical Design Manager
• Personal development of the team - help them grow as designers, and as people
• Seek opportunities to improve the productivity of the design department
• To deliver high quality machines to achieve customer specific requirements within project constraints

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• This person is an Electrical Designer so he must perform all the required tasks for that position as well as…
• Leading a design team to meet a projects' technical and timeline requirements
• Set-up, control and ensure Design Timing is met as per project requirement
• Verify technical designs
• Promote “outside the box” thinking amongst designers
• Push designers to actively reduce costs and provide designers with suggestions and opportunities for cost savings
• Liaise with customer, if necessary, with regards to design concepts and or changes during the design phase
• Mentor, instruct, and uplift designers
• Proactively involved with the customer to ensure highly successful project outcomes
• This person must have the ability to instill his “uniqueness” on a project and when complete one must be able to see that he/she was involved in that project
• Holistic view of a project and its requirements in the interest of producing a better overall product.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Duties:

• Excellent technical knowledge and understanding of electrical engineering principals and implementation
• Excellent technical problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge of electrical control system safety aspects and principles as well as risk assessment and safety performance level evaluation
• Up-skilling designers and nurture efficiency
• Ability to develop new ways of doing things
• Ability to present technical solutions to senior management and/or customer
• Strategic thinking and be able to foresee problems before they arise
• Understanding others