Organization: Lead Country South Africa
Location: Midrand South Africa
Reporting Manager: Solution Engineering Manager
The Business
Siemens Smart Infrastructure combines the real and digital worlds across energy systems, buildings, and industries, enhancing the way people live and work and significantly improving efficiency and sustainability. We work together with customers and partners to create an ecosystem that both intuitively responds to the needs of people and helps customers achieve their business goals. It helps our customers to thrive, communities to progress and supports sustainable development to protect our planet for the next generation.
Role Headline
System Engineers are responsible for the design, development, and implementation of customer projects, according to defined Siemens standards and customer requirements.
Responsibilities of the Role
- Implementing projects within time, cost and quality parameters.
- Transmission Protection and Automation scheme design interpreting and translating customer requirements into a complete system as well as applying innovative approaches i.e. products, technology and people
- Testing of Protection and Automation schemes be responsible to generate, testing documentation and perform testing at factory and commissioning onsite as required during project execution.
- Providing customer support the Protection and automation system engineer is required to perform post-fault investigations as required by the customer.
- Proactively identify, review, and manage project technical risks and ensures that appropriate mitigation measures are in place.
- Support Business development by Identifying Business opportunities and Market Potential in the Utility, Infrastructure, Industry and other market verticals.
- BSc or B.Eng. in Electrical engineering
- 3 to 5 Years of Protection Design experience
- Good understanding of protection and substation automation technology systems
- Registered as Professional Engineer or Professional Technologist with ECSA
- Experience in WinCC design and implementation.
- Experience in Siemens SICAM PAS gateway configuration, Siemens SICAM RTUs configuration (Advantageous)
- Independent working style, highly flexible for global travel and going the extra mile
- Excellent communication & professional networking skills
- Strong intercultural sensitivity and ability to work with teams and stakeholders around the globe
- Highly desirable professional experience outside of home country
- Fluent in English
- Valid Drivers license
- Passport
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability and willingness to challenge status quo
- Willingness to get directly involved with operational matters
- Strong communication skills; must be able to interact with all levels of the organization in both local and international organisations.
- Ability to quickly adapt to new challenges in changing environment
- Decision making skills
- Must be willing to travel.
Our culture embraces different perspectives, open debate, and the will to challenge convention. Change is a constant aspect of our work. We aspire to lead the change in our industry rather than just react to it. Thats why we invite you to take on new challenges, test your ideas, and celebrate success.
The companys approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets under the Employment Equity Act will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
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Closing Date 19 March 2024
