Electrical Draughtsman / Engineer
Exceed Human Resource Consultants
- Bellville, Cape Town
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Prepare detailed schematics, bills of material, and panel layout drawings in accordance with design specifications and established department design standards.
- Assisting Electrical Engineers and Engineering Technologists in design and layout of electrical installations and circuitry on substations, switchgear, cabling systems and motor control systems.
- Inspecting designs and finished products for compliance with specifications and regulations.
- Produce high-quality, low-cost designs using established company standards, while meeting applicable codes and assigned schedules.
- Stay current with applicable technology and safety standards, providing insight and guidance to others when called upon.
- Efficiently manage multiple projects at the same time.
- Aid production team during layout, assembly, and testing, resolving any issues relating to the design or bills of material.
- Continuously identify and investigate opportunities to improve electrical systems, components, and processes.
- Provide technical assistance to Applications Engineering, Sales, Service, and customers as needed.
- Communicate openly. Build relationships. Be recognised as an individual that can be trusted and work well with the team.
- Adhere to our core values: positive attitude, adaptable, accountable, self-motivated, and flexible.
- National diploma, BTech or BSc in Electrical Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience.
- Experience designing low voltage (less than 1000V; 1ph and 3ph) industrial control panels; using programmable logic control systems, advanced control techniques using VFDs, cellular remote monitoring systems, and power monitoring software systems.
- High proficiency in AutoCAD-Electrical (version 2023 experience desirable), creating schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, and other electrical engineering documents.
- Working knowledge of applicable USA codes and standards, especially NEC, JIC, IEC, CE, UL, NEMA, IEEE, and NFPA is beneficial.
- Familiar with power distribution, transformers, and service switches.
- Experience with electrical enclosures and/or sheet metal fabrication is a plus.
- Strong computer skills; must be proficient with Excel; Microsoft Office preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Exceptional command of the English language
- Willingness to travel to internationally and to collaborate with the Hartland-based team.
- Experience in the water supply industry preferred, but not required.
- Medium voltage experience is adv.
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- We reserve the right to only conduct interviews with candidates of choice.
- Applicants who have not received feedback within 30 days from the closing date must please accept their application as unsuccessful.
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