WSP

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Substation Secondary Plant Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Location: South Africa

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

•Prepare or review conceptual or functional designs, specifications, bills of quantity and tender documents for substation projects (11kV to 500kV) to internationally accepted standards.
•Preparation of detailed protection and communication design packages for any configuration of substation and power network, including protection schemes, relay setting philosophy, and protection/control drawings.
•Perform fault studies, relay settings calculations, and coordination reports for transmission and distribution systems.
•Design and configure protection, automation, and SCADA systems and review designs by Contractors against specifications to ensure compliance with standards.
•Provide project engineering support during the construction and commissioning phase of transmission and distribution projects and mentor junior engineers.

Key Requirements

•A degree in Electrical Engineering or similar from an internationally recognized institution.
•Minimum 15 years’ engineering experience in protection and communication design for power network projects.
•Professional registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) or an internationally recognized institution.
•Desirable: Strong understanding of protection schemes, C&I, SCADA, and substation automation systems.
•Proficiency with design tools such as EPLAN, DigSilent, AutoCAD, PowerFactory, ETAP, PSSE, or similar.

Experience:15+ yearsPower engineeringSubstationsElectric powerGrid

Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Skills:CommunicationTeamworkProblem-solving

Certifications:ECSA

Languages:English

Tech Stack:EPLANDigSilentAutoCADPowerFactoryETAPPSSE

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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