Overall Purpose Of The Job:

To design and integrate SCADA Systems in an economical and efficient manner and to provide engineering expertise to customers and internal departments,
To ensure that the Company fulfils its contractual obligations, time, cost and specification,
To ensure all orders are processed and managed in an efficient manner to the satisfaction of the client in terms of the contract or order and the Company,
To prepare Mini Apps and other training course material and manage / present internal and external training courses.

 
Key Tasks: Task Elements
Design & Integrate SCADA Systems

Maintain regular contact with principals to take advantage of the latest technology developments
To perform customer application engineering and circuit design of SCADA systems
To perform engineering wok such as:
Protection, Metering and Control System Design
Standardisation and manufacturing instructions
To supervise the preparation of good quality drawings for customer approval and later use on site and customer records
To check and approve the drawings

 
General Engineering

To assist with the preparation of complete and detailed production packages with respect to specifications and special instructions
To ensure the protection and control systems are manufactured to acceptable safety standards and quality requirements
To resolve any production problems on Automation (SCADA, & HMI Systems) in general
To liaise with the Contracts & Project Management Office on the submission of drawings to customers, and the agreement of cost-effective technical solutions within the constraints of the contract
To give technical support to the Contracts & Project Management Office on all aspects of Automation Engineering Design and Integration

 
 
General Engineering

To assist with the preparation of complete and detailed production packages with respect to specifications and special instructions
To ensure the protection and control systems are manufactured to acceptable safety standards and quality requirements
To resolve any production problems on Automation (SCADA, & HMI Systems) in general
To liaise with the Contracts & Project Management Office on the submission of drawings to customers, and the agreement of cost-effective technical solutions within the constraints of the contract
To give technical support to the Contracts & Project Management Office on all aspects of Automation Engineering Design and Integration

Customer Support

To maintain good relations with all customers
To advise customers on:
The correct application of SCADA Systems
The correct SCADA philosophy
The correct testing and commissioning procedures for SCADA Systems and relays

 
Support to Sales and Marketing Departments

To propose in liaison with the Relay Sales, SCADA Specialist, and Business Development Manager, the development of products specifically directed to the Southern African Market.
To assist the Commercial and Sales Departments on technical aspects of tendering related to Automation.
To support Sales Engineers / technicians on a regular basis when technical advice is needed.
To assist when required with professional technical presentations to customers.
To evaluate technical aspects of recommended new developments.
To interpret the technical specification documents and drawings of tenders with respect to the estimated man hours to complete activities.
To compile general layout engineering drawings, bill of materials, technical comments and schedules as a complete tendering package.
To ensure that the equipment offered complies with technical specifications.
To liaise with Consulting Engineers and Customers on all technical non-conformances regarding tender documents.
To ensure that a highly competitive and viable package is offered to customers that would satisfy customer requirements and quality standards at tender stage.

Support to Service Department

To guide and assist Test Technicians with site testing and factory testing of all Automation related activities.
To assist on Breakdown Calls during normal and after working hours.

Commissioning

Provide Commissioning service to Customers.
Commission part or complete substation protection, control and metering schemes.

Training

To assist in training of company’s Trainee Technicians allocated as required.
Prepare and present Training Courses to internal and External Customers.

General

Besides the job functions described above any reasonable request to perform other duties and to assist in supplementary job functions as required by my superior shall also be carried out.
To carry out ad hoc instructions from Management that fall within the general scope of the Department and /or personal skill set
To ensure that you are fully conversant with all the other job functions carried out by any individual within the department, that should the need arise, you will be able to perform their function for a short period of time