Senior Electrical Engineer

Market-related Package

Cape Town, South Africa

A leading renewable energy Independent Power Producer (IPP) is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its growing engineering team in Cape Town. This role offers the opportunity to work across the development and delivery of large-scale renewable energy projects while supporting the successful execution of technically compliant projects.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting engineering activities across the structuring, design, and execution phases of utility-scale renewable energy projects.

Key Responsibilities

Project Structuring & Development

• Support the development and establishment of the project’s technical base case and specifications

• Review and evaluate key technical documentation and contracts (including PPA, Grid Code and Connection Agreements)

• Support supply chain teams with the compilation and evaluation of RFP documentation and supplier responses

• Assist in coordinating and compiling complete system design packages

• Support the management and review of detailed engineering design packages

• Ensure design information identified during the structuring phase is incorporated into designs issued for construction

Project Delivery & Execution

• Ensure engineering requirements are effectively implemented from design through construction

• Review and assess design change requests and deviations

• Conduct site visits when required to verify that design expectations are implemented

• Support testing and commissioning activities leading up to Commercial Operation Date (COD)

Project Close-Out

• Support engineering activities required for project completion and handover

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical, Electronic, or Electromechanical Engineering

• Minimum 5+ years of electrical/electromechanical engineering experience

• At least 1+ year of renewable energy project experience

• Experience working within project environments

• Experience in distribution and reticulation design

• Exposure to high-voltage networks and substations

• Experience in utility-scale solar PV project design and execution

• Experience using PVSyst

• Proficiency in AutoCAD

• Familiarity with weather datasets such as Meteonorm (MN7) and SolarGIS

Personal Attributes

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams

• A proactive and results-driven mindset

• The ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities

• A problem-solving approach and willingness to take initiative in a dynamic project environment

• A strong team-oriented attitude with a collaborative working style

This role presents an excellent opportunity to contribute to large-scale renewable energy projects while working within an international and highly technical engineering environment.