SA - Civil Engineer

Summary of Role: 

As a Civil Engineer, you will provide engineering support during the design, pre-construction, construction, energisation and operation & maintenance phases of Mainstream Renewable Power’s project portfolio (REIPPPP and Bi-lateral).

What you will do:

• Work in the engineering team in a fast-paced environment.
• Create conceptual designs for the civil part of renewable energy power plants.
• Preparation of technical elements of Employer’s Requirements (ERs) for EPC and Consultant contracts.
• Drafting Scope of Works (SOW), creating Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and procuring front-end civil engineering services (e.g. Geotechnical investigation, flood studies, topographical studies, foundation designs).
• Contract management of front-end engineering services, including the evaluation and certification of payment claims.
• Assessing constructability of green-field sites.
• Assisting with technical design reviews of Contractor’s detailed designs to generally accepted industry standards, engineering practices and the specific project Employer’s requirements.
• Assisting the Construction team on civil engineering issues.

• Reporting on compliance with relevant design codes and contractual obligations.
• Auditing quality of construction/project during the construction phase.
• Attend and contribute to technical meetings during the construction period.
• Interfacing with and managing external consultants and contractors.
• Assist in the preparation of the Civil Design Policy.
• Producing technical reports for management.
• Ensuring civil engineering activities are carried out to the highest quality standards and in accordance with the relevant health and safety standards.
• Quality monitoring and regular review during the construction phase, updating the quality comments database, raising corrective actions and non-conformance reports.
• Review and provide engineering inputs to studies and reports commissioned by other departments within the business.
• Interfacing with provincial authorities and national agencies regarding civil-related matters.
• Site inspections on a regular basis & reporting back to the team.
• Assisting with successful project close out and handover to the Operations team.
• Optimising internal processes, procedures and record-keeping across various organisational platforms (e.g. SharePoint).
• Responsible for attending and maintaining relevant mandatory training, as deemed necessary by the business.

What we require:

• A Degree in Civil Engineering or similar.
• At least 5 years experience in a large-scale construction project environment.
• Be flexible in terms of working arrangements, national travel and some international travel may be required as part of the job.
• Have excellent communication and people skills.
• Fluent in English.

Preference will be given to Candidates who have the following Experience:

• Experience working for an EPC contractor or consultant in the renewable industry.
• Knowledge of wind farm/solar farm civil design and construction methods.
• Knowledge of substation and overhead line design and construction methods.
• Preparation of technical specifications and other engineering documents.
• Preparation of preliminary civil designs for renewable plants.
• Input into contract documents & programmes for EPC contracts, turbine supply agreements and consulting engineer agreements.
• Experience in tender/bid evaluation.
• Experience in project management.
• Comfortable conducting technical & commercial negotiations with EPC contractors.
• Knowledge of engineering software (AutoCAD, GIS, civil design software).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Professional Registration with relevant local or international statutory body or institutions.

What we offer: 

We offer you the opportunity to work in a dynamic and entrepreneurial organisation, to be part of a diverse workplace with regards to gender, age and cultural background in the most exciting industry in the world today. You will receive a very competitive total benefits package including an excellent base salary, bonus scheme and share options. 

Career development 

• Excellent training (an average 54 hours a year) 
• Secondment and relocation opportunities
• Career progression (16% promotions across the Group in 2021) 
• Self-paced online learning portal for micro courses across a range of functional and inter personal skills

Shared financial success  

• A competitive, industry benchmarked and cost-of-living linked salary, reviewed annually
• Annual bonus 
• Share options
• Salary contribution to your pension fund

Work/life balance 

• WFH in a hybrid working arrangement
• Generous annual leave, plus a community or charity work day each year
• Paid maternity, parental, adoptive and bereavement leave 
• Parental transitional coaching
• Allowance for WFH set up

True diversity & inclusion 

• Equal opportunity targets 
• GWEC Women in Wind and Mainstream Women in Renewables programmes 
• You can be you, whatever your gender, colour or sexual orientation

Care for health & wellbeing  

• Generous health insurance subsidy
• Income protection insurance 
• Life cover 
• Free Employee Assistance Program