Civil Engineer
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Permanent
CT002056
Engineering
Engineering & Technical
Renewable Energy
Western Cape, Cape Town
CIVIL ENGINEER (PR ENG) - UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR PV - CAPE TOWN
Responsibilities:
  • Act as the civil engineering authority for the plant, own the civil design basis, and sign as Pr Eng for the civil, geotechnical, hydrological and structural design.
  • Manage surveys and studies (topographic survey, geotechnical investigation, hydrology and flood lines, pile pull-out testing) and turn the results into design parameters.
  • Design or approve the roads, drainage and stormwater, earthworks, platforms, laydowns, cable trenches, equipment foundations, fencing and O&M campus buildings, to South African standards.
  • Set the driven pile design: embedment, tolerances, refusal protocol and corrosion protection.
  • Develop practical measures for wind-blown sand, dust, erosion and excavation stability in non-cohesive sand.
  • Source and approve road and construction materials, including alternative materials, with the testing to support them.
  • Direct the in-house design team and specialist consultants, and review contractor civil design, materials and temporary works.
  • Provide the engineering input to water use, waste, mining, building and transport approvals, and own civil quantities, specifications and technical bid evaluations.
  • Support site teams at engineering hold points and hand over a complete civil as-built record and maintenance requirements for operations.
 
Requirements:
 
  • BSc (Eng) or BEng in civil engineering, or an equivalent qualification accredited by the Engineering Council of South Africa.
  • Registration as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) with the Engineering Council of South Africa, in good standing.
  • At least ten years of post graduate civil engineering experience, with at least three years since Pr Eng registration.
  • A valid South African driver's licence and willingness to travel to site regularly.
  • Civil design and site delivery on utility-scale renewable energy projects, solar PV preferred.
  • Stormwater, drainage and flood hydrology design, and gravel road design with imported layerworks.
  • Geotechnical engineering in sands, including driven pile foundations and pull-out testing.
  • Foundation and structural design for substations, equipment and small buildings.
  • Review of contractor design and temporary works under FIDIC, NEC or GCC conditions.
  • Work on the West Coast or on environmentally constrained sites is a strong advantage.
  • SAICE membership and a postgraduate qualification are welcome.
For more information please contact:
Kristen Davis