Projects Engineer for KPMG, Fiji

Reporting to the Unit Leader Substation, this role is responsible for developing engineering designs of substation equipment specifications, along with determining the scope of work, cost and schedule for the construction of the substation reinforcement projects. As well as ensuring, professional, legal and organisational standards are followed.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Create design documents and drawings for new substation projects including wiring diagrams from schematics, generating bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings with minimal supervision
• Design and oversee the design of substation and switchyard projects including but not limited to protection and control, elementary drawings, SCADA, physical layout and design, underground and overhead conductor routing, sizing and design
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• Apply engineering application software to complete engineering tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, lighting, load flow, transformer sizing, and load flow and short circuit studies
• Apply engineering standards including IEC, IEEE and ASNZ
• Project Management & adhering contracts conditions for implementation & provide site supervision and administration, monitoring & reporting and ensure that project targets, timelines and deliverables are within budget allocations
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• Provide leadership, training, and mentoring to develop and maintain a highly competent substation engineering team
• Interface with and coordinate civil and structural engineering resources and aspects of the substation and switchyard projects
• See that personal and professional conduct is in keeping with professional, legal and organizational standards
• Inspection, testing and commissioning of completed work to ensure compliance with specification and adopted work standards
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• Developing substation equipment specifications, and providing the engineering to determine the scope, cost, schedule and specifications for the construction of substation projects
• Developing design alternatives recommending substation arrangements and equipment applications
• Preparing Tender Specifications, evaluating vendor proposals and preparing material and equipment purchase recommendations
• Coordinate substation projects serving as a project coordinator and a liaison between System Planning and Project Consultants and Turn-key Contractors
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• Develop on AutoCAD as built design, protection and control drawings of existing zone Substations
• Review of design strategy, architecture, and design specifics for protection and control systems. Projects may focus on all types of conventional relaying design, as well as new SEL relay based on data communications links or local area network
• Review of the production of General Arrangements, Circuit and Wiring Diagrams and the final approval of same
• Prepare I/O list of Substation
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• Prepare pre-commissioning, cutover and commissioning plans of substation projects
• Review FEA and contractor Risk Assessments and Method Statements
• Ensure at all times that HSE considerations in all facets of activities are of top priority
• Ensure all test are analysed and plants are energized in accordance to the minimum standards settings/results.
• Ensure all test conducted in accordance to manufacturers specification and procedures and are results recorded and digitized for archiving
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• To use and maintain special testing equipment such as:
  - High Potential test set
  - Primary and secondary injection test set
  - Dielectric strength test set
  - Phasing stick and phase rotating meters
  - Multimeters
  - Transformer Turns ratio
  - Earth resistance meter
  - Digital Micro Ohm meter
  - Transformer Oil filter plant Dfd
  - Vacuum integrity Tester
  - Circuit Breaker timing test (CBT400)
  - Battery Impedance Tester
  - HV contact and proximity Tester
  - Insulation Resistance Tester
  - Variable transformers (Variac)

Qualifications and experience

A Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering, from a recognised tertiary institution with at least five to eight years of work experience

Certified and authorized in switching and must possess a valid (not provisional) drivers license.

Applications together with a detailed curriculum vitae, three referees and telephone contact should be forwarded to Exceptional Career Opportunities, c/o KPMG, GPO Box 32, Suva, Fiji or email recruitment@kpmg.com.fj by 4pm, Tuesday 9 May 2017.