Experienced Engineer with photovoltaic plants and BESS, should have 5 years of working experience and at least 2 working on designing PV facilities of 50MW and larger.

Electrical / Mechanical Engineer
Minimum studies in Technical Engineering. Master's Degree in Renewable Energies is a plus.
Minimum experience of 5 years as an Electrical Engineer in EERR projects (PV, BESS, Wind)
Proficiency in AUTOCAD, PSSE, DIgSILENT, ETAP, PVSYST and PVcase.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
Experience in:

PV facilities.
PVsyst is preferable
South African grid code.

His/her roles would be:

Designing and sizing, PV facilities and BESS projects.
Solar resource analysis, PV performance ratio analysis of different projects.
Complementary studies to integrate generation assets to the South African Grid.
Complement the technical studies by liasing with main equipment suppliers, and help the proposal team with the costing of the project.

The selected person will be mainly responsible for:

Design and dimensioning of renewable installation projects (photovoltaic plants and BESS)
Studies of solar resources, performance of renewable plants and hybrid systems.
Complementary studies in the integration of renewable energies in the electricity grid / Knowledge of grid codes applied to renewables.
Simulations in PSSE and DigSilent
Electrical calculations: Wiring, protections...
Preparation of data sheets, technical specifications, tabulations, budgets, etc.
Knowledge of the photovoltaic and electricity storage market, familiar with the different technologies of panels, inverters/power stations, solar trackers, batteries, PCS...

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Design Engineer (Design large PV Facilities 50MW and larger - Photovoltaic Plants and BESS ) - Cape Town.