Electrical Engineer

CTG overview

• CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.
• CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.
• Through our efficient and agile HR, logistical and operational services, CTG saves multilateral organisations time and money. We handle all our clients’ HR related issues, so they are free to focus on their core services.
• Visit www.ctg.org to find out more

Overview of position

• Our client is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.
• Our client areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.
• To hire professional Consultant Engineer able to provide a variety of engineering services required by our client under instructions and directions of the Project Manager, Renewable Energy Specialist, and City Engineer. The engineering services desired include, but are not limited to

Role objectives

• Carry out field visits to target facilities – which may include traveling to various governorates- to:
• Inspect and verify the actual needs.
• Consult with the facility’s management and administration about the expected needs.
• Identify the required space for system required components such as Solar PV panels, distribution and control boards, batteries, Diesel generators and fuel tanks.
• Identify connection points and assess their ability to withstand new sources.
• Estimate the average electricity loads of targeted facilities.
• Data collection for the electricity consuming equipment within the facility along with their wattage and its daily operational hours.
• Prepare accurate single line diagrams for the facility’s electrical network.
• Identify possible cable routes and any possible obstacles.
• Instruments. The engineer shall be familiar with measurement instruments and apparatus required for such assignment including Power Quality Analyzer (PQA) with data logger and clamp meter as minimum.
• Prepare appropriate energy system designs for target facilities based on actual electricity measurements and needs and according to site suitability. This will include the following:
• A full description of the target facility including its location (with GIS coordinates), existing capacity, functionality, provide photographs for the available electricity sources, loads, and the available areas for the system.
• AutoCAD drawings for the available areas presenting the south direction and azimuth, illustrating the proposed location for the inverter and storage systems and/or Gensets and fuel tanks.
• The design shall consider HSSE and aesthetic concerns.
• Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of designing processes and respond for any inquiries and modification requests from design review team through our client energy specialist until getting final approval and design certificate.
• Working in coordination with our client Renewable Energy Coordinator, City Engineers and Social Safeguard Officer.
• The consultant will prepare and deliver the required documents in a professional way within specified working period which will include but not limited to:
• Technical assessment report.
• High quality digital photographs.
• AutoCAD detailed design using approved layout templates.
• Sizing Calculation sheets.
• Bill of Quantities (BOQ), including detailed specifications and cost estimation.
• All team’s members shall be working side by side and perform all tasks assigned cooperatively.
• Protecting the confidentiality of work.
• Any additional duties required as needed within the scope of the project.

Project reporting

• This role reports to the line manager.

Key competencies

• For a Bachelor degree, 4 years working experience in project assessment, design and management experience in Solar PV systems and diesel gensets projects is essential.
• Experience in the usage of computers and software packages (Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft office).
• Very Good Knowledge in written and oral English and Arabic languages is required.

Team management

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Further information

• Qualified female candidates encourage to apply for this role.