Minimum Requirements

• BSc Eng/B.Eng. in mechanical, chemical, Electrical, Electronic, Civil, Metallurgical or Industrial Engineering.
• ECSA Registered Pr. Eng.

Related Minimum Experience:

• 2 years related experience in the area of engineering operations and maintenance.

Skills and Competencies

Behavioural:

• Strong drive to learn,
• Be results and delivery focused,
• Be able to work as part of a team,
• Integrity,
• Safety consciousness,
• Professionalism
• Leadership:
• Strong communication skills,
• Entrepreneurship mind-set,
• Ability to build effective relationships and delivery on expectations,
• Coaching and mentoring

Knowledge:

• Management of technology principles (MOT)
• Risk analysis principles
• Project management principles
• Sound knowledge and understanding of all electrical plant systems, network design and operation
• Electrical system analytical skills
• Understanding of Design Base, OTS and Maintenance Base
• Knowledge of Business Processes Management
• Superior Analytical and Problem-Solving Ability

Skill:

• Strategic thinking skills
• Negotiation skills
• Management of technology principles (MOT)
• Risk analysis principles
• Sound knowledge and understanding of all electrical plant systems, network design and operation
• Electrical system analytical skills
• Financial management skills
• Communication and presentation skills

Attributes

• Depth perception
• Stamina
• Communication skills
• Assessment
• Interview
• Demonstrate experience
• Use scenario sketching
• Ability to see the Big picture
• Psychometric Assessment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides planned (and sometimes unplanned) O&M engineering support to the Ous
• Develops discipline-specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications
• Develop discipline-specific vision, strategy and direction setting for improving OU O&M Engineering support
• Provides input into and conducts research to improve O&M operations
• Represent Eskom in national and international technical forums
• Manages and conducts products, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations
• Provides a technical consulting and investigation service for customers (OU support)
• Provides professional technical leadership over engineers within their own disciplines

​Closing Date : 21/07/2025