Chief Engineer Prof Engineering at Eskom Communications

Job description

• Skills and Competencies Required:

Behavioral

• Strong drive to learn
• Be results and delivery focused
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Integrity
• Safety consciousness
• Professionalism

Leadership

• Entrepreneurial mind-set
• Ability to build effective relationships and delivery on expectations
• Coaching and mentoring

Knowledge

• Technology strategy formulation
• Technology forecasting
• Management of technology projects
• Risk analysis principles
• Project management principles
• All electrical plant systems, network design and operation
• Design base, operational technology solutions (OTS) and maintenance base
• Business management processes
• Sound knowledge and understanding of all electrical plant systems, network design and operation
• Electrical system analytical

Skill

• Strategic thinking
• Negotiation
• Financial management
• Communication and presentation
• Leadership
• Superior analytical and problem solving

Key Responsibilitiies

• Provide technical consulting and investigation services.
• Produce and integrate complex engineering solutions/designs.
• Develop and approve discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and
• specifications.
• Develop discipline specific technology vision, strategy and direction.
• Plan and change discipline specific research into new technologies.
• Represent Eskom in national and international technical forums.
• Manage and conduct complex product, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations.
• Provide professional technical leadership.

Minimum requirements
Minimum Requirements

Qualification(s):

• BSc Eng/B Eng Degree in Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits

 Related Minimum Experience: 

• 7 Years Extensive Experience in engineering design, design integration, engineering management in power generation technologies for materials handling plant, low pressure services plant, chemical plant, boiler emissions control, milling, draft group, burners, power plant processes, turbine center line, pumps, gas turbines, high pressure equipment,feed heating and cooling, solar plants, wind energy plant and related chemistry systems, electrical, civil, control and instrumentation.
•  Professional Body Registration: Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as professional engineer.

Apply by: 18 December 2025