Senior Advisor Contracts Management at Eskom Communications

Introduction

Area of specialization: To manage complex project contracts and provide advisory services to the team during project execution and outages. Task Grade: G15. Business Unit: North East Grid. Location: Eskom Park, Witbank - Mpumalanga

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage complex project contracts
• Provide project contracts advisory service to project team
• Control complex project contract cost
• Manage the contractual quality requirements of complex projects and relevant aspects of plant commissioning
•  Provide input to the commercial process
• Plan complex project contracts
• Prepare contract detailed progress and completion reports 

 
Skills and Competencies Required: 

Behavioural:

• Resilience and flexibility
• Integrity and values
• Trustworthiness
• Professionalism
• Honesty 

Leadership:

• Achievement oriented
• Business acumen
• Coaching and mentoring
• Teamwork/collaboration
• Providing direction through change 
• Developing organisational talent
• Working with authority 

 
Knowledge:

• Contracts management
• Claims management
• Earned value management (EVM)
• Cost management
• Planning and scheduling
• Project management
• Quantity surveying
• Risk management 

Skills:

• Analysis/judgement/problem solving
• Negotiation/persuasiveness
• Planning and organising
• Communication and engagement
• Dealing with complexity
• Decision making
• Influencing

Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):

• B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/Commerce/Human Sciences at NQF7 with 360 credits 

Experience:

• 5 years related experience in contracts management/project management in the built environment 

Apply by: 6 December 2025