Senior Advisor RMDC Condition Monitoring 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

• Team leader with excellent motivation skills
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Develop People

Knowledge

• Thorough knowledge of power plant processes
• Good Eskom business knowledge
• Heat rate and condition monitoring system usage
• Knowledge of power plant regulatory requirements
• Must have completed root cause analysis course
• Thorough understanding of advanced software applications
• Thorough knowledge of heat balance for thermal power plant
• Condition monitoring principles and application

Skill

• Skilled at power plant operations with operating experience
• Engineering skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Good communication skills

Attributes(Clearly define attributes such as colour blindness and physical disabilities that might hinder performance)

• Must be energetic and work unpredictable long hours

Assessment (Clearly define the means through which the actual job requirement will be measured at or after the interview. In other words, those key elements that must be demonstrated by the individual to assure capability)

• Understanding the principles that guide RMDC monitoring
• Clear on the operations of the power plant
• Understand Thermodynamics and Heat Rate Monitoring
• Must demonstrate understanding of conditioning monitoring

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure real-time heat rate and condition monitoring
• Review critical plant operations, philosophies and develop effective work methods where deficiencies occur
• Determine root cause analysis
• Ensure long-term health plant life cycle

Minimum requirements
Minimum Requirements

Qualification(s):

• B Tech (Technical), National Higher Diploma (Technical)                                                                                          

Experience:

• 5 years: Power plant processes conditioning monitoring

Apply by: 12 March 2026