Chief Engineer Prof Electrical Engineering – (Power System Protection)
Listing reference: eskom_003832
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 19 March 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Electrical Engineering
Location: Germiston
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Task Grade: P18
Area of specialization: To develop and support suitable technology strategies, processes, standards, specifications and designs.
Department: PTM&C
Business Unit: Engineering
Job description
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide technical consulting and investigation services.
2. Produce and integrate complex engineering solutions/designs.
3. Develop and approve discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications.
4. Develop discipline specific technology vision, strategy and direction.
5. Plan and change discipline specific research into new technologies.
6. Represent Eskom in national and international technical forums.
7. Manage and conduct complex product, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations.
8. Provide professional technical leadership.
2. Produce and integrate complex engineering solutions/designs.
3. Develop and approve discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications.
4. Develop discipline specific technology vision, strategy and direction.
5. Plan and change discipline specific research into new technologies.
6. Represent Eskom in national and international technical forums.
7. Manage and conduct complex product, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations.
8. Provide professional technical leadership.
Skills and Competencies Required
1) Behavioural:
• Strong drive to learn
• Be results and delivery focused
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Integrity
• Safety consciousness
• Professionalism
• Be results and delivery focused
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Integrity
• Safety consciousness
• Professionalism
2) Leadership:
• Entrepreneurial mind-set
• Ability to build effective relationship and delivery on expectations
• Coaching and mentoring
• Ability to build effective relationship and delivery on expectations
• Coaching and mentoring
3) 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
4) Skill:
• Strategic thinking
• Negotiation
• Financial management
• Communication and presentation
• Leadership
• Superior analytical and problem solving
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):
BSc Eng/B Eng Degree in Mechanical/ Chemical/Electrical/Electronic/ Mechatronic/Computer/Civil/ Metallurgical/Industrial Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits
BSc Eng/B Eng Degree in Mechanical/ Chemical/Electrical/Electronic/ Mechatronic/Computer/Civil/ Metallurgical/Industrial Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits
Professional Registration Body:
Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as Professional Engineer
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.