Senior Engineer Prof Engineering

Listing reference: eskom_005629
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 13 July 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Business Development
Location: Sunninghill
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Eskom Distribution is looking for a Senior Engineer, Task Grade P16, Department: Strategy and New Business Development, Business Unti: Product Development, Area of specialization: To develop and support suitable technology strategies, processes, standards, specifications and designs for product development, Location: Megawatt Park Sunninghill.
Job description

Skills and Competencies Required:
 
Behavioural:
  • Strong drive to learn
  • Results and delivery focused
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism
  • Safety consciousness
Leadership:
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Build effective relationships
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Work in teams 
Knowledge:
  • Related technologies
  • Design codes and standards
  • Engineering theory
  • Relevant processes, procedures, policies, guidelines and legislation
  • Engineering design
  • Technical problem solving
Skills
  • Analytical
  • Cost analysis/economic evaluation
  • Communication
  • PresentatioN
  • Technical report writing

Key Responsibilities

  1.  Provide technical consulting, investigation and support services to support product development activities. 
  2. Produce and integrate asset creation engineering solutions, designs for new or enhanced products and services.
  3. Develop discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures and work practices that guide product development activities.
  4. Provide input into discipline specific roadmaps to support product development.
  5. Conduct discipline specific research on new and emerging technologies to inform and enhance product development.
  6. Manage and conduct product, equipment, material, service development and technical change management across the product lifecycle.
  7. Participate in national and international technical forums to inform and advance product development and innovation.
  8. Contribute to development of engineers in specified disciplines to strengthen product development capabilities.

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

·       BSc/B Eng in Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits 

·       4 Years’ related experience in technical engineering and related technologies.

·       Professional Registration Body: Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as professional engineer.

If you have not been contacted within 28 days after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.”

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