Principal Technical Official

Listing reference: eskom_002277
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 29 December 2025
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Engineering, Technical, Production and Manufacturing
Location: Machadodorp
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Eskom Distribution is looking for Principal Technical Official, position/task T10. The Department is Operations and Maintenance, and the Business Unit is Limlanga Cluster. The location is Mpumalanga Nkangala Sector, Machadodorp CNC. Area of specialisation is to ensure the continuity of supply to customers by executing planning, operating, maintaining, repairing and building work according to policies, directives, standards, procedures, work practices, guidelines and service agreements on the electrical network up to and including 132 kilovolt (kV).
Job description

Skills and Competency Required:
 
Behavioural
  • Integrity
  • Customer centricity
  • Professionalism
  • Results orientation
Leadership
  •  Coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Developing teams
  • Working in a team towards a common goal
  • Lead and empower a team
Knowledge
  •  Eskom standards, procedures, directives and guidelines
  • Power plant specific transformers, auxiliary, switchgear theoretical knowledge at the required level
  • Quality management international organisation for standardisation (ISO) 9001 and 14001
  • Emergency response and safety
  • Basic health, safety, environment
  • Tools and specialised equipment.
  • Low and high voltage systems up to 132kV
  • High voltage (HV), medium voltage (MV) and low voltage (LV) line construction
  • Meter worker certification
  • Single phase tester
  • Crane operating
  • Mobile elevating platform operating
  • Auger drill operating
  • Operating Regulations for High Voltage Systems (ORHVS) outcome 5 authorisation
  • Rock drill operating
  • Live Work Outcome 
Skill
  • Public driver`s permit (PDP)
  • Valid driver’s licence (EC)
  • Safety management
  • Basic workshop
  • Communication
  • Sound interpersonal relations
Key Responsibilities
  • Perform maintenance.
  • Repair faults.
  • Build assets on the network.
  • Ensure health and safety.
  • Provide training.
  • Provide customer service.

Minimum requirements

Qualifications:
  • .Senior Artisan Trade Certificate (DryTrade) at NQF4 with 120 credits
Related Minimum Experience:
 
2 Years Distribution network operating and maintenance
 

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