Physicist Prof Nuclear
Listing reference: eskom_000925
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 3 November 2025
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Chemical , Petrochemical, Oil and Gas
Location: Western Cape
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
Position/Task Grade: P12. Area of specialization: To manage and control all nuclear fuel related activities on site such as ensuring reactor safety and fuel cycle economy through an optimised fuel management strategy, providing a neutronic calculational capability, supply support to the reactor operators. Department: Radiation Chemistry Management. Business Unit: Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor and trend key core parameters
- Apply neutronic codes.
- Calculate cycle specific parameters.
- Support the Operating department.
- Perform outage specific nuclear fuel activities.
Skills and Competencies Required:
Leadership
- Team player
- Supervising contractor teams
- Coaching employees
- Customer focused
Behavioral
- Honesty
- Trustworthiness
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Knowledge
- Academic knowledge as given under minimum qualification requirements
- Basic knowledge risk assessment and principles
- Understand relevant plant system and operations
Skills
- Computer literate
- Report writing
- Decision making
- Attention to detail
- Analytical
- Problem solving
- Communication
Attributes
- None
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):
BSc Honours Degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Physics/ Mathematics/ Applied Radiation Sciences and Technology/ Engineering Sciences at NQF8 with 480 credits
Related Minimum Experience:
2 years completed prescribed training
Professional Registration:
South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) as a Certificated Natural Scientist
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