Senior Engineer Prof Asset Investment Planning (Investment Optimisation)
Listing reference: eskom_003393
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 25 February 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Engineering, Technical, Production and Manufacturing
Location: Sunninghill
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Area of specialization: To develop a ten-year investment plan compliant with customer and National Energy Regulator (NER) requirements, implement, develop, maintain processes and systems to establish a robust optimized investment plan.
Task Grade: P16
Department: Asset Investment Planning
Business Unit: Asset Management
Location: Gauteng, MWP
Job description
Key Responsibilities:
1. Ensure technical deliverables, services to internal and external customers.
2. Develop discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications for approval.
3. Manage governance and finances.
4. Participate in national and international technical forums.
5. Provide professional technical leadership
1. Ensure technical deliverables, services to internal and external customers.
2. Develop discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications for approval.
3. Manage governance and finances.
4. Participate in national and international technical forums.
5. Provide professional technical leadership
Skills and Competencies Required:
Leadership:
• Team player
• Motivating teams
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Developing
• Entrepreneurial mind-set
• Build effective relationships and delivery on expectations
• Results and delivery focused
Behavioral:
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Strong drive to learn
• Safety consciousness
• Professionalism
• Self-starter
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Strong drive to learn
• Safety consciousness
• Professionalism
• Self-starter
Knowledge:
• Technology strategy formulation, forecasting, road mapping
• Risk analysis principles
• Project management principles
• Sound knowledge and understanding of all electrical plant systems, network design and operations
• Understanding design, maintenance base and operator training system (OTS)
• Business processes management.
• Division investment approval and project life-cycle model
• Portfolio investment planning and optimisation
• Accounting knowledge for consolidating business cases
Skill:
• Strategic thinking
• Negotiation
• Analytical
• Financial management
• Communication and presentation
• Leadership
• Dynamic, hardworking and work under pressure
• Problem solving
• Strategic thinking
• Negotiation
• Analytical
• Financial management
• Communication and presentation
• Leadership
• Dynamic, hardworking and work under pressure
• Problem solving
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):
• BSc Eng/B Eng in Mechanical/Chemical/Electrical/ Electronic/Mechatronic/Computer/Civil/ Metallurgical/Industrial Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits
• BSc Eng/B Eng in Mechanical/Chemical/Electrical/ Electronic/Mechatronic/Computer/Civil/ Metallurgical/Industrial Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits
Related Minimum Experience:
• 4 years’ Experience in network planning, design, development, operations, and maintenance of power systems
• Professional Registration Body: Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as professional engineer
Disclaimer:
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