Chief Engineer Prof Security of Supply
Listing reference: eskom_006631
Listing status: Online
Apply by: 8 September 2026
Position summary
Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply
Job category: Energy and Power Engineering
Location: Germiston
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: Yes
Introduction
Area of specialization: Oversees the entire outage process including maintenance and projects with regards to communication and agreements with stakeholders, gris code compliance, corridor information, documentation and managing the medium and long term outage plan by prioritizing outages; determining risk and mitigation strategies, tracking progress against plan and reporting to management.
Position/Task Grade: P18
Department: National Operations
Business Unit: System Operator
Location: Simmerpan, Germiston, Gauteng
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Technical management of the Outage function
- Medium and long term outage plan (prioritisation, risk identification and mitigation).
- Liaising with System Operating Control (SOC), Network Management Centres (NMC’s), Generation, Distribution and NTCSA Grids with regards to outage related matters, to ensure resolution on any problems.
- System corridor information update.
- Operational documentation.
- NTCSA/Distribution, Metro and Koeberg Operating Agreements
- Grid Code compliance
Skills and Competencies Required:
Behavioral
- Integrity
- Honesty
- Professionalism
Leadership
- Team player
- Decision making capability
Knowledge
- Eskom/NTCSA policies, processes and procedures
- Sound knowledge of business and technical environment
- Good knowledge of network configurations, constrains
Skill
- Analytical
- Planning, leading, organising
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Computer Literacy
Minimum requirements
Qualification(s):
- BSc /B Eng. in Electrical Engineering at NQF 8 with 480 credits
Professional Registration Body:
- Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as professional engineer
Related Minimum Experience:
- 7 Years’ Plant technical experience
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