Minimum Requirements
Qualification(s)

• B Tech Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics / Mechatronics / Computer /
• Civil / Chemical / Metallurgical / Industrial Engineering at NQF7 with 360 credits

Experience

• 7 years’ experience in:
• Maintenance, operations and/or technical support to the technical operations of power generation or power delivery (Transmission and Distribution) infrastructure.
• Engineering technologies, standards, specifications, processes, design construction.
• Professional Registration: Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as  Professional Technologist

Skills and Competencies

Leadership

• Team player
•  Entrepreneurial mind-set
•  Build effective relationships and delivery on expectations
•  Coaching
•  Mentoring

Behavioural

•  Strong drive to learn
•  Honesty
•  Trustworthiness
•  Results and delivery focused
•  Integrity
•  Safety consciousness
•  Professionalism

Knowledge

•  Technology strategy formulation
•  Technology forecasting
•  Technology road-mapping
•  Management of technology projects
•  Risk analysis principles
•  Project management principles
•  Understanding electrical plant systems, network design and operation
•  Electrical system analysis
•  Understanding design base, outage technical support (OTS) and maintenance base
•  Business processes management
•  Superior analytical and problem solving
•  Financial management

Skills

•  Strategic thinking
•  Financial management
•  Communication and presentation
•  Report writing
•  Analytical
•  Negotiation

Key Responsibilities

• Develop discipline-specific technology vision, strategy and direction setting.
• Develop and approve discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications.
• Oversee, produce and integrate complex engineering solutions design for asset creation.
• Plan and control discipline-specific research regarding new technologies.
• Represent Eskom at national and international technical forums.
• Manage and conduct complex product, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations.
• Provide complex technical consulting and investigation service for customers.
• Provide professional technical leadership for senior technologists, senior engineers, technologists and engineers in different disciplines.