Senior Technologist

Job Facts

Employer Eskom
Location Western Cape Cape Town
Closing Date 19 Aug 2026
Posted 15 August 2026
Minimum Education B Tech/National Higher Diploma/Advanced Diploma in Engineering at
Industry Electricity, Energy, Utilities

Minimum Requirements

  • B Tech/National Higher Diploma/Advanced Diploma in Engineering at
  • NQF7 with 360 credits
  • 4 years’ related experience planning and design, design integration and engineering management in relevant technologies for power stations/substations, electrical network.
  • Engineering planning and design, overhead line engineering design, substation design, distributed generation integration, secondary plant engineering design, protection, telecommunication, measurement metering, civil design and control
  • Professional registration with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as professional technologist
  • Eskom is committed to providing a smoke-free environment for its employees and visitors at the workplace.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical consulting and investigating services.
  • Provide and integrate engineering solutions or designs for asset creation.
  • Develop and approve discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practises
  • and specifications.
  • Manage and conduct product, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations.
  • Provide input into discipline specific technology vision strategy and direction setting.
  • Conduct discipline specific technology research.
  • Participate in national and international technical forums.
  • Provide professional technical leadership.
  • Motivating teams
  • Customer focused
  • Professionalism
  • Safety consciousness
  • Design codes and standards
  • Engineering theory
  • Engineering design
  • Relevant Eskom and statutory processes, procedures, policies, guidelines, associated safety practices and legislation
  • Risk analysis principles
  • Technology road mapping
  • Technical problem solving
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