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Eskom generates about 95% of the electricity used in South Africa and around 45% of the electricity used in Africa. The company generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to industrial, mining, commercial, agricultural, and residential customers, as well as to redistributors. New power stations and major power lines are being built to meet growing energy needs.
Chief Engineer – Professional Engineering
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Bachelors
- Experience 7 years
- Location Western Cape
- Job Field Engineering / Technical
Job Description
Skills and Competencies Required
Behavioral
- Strong desire to learn
- Focus on results and delivery
- Ability to work well in a team
- Integrity
- Safety awareness
- Professionalism
Leadership
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Skill in building effective relationships and meeting expectations
- Coaching and mentoring abilities
Knowledge
- Formulating technology strategies
- Forecasting technology trends
- Managing technology projects
- Principles of risk analysis
- Project management principles
- All electrical plant systems, network design, and operations
- Design base, operational technology solutions, and maintenance base
- Business management processes
- Solid understanding of electrical plant systems, network design, and operations
- Electrical system analysis
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Negotiation
- Financial management
- Communication and presentation
- Leadership
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical consulting and investigation services
- Develop and integrate complex engineering solutions and designs
- Create and approve discipline-specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices, and specifications
- Develop discipline-specific technology vision, strategy, and direction
- Plan and implement research into new technologies for the discipline
- Represent Eskom in national and international technical forums
- Manage and conduct complex evaluations of products, equipment, materials, services, and change impacts
- Provide professional technical leadership
Minimum Requirements
Qualification(s):
- BSc Eng / B Eng Degree in Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits
Related Minimum Experience:
- 7 years of extensive experience in engineering design, design integration, and engineering management in power generation technologies. This includes materials handling plant, low-pressure services plant, chemical plant, boiler emissions control, milling, draft group, burners, power plant processes, turbine center line, pumps, gas turbines, high-pressure equipment, feed heating and cooling, solar plants, wind energy plants, and related chemistry systems, electrical, civil, control, and instrumentation systems
- Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a professional engineer
Apply by: 18 December 2025
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the Eskom careers portal.
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