• Full Time
  • Johannesburg, South Africa

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Eskom generates approximately 95% of the electricity used in South Africa and about 45% of the electricity used in Africa. Eskom generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to industrial, mining, commercial, agricultural, and residential customers and redistributors. Additional power stations and major power lines are being built to meet rising energy needs.

Physicist Prof Nuclear

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Qualification: Bachelors
  • Experience: 2 years
  • Location: Western Cape
  • Job Field: Science

Introduction

Position/Task Grade: P12. Area of specialization: To manage and control all nuclear fuel related activities on site, such as ensuring reactor safety and fuel cycle economy through an optimized fuel management strategy, providing a neutronic calculational capability, and supplying support to the reactor operators. Department: Radiation Chemistry Management. Business Unit: Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.

Job Description

  • Monitor and trend key core parameters.
  • Apply neutronic codes.
  • Calculate cycle-specific parameters.
  • Support the Operating department.
  • Perform outage-specific nuclear fuel activities.

Skills and Competencies Required

Leadership

  • Team player
  • Supervising contractor teams
  • Coaching employees
  • Customer focused

Behavioral

  • Honesty
  • Trustworthiness
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism

Knowledge

  • Academic knowledge as given under minimum qualification requirements
  • Basic knowledge of risk assessment and principles
  • Understand relevant plant systems and operations

Skills

  • Computer literate
  • Report writing
  • Decision making
  • Attention to detail
  • Analytical
  • Problem solving
  • Communication

Attributes

  • None

Minimum Requirements

Qualification(s)

  • BSc Honours Degree / Postgraduate Diploma in Physics / Mathematics / Applied Radiation Sciences and Technology / Engineering Sciences at NQF8 with 480 credits

Related Minimum Experience

  • 2 years completed prescribed training

Professional Registration

  • South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) as a Certificated Natural Scientist

Closing Date: November 3, 2025

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the Eskom careers portal.

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