• Full Time
  • Bloemfontein, South Africa

Eskom Communications

Eskom generates approximately 95% of the electricity used in South Africa and about 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 redistributors. Eskom is building additional power stations and major power lines to meet rising electricity demand.

Senior Technologist Engineering Telecommunications

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification Bachelors, Higher National Certificate
  • Experience
  • Location Free State
  • City Bloemfontein
  • Job Field Engineering / Technical

Job Description

Skills and Competencies Required

Behavioral:

  • Integrity
  • Trustworthy
  • Customer focused
  • Ethical
  • Professional

Leadership:

  • Team player
  • Motivating teams
  • Coaching
  • Mentoring
  • Developing

Knowledge:

  • 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

Skills:

  • Technical problem solving
  • Analytical
  • Good internal and external communication
  • Negotiation
  • Presentation
  • Technical report writing

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide a technical consulting and investigating service.
  • Produce and integrate engineering solutions and designs for asset creation.
  • Develop and approve discipline-specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices, 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.

Minimum Requirements

Qualification(s):

  • BTech / National Higher Diploma / Advanced Diploma in Mechanical Engineering NQF 7 with 360 credits
  • Registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a Professional Technologist

Experience:

  • Experience in engineering planning and design, design integration, and engineering management in relevant technologies for power stations, substations, and electrical networks.
  • 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.

Apply by: 26 January 2026

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should apply through Eskom’s official careers portal.

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