Senior Advisor Prof Geographic Information Systems

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd seeks a Senior Advisor in Geographic Information Systems to lead GIS products and services at Megawatt Park (Sunninghill). This role requires advanced GIS knowledge, project management, and client-focused delivery within Asset Management.

You will drive dashboards, standards, and technical leadership across the division. The candidate should hold an honours degree with geospatial specialization and register with SAGC or SACNASP.

Qualifications

• Honours Degree in Survey/Land Surveying/Cartography/Geomatics/Geoinformatics/Environmental Sciences at NQF8 with 480 credits.
• Minimum 4 years GIS experience including data processing, analysis, and project management.
• Professional registration with SAGC or SACNASP is required.
• Knowledge of GIS, data processing, map projections, and dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and implement GIS products and services.
• Manage existing GIS products and services.
• Provide technical consultation and training support.
• Develop technical specifications and standards.
• Provide professional technical leadership.

Skills

GIS

Project management

Communication

Client requirements

Work under pressure

Independent work

Negotiation

Education

Honours Degree in Survey/Land Surveying/Cartography/Geomatics/Geoinformatics/Environmental Sciences

Tools

GIS software

AMFM

FTP/SFTP/API

Job description

Senior Advisor Prof Geographic Information Systems

Listing status: Under Review

Apply by: 17 July 2026

Position summary

Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply

Job category: Landscaping and Landscaping Architecture

Location: Sunninghill

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

Introduction

Task Grade: P15Department: Fire & Servitude Land ManagementBusiness Unit: Asset ManagementLocation: Megawatt Park (Sunninghill)Area of specialization: To lead, control and support resources in the section, provide geographic information system (GIS), spatial information management and support services, cartographic mapping, and analysis for the division.

Skills and Competencies Required

Behavioural

• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Trustworthiness

Leadership

• Sound business and people management acumen
• Manage vision and purpose
• Teamwork

Knowledge

• Eskom business plan, direction and division business
• Industry legislation
• Geographic information systems, science, application
• Various software extensions, principles and standards
• Engineering survey principles, projections and multiple conversion factors
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and Application Programming Interface (API) and when to be used
• Geographic information system (GIS) and automated mapping facilities management (AMFM)
• Understanding map projections, GIS applications, cartographic principles, data processing and analysis
• Develop and manage Geospatial Dashboards

Skills

• Project management
• Communication and presentation
• Translate client requirements into working solutions.
• Self-motivation and a proactive attitude to work.
• Understand and integrate a broad range of information.
• Work under pressure
• Work independently.
• Negotiation and communication
• Analytical
• Interpersonal effectiveness
• Imagery interpretatio

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and implement new GIS products and services.
• Manage existing products and services.
• Provide technical consultation and training support services.
• Develop technical specifications and standards.
• Provide professional technical leadership

Qualification(s)

Honours Degree in Survey/Land Surveying/Cartography/Geomatics/ Geoinformatics/Environmental Sciences at NQF8 with 480 credits

Experience

4 years. GIS applications, data processing and analysis, project management and contracts placement.

Professional Registration Body

Registered as a Professional Practitioner with the South African Geomatics Council (SAGC) or Professional Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientist Professions (SACNASP)

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