Senior Engineer Prof Engineering Support

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd is seeking a seasoned engineer to provide planned and unplanned O&M engineering support within the Strategic Grid Planning (Technical Support) team at Megawatt Park, Sunninghill.

The role requires 4 years of engineering maintenance experience, a BSc/BEng in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, and ECSA professional registration. This permanent, on-site position offers market-related remuneration and active participation in national/international technical forums.

Qualifications

• 4 years experience in Engineering Maintenance.
• Professional Registration Body: Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a professional engineer.
• BSc/BEng Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits.

Responsibilities

• Provide planned and unplanned O&M engineering support.
• Provide a technical consulting and investigation service.
• Develop discipline-specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications.
• Develop discipline-specific vision, strategy and direction setting.
• Provide input into and conduct research.
• Represent Eskom in national and international technical forums.
• Manage and conduct product, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations.
• Provide professional discipline specific technical leadership.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Financial management

Communication verbal and written

Education

BSc/BEng Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Job description

Position summary

Industry: Electricity, Energy & Water Supply

Job category: Planning

Location: Sunninghill

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

Introduction

Task Grade: P16Department: Strategic Grid Planning (Technical Support)Business Unit: Grid Planning and DevelopmentArea of specialization: To provide specialised operating and maintenance (O&M) engineering services to operating units (OUs) to optimize asset performance in the short to medium-term.Location: Megawatt Park, Sunninghill

Skills and Competencies Required

Behavioural:

• Trustworthiness
• Strong drive to learn
• Safety consciousness

Leadership:

• Entrepreneurial mind set
• Build effective relationships and delivery on expectations
• Coaching and mentoring
• Results and delivery focused
• Work as part of a team

Knowledge:

• Conduct root cause analysis training (RCAT)
• Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS)/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
• Discipline specific technology, standards
• Proficient in database systems, operating systems and Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS)/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) application software e.g. Linux, Oracle, Windows, Structured Query Language (SQL), etc.
• Communication protocols relevant to operation technology (OT) and information technology (IT) systems e.g. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP), Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC101), IEC61850, Inter Control Centre Protocol (ICCP), Eskom Standard for Telecommunication (ESTEL), ESTEL Variant (EV) etc.
• Telecommunication networks e.g. Bandwidth Management Equipment (BME), Area Radio Analogue/Digital, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Satellite, Multi-Service Access Platform (MSAP)
• Telecontrol technologies e.g. Remote Terminal Unit (RTU), Fault Path Indicators (FPI), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Simulator SimSCADA, Intelligent Electronic Device (IED)
• Computer networks e.g. Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN), Firewalls, Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• ADMS integration into business systems e.g. Geographical Data Capturer (GDC), Electrical Network Schematic (ENS), Outage Management System (OMS), Integration Bus
• Operating Regulations for High Voltage Systems (ORHVS)
• Cyber security e.g. Active Directory (AD), AntiVirus (AV), Patch Management (PM), Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Firewall (FW)
• Management of Technology principles (MOT)
• Risk analysis principles
• Sound knowledge and understanding electrical plant systems, network design and operation

Skills:

• Strategic thinking
• Financial management
• Communication verbal and written

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Provide planned and unplanned O&M engineering support.
• 2. Provide a technical consulting and investigation service.
• 3. Develop discipline-specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications.
• 4. Develop discipline-specific vision, strategy and direction setting.
• 5. Provide input into and conduct research.
• 6. Represent Eskom in national and international technical forums.
• 7. Manage and conduct product, equipment, material, service and change impact evaluations.
• 8. Provide professional discipline specific technical leadership.

Qualification(s):

BSc/B Eng Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering at NQF8 with 480 credits

Experience

4 years experience in Engineering Maintenance

Professional Registration Body:

Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a professional engineer

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