Senior Engineer Prof Engineering (Generators) X1 Peaking at Eskom Communications

Minimum Requirements
Qualification(s):

•  BSc Eng/ B Eng – Electrical Engineering

Experience:

•  4 years’ post qualification experience in engineering design, design integration, and engineering management in power generation technologies for hydro turbine and pumped storage plant, turbine center line, pumps and tribology.

Professional Registration:

•  ECSA Professional Engineer

Skills and Competencies
 Behavioural:

•  Strong drive to learn
•  Be results and delivery focused
•  Be able to work as part of a team
•  Integrity
•  Safety consciousness
•  Professional

 Leadership:

•  Strong communication skills
•  Entrepreneurial mind-set
•  Ability to build effective relationships and delivery on expectations
•  Coaching and mentoring

 Knowledge:

•  Technology Strategy Formulation
•  Technology Forecasting
•  Technology Roadmapping
•  Management of Technology projects
•  Risk analysis principles
•  Project management principles
•  Sound knowledge and understanding of all mechanical plant systems especially hydro and pumped storage and operation thereof.
•  Hydro and pumped storage system analytical skills
•  Understanding of Design Base, OTS and maintenance base
•  Knowledge of Business Processes Management
•  Superior analytical and problem solving ability

 Skills

•  Strategic thinking skills
•  Negotiation skills
•  Risk analysis principles
•  Project management principles
•  Sound knowledge and understanding of all mechanical plant systems and operation
•  Mechanical system analytical skills
•  Financial management skills
•  Communication and presentation skills
•  Leadership skills

 Attributes

•  Depth perception
•  Communication skills

Key Responsibilities

•  Provides professional technical leadership over engineers within their own discipline
•  Manages and conducts products, equipment, material, service, and change impact evaluations
•  Participate in national and international technical forums
•  Conducts discipline-specific research into new technologies
•  Provides input into discipline-specific technology vision, strategy and direction setting
•  Develops discipline specific philosophies, technical standards, procedures, work practices and specifications for approval
•  Provides a technical consulting and investigation service for customers
•  Produces and integrates engineering solutions/designs for asset creation on behalf of customers at various stages of the project lifecycle