Senior Technologist Protection Settings,Tx,System Operator, Operations Performance,Simmerpan (x2) at Eskom Communications

Minimum Requirements
Qualification(s):

• BTech/ B Degree/ National Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering at NQF 7 with 360 Credits

Experience:

• 4 years Technical Experience in Power Generation, Transmission or Distribution
• Professional Registration Body: ECSA

Skills and Competencies
Behavioural

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

Leadership

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

Skills

•  Planning
•  Analysing
•  Calculating
•  Computing
•  Problem solving
•  Presenting
•  Strategic thinking
•  Risk Analysis

 Knowledge

•  Primary and Secondary Plant operating and control abnormal conditions
•  Transmission and sub-Transmission protection philosophies, settings, applications (all generations)
•  Transmission Primary and Secondary Plant operating and control during normal and abnormal system conditions
•  Tele-protection functions used for protection signalling
•  Proprietary software for power system simulation
•  Quality of supply, supply interruptions, voltage depressions, harmonic and inter-harmonic distortions, unbalance, flicker, voltage regulator, frequency control
•  Eskom organisational structure and customer requirements
•  Information systems
•  Fault Calculations
•  Sound knowledge and understanding of all electrical plant systems, network design and operation

Key Responsibilities

• Timeous and quality provision of Transmission and sub-Transmission system protection settings
• Technical support
• Training and development