Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd is South Africa’s state-owned public utility, responsible for the generation, transmission, and distribution of approximately 90% of the country’s electricity. Founded in 1923, it is also Africa’s largest power producer. Eskom is exploring new projects for renewable energy and has signed a memorandum of understanding with a coal supplier to work on decarbonization. The utility has also simplified the process for customers to register small-scale solar systems.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and trend key core parameters
• Apply neutronic codes.
• Calculate cycle specific parameters.
• Support the Operating department.
• Perform outage specific nuclear fuel activities.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Leadership
• Team player
• Supervising contractor teams
• Coaching employees
• Customer focused
• Behavioral
• Honesty
• Trustworthiness
• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Knowledge
• Academic knowledge as given under minimum qualification requirements
• Basic knowledge risk assessment and principles
• Understand relevant plant system and operations

Skills

• Computer literate
• Report writing
• Decision making
• Attention to detail
• Analytical
• Problem solving
• Communication
• Attributes
• None

Minimum requirements

Qualification(s):

• BSc Honours Degree/ Postgraduate Diploma in Physics/ Mathematics/ Applied Radiation Sciences and Technology/ Engineering Sciences at NQF8 with 480 credits
• Related Minimum Experience:
• 2 years completed prescribed training

Professional Registration:

• South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) as a Certificated Natural Scientist