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Senior Advisor Prof Project Development x2
Eskom
Sunninghill, Gauteng
Full-timeMarket RelatedEnergy and Power EngineeringCloses 15 Nov 2026 · 2 days left
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About the role
Position/Task Grade: P16 Area of specialisation: To provide technical and business inputs to the conceptualisation, pre-feasibility studies and business planning of new capacity projects and existing plant capacity upgrades. Department: Grid Planning and Development Business Unit: Project Development Location: Megawatt Park
Responsibilities
- Skills and Competencies Required
- Behavioural
- o Passion
- o Patience
- o Perseverance
- o Explorative nature
- o Integrity
- o Honesty
- o Trustworthiness
- o Professionalism
- o Self-driven
- Leadership
- o Team player
- o Motivating teams
- o Coaching, mentoring and development of young professionals.
- Knowledge
- o Areas of project management body of knowledge (PMBOK)
- o Project lifecycle models
- o Environmental requirements for infrastructure projects
- o Occupational, health and safety (OHS) Act
- o Technical or commercial project development
- o Relevant processes, procedures, policies, guidelines and legislation
- o Cost analysis and economic evaluation
- o Project management
- o Contract compilation and management
- Skills
- o Analytical
- o Technical problem-solving
- o Communication and presentation
- o Negotiation
- o Budgeting
- o Financial decision making
- o Technical report writing
- o Computer literate and proficiency in Microsoft applications
- o Learn and adapt to change
- Key Responsibilities
- Research new capacity concepts
- Conduct pre-feasibility level analysis of potential capacity projects
- Compile feasibility studies and business cases
- Interaction with other disciplines and departments and management of interfaces,
- business requirements and queries, problems, etc.
- Coordinate and prepare documentation related to project development deliverables
- Provide training and development
Requirements
- Minimum Requirements
- Qualification(s)
- B Degree/B Tech/Advanced Diploma in Built Environment/Commerce/Human
- Science at NQF7 with 360 credits.
- Professional Registration
- Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as Professional Engineer or
- Professional Engineering Technologist/ The South African Council for the Project
- and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) as a Professional Project
- Manager or Professional Construction Project Manager.
- Experience
- Four years related experience in project management and/or project development
- environment
Ref: eskom_senior-advisor-prof-project-development-x2Posted 12 Nov 2026