Job Description

ELIGIBILITY



Suitably Qualified



Candidates



CLOSING DATE



19.09.2025



REFERENCE NUMBER



NRG 110/25*



SALARY



R1 071 429 - TCOE (T14)



DEPARTMENT



Electricity Generation and



Distribution



DIRECTORATE



ENERGY Senior Professional Officer



Requirements



Relevant Tertiary Qualification preferably in Engineering (B.Eng. /

B.Sc. (Eng) / B Tech in Electrical Engineering)



Registered Pr Eng or registered Pr Eng Tech with ECSA Valid Code B or EB driver's licence A minimum of 5 - 8 years post qualification relevant electrical

protection experience



Experience in power system modelling techniques and relay setting

calculations



Communication experience A high degree of computer literacy

Key Performance Areas



Develops, implements and maintains a quality management

system to monitor and verify the configuration of protection,



automation and control schemes



Investigates the performance of protection, automation and

control systems and conducts investigations into all medium and



high voltage system events



Conducts the calculation and implementation of operational relay

settings and ensures accurate power system fault level calculations



for all high and medium voltage primary plant and equipment



Conducts simulation studies of embedded generation and

determines their impact on fault levels within CCT's medium and



high voltage networks



Configures the protection, automation and control functions

in relays and ensures the final design application meets the



protection design



philosophies for high and medium voltage primary networks



Provide software support to the Protection Performance Audit and

Settings section



Provide mentorship and training programs to learner technicians,

technicians, assistant professional officers and professional officers