PWEE762-2026 ENGINEERING CONSULTANT: NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEMS OPERATIONS

DEPARTMENT: ENERGY AND ELECTRICITY BUSINESS UNIT

Division: Energy Business

Section: Technical Support and Technology Management

Location: Gezina, Pretoria

Reference number

PWEE762-2026

Position

ENGINEERING CONSULTANT: NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEMS OPERATIONS

To be advertised

Internal

External

This position seeks to attract (external)

African female

African male

Coloured female

Coloured male

Indian female

Indian male

White female

White male

Person with disability

All categories

Job level

T15

Scale

R683 952,00 – R949 944,00 per annum

Estimated

remuneration package

R902 477,00 – R1 241 035,00 per annum

Job purpose

To coordinate all revenue protection activities (operations) in credit control, revenue protection, metering and tariffs determinations and to be responsible for specialist inputs regarding electricity-related issues to ensure that the electrical network in the City of Tshwane distribution area is reliable, safe and cost-effective and conforms to NRS 047, NRS 048 and other related standards

Appointment 

requirements

An appropriate three-year career-related tertiary qualification (national diploma or degree), BEng or BTech in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or any other electrical or electronic engineering-related study field

Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) will be an added advantage

At least six years’ work experience in a Scada and DMS/OMS environment

Supervisory experience will be an added advantage

A valid Code B driving licence

Computer literacy

Willingness and ability to work overtime and standby as and when required

Must undergo a criminal record check and such a person shall allow their fingerprints to be taken by the Tshwane Metro Police Department at own cost

Personal attributes

and/or competencies

Analytical and logical thinking skills; communication and interpersonal skills; leadership skills and competencies; ability to empower subordinates

Primary functions

Manage the drafting and review of the technical specifications database for the preparation of annual equipment tenders

Manage the record-keeping of all power failures, incidents and planned work on the integrated electrical network Scada and distributed management systems

Manage and coordinate the development and design of equipment for use on the electrical network

Represent electricity on technical work groups for the development of national technical standards

Oversee that the protection information related to network tripping activities is integrated on the database for purposes of analysing fault conditions

Conduct daily management and design of the Distributed Management and Outage Management System

Run quarries on the database to verify software integrity

Make software backups

Monitor file systems on the database for proper operation

Maintain and connect single line diagrams on the DMS (Powermap and Calldesk) systems

Create passwords for users on the Scada

Conduct first line maintenance on the hardware of the Scada, DMS and EMS system

file servers, real time data server and man machine interface modems

Manage and conduct market research to obtain cost-effective and safe equipment for use on the electricity network

Perform safety and quality inspections of equipment destined for use on the network

Manage and control tender renewal schedules and specifications for the timeous advertisement and issue of new equipment tenders

Manage and control product samples from tenderers for audit, storage and collection

SAP

S70006195

New/natural attrition

Natural attrition

Enquiries

J Masonganye (012 358 3365) or M Maumela (012 358 8278)