Invitation from City Power Johannesburg, in partnership with the National Treasury, for applications from suitably qualified unemployed youths for the 2026 Infrastructure Skills Development Grant (ISDG) Programme.
Fixed-Term: 3-Year Contract
Ref No: 001
Best Before: 04 March 2026 @ 17:00
Placement: Johannesburg, South Africa
Designation: Electrical Engineering Graduate
Group: Governance & Corporate Services
Department: Human Capital Management
About the ISDG Programme
The ISDG Graduate Programme is a structured three-year professional development initiative designed to guide young engineering graduates toward professional registration.
Fully funded by the National Treasury, the programme aims to strengthen municipal infrastructure capacity while equipping graduates with practical experience in a real-world engineering environment.
Minimum Qualification
- BSc/BEng (NQF Level 7) in Electrical Engineering
- A qualification aligned with professional registration requirements of the relevant statutory council
Minimum Requirements
- Be suitably qualified and currently unemployed
- Be South African citizens with a valid SA ID
- Be under the age of 35
- Meet academic requirements for professional registration
- Have no prior formal employment in the relevant field
- A valid Code 08 driver’s licence will be advantageous.
Appointments will be made in accordance with the Employment Equity Act, with preference given to candidates from designated groups.
Crucial Matters:
- It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure their application is submitted before the deadline
- If no response is received within 30 days after the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful
- City Power Johannesburg is an affirmative action employer committed to implementing its Employment Equity Plan
SkillingSA hosted a two-day Women in Energy Conference in Sandton on the 13th and 14th of August. Its mission is to drive South Africa’s business and professional development through cutting-edge research, impactful educational initiatives, and industry-leading conferences that foster knowledge sharing and growth across key sectors. The event brought together guests from various sectors, ranging from local and national government departments to the private sector.
City Power had the honour of being invited to this gathering, with the Acting General Manager for Business Development, Qhakazile Mathebula, representing the company. Mathebula is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a registered Professional Engineering Technician, with more than 17 years of experience in the energy sector. Her career in the engineering industry began in 2003 when she was a junior technician at Highveld Steel.
How to apply
Submit your completed application via email to: recruitment.ISDG@citypower.co.za
Subject Line: BULLETIN 001/2026 REF 001 – Electrical Engineering Graduate
The official City Power application form must be completed and submitted along with your application. Failure to include the form will result in disqualification.
Enquiries:
- 011 490 7821
- 011 490 7110
Best Before: 04 March 2026 at 17:00
Late applications will not be accepted.
Following the first democratic elections that took place in 1994, and the local government election that followed in 1995, eleven local authorities were amalgamated to form the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. By mid-1997 it became apparent that the new structures were not optimally effective, and the Councils of Greater Johannesburg were facing a severe financial crisis. It was then agreed that a unified, metropolitan-wide initiative was necessary to focus specifically on the critical problems facing the City. This led to the inception of the i-Goli 2002 plan.
The i-Goli 2002 Plan envisaged that the City would work through a combination of new political governance structures, agencies, and corporatized entities. A key element of the i-Goli 2002 strategy for service delivery was the establishment of utilities, agencies and corporatized entities now called the municipal owned entities (MOEs). One of the entities established was City Power Johannesburg (SOC) Ltd, 100% owned by the City of Johannesburg (COJ), and established in terms of the Companies Act, on 30 November 2000. NERSA granted City Power a license to trade on 19 December 2001.
