Senior Enginneer

Location: Pretoria

Function: Roads and Highways

PRIMARY POSITION PURPOSE

This position is responsible he/she will provide technical expertise in a wide variety of stormwater projects including township developments; provincial rural roads; intersection drainage design; urban arterials and national freeways; compilation of stormwater master plans and detailed stormwater management plans.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the general management of medium/large projects

• Responsible for the project management and coordination of multi-disciplinary project teams

• Look after budgets resourcing and outsourcing of project work within the section as well as agree project budgets with other sections on large projects comprising multi-disciplinary project teams

• Author competent technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational quality

• Check work of all those in the project team and take responsibility for their work

• Present / represent their technical work

• Draft successful responses to bids

• Clear knowledge of work procedures and ability to brief project team on them

• Assign work to others

• Regular client contact under direction of more senior manager

• Build relationships with clients

• Successful in identifying and following through on leads associated with additional work prospects on the projects they are involved with

• Clear understanding of local functional business technologies and markets

• Discuss in detail with clients the business technologies and markets

• Train others in respective functional field and build a team

• Market technical capability

• Supervise Engineers or Technicians in undertaking checks and inspections of constructed works for compliance with design and specifications including monitoring and proposing remedial actions

• Development and/or improvement of function group specific design procedures

• Plan and coordinate investigations and surveys

• Coordinate work between functions

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Quality and timeliness of reporting and other deliverables such as drawings

• Planning of workload to meet deadlines

• Knowledge and implementation of SMECs systems and procedures

• Reporting to meet project and internal requirements

• Client satisfaction with project delivery

• Report writing

RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• B Eng BSC or B-Tech in Engineering degree

• Professional Registration with ECSA essential

• At least 8 years of professional experience in transportation infrastructure with a strong background in drainage design

• In depth experience of Government standards codes and documentation

• knowledge of Bentley MicroStation and Open Roads Design

• Proficiency in HEC-RAS Hydro CAD and Civil 3D will be beneficial.

• Knowledge of web-based project cost control and financial systems (BST)

• Experience in design management and design delivery for projects and managing professional teams of medium/large projects would be beneficial

• Knowledge of QA and OHS requirements on engineering projects and ISO Standards will be beneficial.

• Knowledge of the commercial aspects of project management

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to conceptualise designs effective report writing

• Courteous and business orientated manners when communicating with stakeholders to foster and promote good working relations

• Co-operative and flexible work style to work in a team environment

• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure

• Ability to make technical decisions which are outcome driven

We believe that a diverse workforce is key to our business success. We seek the best people for our jobs based on their skills qualifications and experience. We embrace the principle of equal opportunity in employment and work towards eliminating all forms of unlawful discrimination in our employment support of diversity and the equal opportunity principle preference will be given to individuals from designated groups in South Africa.

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