Chief Civil Engineering at eThekwini Municipality

Job description

Job Purpose:

Supports and participates in establishing functional requirements and manages the professional and technical processes associated with engineering service to internal/ external clients through the alignment and adjustment of role boundaries and resources against short, medium and longer term plans and programmes.

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Provides support and participates in functional planning processes associated with Engineering priorities and requirements.
• Manages the principles and applications associated with the development and presentation of technical designs for complex forms of engineering works.
• Disseminates information on the professional aspects of structural design concepts and provides reports.
• Provides advice/information and guidance on the principles, procedures and applications associated with complex forms of Engineering Projects and Programmes.
• Manages procedures associated with the preparation and collation of contract documentation and/ or evaluating tender applications for complex engineering works.
• Defines appropriate standards and controls the implementation/ outcomes of complex forms of engineering contracts.

Essential Requirements:

• Registered as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng.) with the Engineering Council of South Africa.
• Plus Internal Assessment.
• Valid motor vehicle drivers licence (Code B or EB).
• 5 Years post registration experience
• Preferred Requirements:
• No experience required.
• Work sample and/or psychometric tests may be undertaken as part of the selection process.

EThekwini Municipality is guided by the principles of Employment Equity. Women and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

In addition to the basic salary reflected above, the Municipality offers a 13th cheque, housing subsidy (subject to certain conditions), normal pension benefits and generous vacation leave.

Applicants who have not been contacted / notified within 3 months of the closing date of this advert should consider themselves unsuccessful.