Head of Water Division at UWP Consulting

Job description

UWP Consulting seeks to appoint a dynamic individual as the Head of the company’s Water Division to be based in its Pretoria office. The candidate will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer. Depending on qualifications and experience, candidates could be considered/offered other senior positions in the Water division.

QUALIFICATIONS & REGISTRATION (MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS)

• Recognized Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Registered as a Pr Eng with ECSA.

Additional qualifications which will be considered as an advantage

• A Master’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Post-graduate studies in water engineering, project management, arbitration, finance, or other fields related to the job requirements.
• Registration as a Professional Construction Project Manager.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Must be a SA citizen.
• This is predominantly a technical position, but which also requires excellent managerial, financial, legal, business development, planning, project management and interpersonal skills.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a senior engineering management position, at a similar level, in a private consulting practice in SA.
• Minimum 15 years proven hands-on specialist experience in the field of water infrastructure design (such as in at least some of the following fields: large bore pipelines, pumping stations, water and/or waste water treatment works, dams, hydropower, canals, river abstraction works, etc.), construction supervision and contract administration. In addition, experience as a study leader for large water resource planning and feasibility studies will be an advantage.
• Working knowledge and experience with the standard conditions of contract, such as GCC, FIDIC and/or NEC will be a considerable advantage.
• Must have acted as a project leader with ultimate responsibility for the implementation and performance for a minimum of 2 large infrastructure projects with construction value for each exceeding R500 million.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Head the company’s water division, which is of significant size, turnover, client base, project portfolio, geographical footprint in SA, and also has exposure to large international projects in the African continent.
• All water discipline business unit (BU) heads will report to the Head: Water Division regarding knowledge base, operational matters and divisional performance, although administratively these individuals will report to the relevant regional managers.
• Act as the project director/team leader, draft and negotiate contracts and participate actively in the setting up of project teams, quality management systems, monitoring of performance, technical assistance and oversight, and any other hands-on work required for the execution of selected large international and/or local projects.
• Undertake business development activities in SA, establish and maintain professional relationships with key clients (in consultation with, and where applicable, jointly with relevant BU heads) aiming at client satisfaction and development of new business opportunities.