Assistant Manager: Infrastructure at Auditor-General of South Africa

Apply by: 4 November 2026

Job description
Audit Process

Planning

• Advise audit teams on technical matters related to the infrastructure sector
• Assist audit teams in identifying audit risks for the specific audit engagement in the built environment
• Assist the manager in resource planning for selected audits in the built environment/ infrastructure field
• Liaise with the manager and assist in compiling a budget for the audit and communicate this to audit team for selected audits in the infrastructure field
• Assist the manager to facilitate engagement meetings (entrance engagement) with management of auditees to discuss the scope, focus areas, objectives, methodology and due dates and
• Support the audit team to ensure that they receive the relevant documents to execute the audit.

Execution

• In collaboration with the audit team, execute, technical audit procedures on selected audits in the infrastructure field
• Consistently update the manager on the status of the selected audits in the infrastructure field
• Complete audit working papers on selected audits in the infrastructure field for review by the manager
• Provide coaching notes on reviewed working papers for selected audits in the infrastructure field
• Attend steering committee meetings (at least two per audit; first and final steering committee meetings) with departments and related senior management
• Assessing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities on infrastructure projects
• Assessing cost analysis for infrastructure projects
• Review risk assessments, value management and cost control reports on infrastructure projects
• Analyzing the costings for tenders awarded by government departments on selected infrastructure projects
• Analyzing outcomes and writing detailed and high impact audit reports on audited infrastructure projects

Research

• Review working papers and memos on research undertaken in the infrastructure field
• Interpret and synthesise information related to goals, strategies, policies and guidelines in the infrastructure field
• Oversee the undertaking of research in the infrastructure field to provide advice to internal stakeholders through sharing insights, risks and knowledge of the business and industry  
• Compile relevant memos on research of complex and challenging audit themes  arising from government and international priorities/programmes in the infrastructure field

People Management

• Manage the performance of staff, provide mentorship and support
• Identify opportunities to develop staff through on-the-job training and coaching
• Manage teams’ performance and implement a culture of high performance
• Address staff related enquiries
• Execute and adhere to transformation/culture plans

Stakeholder Engagement (Internal & External)

Internal

• Build and maintain strategic and value adding partnerships with key stakeholders within the AGSA (both Regularity Audit and Performance Audit) to ensure support during the audit process for both integration and stand-alone audits
• Provide guidance to stakeholders through sharing insights, risks, and knowledge of the business and industry to improve their understanding of technical matters in the infrastructure field
• Market the value of performance audits and develop initiatives for sharing insights, risks and experiences with regularity audit Business Units.
• Regularly engage with team members through centre meetings to discuss relevant audit work

External

• Build and maintain strategic and value adding partnerships with key stakeholders at the auditees, in line with the Business Unit stakeholder engagement plan
• Assist in preparing for interactions with the Executive Authorities on key findings/outcomes.
• Ensure impactful, quality and meaningful engagements with external stakeholders

Financial Management

• Provide inputs on the formulation of a budget

Manage own and team recoverability

• Effective project management (time, hours and costs) of the audit and relevant resource planning, to drive audit efficiencies

Administration

• Responsible for effective management of all administrative matters relating to the role. (e.g. timeous approvals, compliance with internal controls, etc.)

Ad-hoc duties (Applicable to All JD’s)

• Perform and/or manage other projects, tasks and assignments not stipulated on the Job description as and when required

Minimum requirements
Skills, Experience and Education

Formal Education

• Degree/BTech in Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or any approved built environment etc.
• Post graduate qualification will be an added advantage

Professional Registration

• Registration as a candidate Engineer/technician with the ECSA or SACQSP is mandatory.
• Professional registration with a Professional Body as required in the built environment will be advantageous e.g. ECSA, SACQSP, SACPCMP etc.

Experience

• At least 5 years’ industry specific experience in the infrastructure/ built environment.
• Experience in construction of buildings such as schools, clinic, hospitals, office buildings, etc. is essential
• Experience in infrastructure projects e.g. roads and storm water, sewer reticulation, water reticulation, social infrastructure (housing, health and education facilities) and bulk earthworks for municipal, provincial or national projects will be advantageous
• Experience in implementation of bulk services &/or internal reticulation

Knowledge

• Public sector knowledge or exposure to government infrastructure projects will be advantageous