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SMEC, a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, has a reputation for technical excellence and is ranked among the world's top engineering design firms.
Joining forces with Surbana Jurong in August 2016, we have extended our service offering to provide global consultancy expertise in urban, infrastructure and management advisory.
A progressive company, we have ...
The role
We are currently seeking a talented Assistant Resident Engineer in our Construction & Pavement section in our Eastern Cape office. The person will need to apply their technical expertise to generate innovative, economical, and practical solutions that will strengthen the business through project implementation and delivery, research and development and business development. The Engineer will be working on the Msikaba River Bridge (A 540m Cable Stay bridge).
With a track record of achievement in a similar role, you will have gained your experience in an engineering design consultancy and have a passion for building trusted relationships to drive positive change and win new work.
Suitable applicants will be able to:
- Build SMEC's brand regionally & Nationally as a leading consultant with a strong reputation for innovation, technical excellence, quality, and project delivery
- Assist the Regions to achieve sustainable growth of the group through targeted client relationship management and business development activity
- When required, provide project governance, at project manager level, of project management in the group to achieve reliable project performance in terms of sophistication, timeliness, and quality
- Support functional management to provide leadership to the employees in the group to ensure cohesion, optimal performance, resourcing, retention, and professional development
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Main duties may include, but not limited to, some of the following:
- Acting as Assistant Resident Engineer / Section Engineer.
- Managing technical aspects on site, such as erection engineering aspects, geometric control in the erection of piers and decks, technical road works aspects, etc.
- Liaison with designers regarding site engineering queries when necessary.
- Evaluation and approval of method statements.
- Liaison with the Contractor regarding technical aspects.
- Managing some resources for site supervision of technical aspects.
- Application of the Firm’s Quality Management System.
- Monitoring of quality of works, including supervision of production processes and any off-site and/or remote construction and/or assembly facilities.
- Monitoring of programme and contract budgets from a technical perspective.
- Quantities and payment certificates.
- Preparation of variation orders.
- Closing out project including compiling completion/close-out reports.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Compiling high quality responses to technical queries from the Contractor.
- Timeous responses to all technical queries from the Contractor.
- Proactive management of technical difficulties experienced on site.
- Timeous identification and clarification of technical aspects and discrepancies in the contract.
- Optimisation of safety management by the supervision team.
- Effective implementation and management of the Quality Acceptance Control system on site
- Handover on completion.
- Optimum resource utilization.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- BSc Engineering / B. Engineering Degree
- 3 to 8 years structural design and/or supervision experience.
- Registered Professional Engineer (or soon to be registered) with the Engineering Council of South Africa or equivalent internationally recognized registration and/or legally required qualification will be advantageous.
- Must be articulate in English.
Closing Date: 29th, June 2022
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