Chief Engineer: Design-Professional: WASA19076 at City of Ekurhuleni

Closing Date : 2026-09-25

Job Purpose:

To plan, organise, lead and control engineering requirements and initiatives for the department and manage all associated resources requirements in area of accountability.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, (BEng; BSc Eng NQF Level 7)
• Registration with ECSA, as a Professional Engineer
• Valid driver’s licence.
• MFMA certification or revelant MFMA knowledge will be added as an advantage.
• At least 6 years’ relevant experience in water and sanitation design environment and project management, with 2 years in a managerial role.

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop operational targets in support of tactical delivery and organisational strategic objectives in partnership with divisional leadership.
• Managing and approving technical water and sewer designs prepared internally and by consultants.
• Ensure that the right engineering standards and specifications are applied.
• Communicate a meaningful strategic context that guides and directs best practice, integration, process alignment and service delivery.
• Implement, plan and drive an overall engineering operational strategy and plan.
• Develop annual operating plan to meet established annual objectives and organise and prioritise tasks and work processes needed to achieve the plan.
• Prepare and deliver monthly and quarterly reports as per developed set standards and requirements, legislation and regulations.
• Assist with the implementation of engineering activities for the department.
• Advise on engineering plans and projects for the area of accountability.
• Scan external environment to identify and take advantage of new knowledge of related acts, regulations and regulatory frameworks to improve results.
• Prepare, devise and give comments on any engineering activities for the department.
• Implement risk management, governance and compliance policy and processes to identify and manage governance and risk expose liability.
• Provide overall direction in terms of overall engineering management and implementation