Chief Engineer Grade A - Bloemfontein at Department of Water and Sanitation

Requirements

• An engineering degree (B. Eng / BSc. Eng) in civil, water, or a relevant qualification. A postgraduate qualification (MEng / MSc / PhD) in Water Resources, Hydrology, or a related field will serve as an added advantage.
• Six (6) years of post-qualification engineering experience. Compulsory registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a Professional Engineer. 

Duties

• The Chief Engineer will be responsible for water resource planning and related duties within the Vaal-Orange Water Management Area, including leading the preparation, review, and implementation of the Catchment Management Strategy (ensure the CMS is aligned with NWRS, provincial growth and development strategies, and municipal integrated development plans; coordinate reconciliation strategies and water balance assessments at the catchment and sub-catchment level; and ensure CMS implementation is measurable, adaptive, and reviewed at prescribed intervals).
• The coordination of all water resource planning and allocation programs (water use authorizations (licensing), compulsory licensing, and general authorization) ensures allocations support equity and redress, efficient and beneficial use, and socio-economic development; guides the development of water allocation schedules and reconciliation scenarios; and advises on restriction rules during drought, resource protection, classification & reserve (lead technical inputs into water resource classification, ecological reserve determination, resource quality objectives, ensuring planning decisions protect aquatic ecosystems, strategic water source areas, and groundwater-dependent ecosystems; and integrate reserve requirements into operational planning and licensing advice).
• Hydrology, Groundwater & Systems Analysis (oversee hydrological modeling and system yield analyses; guide groundwater assessments, aquifer management plans, and conjunctive use strategies; ensure use of approved national tools and datasets; and review and approve technical studies supporting infrastructure or licensing decisions); Climate Change Adaptation & Risk Management (integrate climate change scenarios into water resource planning, lead development of drought management plans and flood risk considerations in resource planning, promote adaptive management approaches as required by NWRS-3, and advise CMA Executive and Board on climate-related water security risks);
• Infrastructure Planning & Augmentation; Water Quality & Load Management (integrate water quality considerations into quantity planning, support development of catchment water quality objectives and pollution load management strategies, and oversee salinity, nutrient loading, and eutrophication risk assessments). and provide technical advice to enforcement and compliance units),
• Governance, Regulation & Advisory Support (provide expert technical advice to the CMA Board, Chief Executive Officer, and DWS and support licensing, compliance, and enforcement with defensible technical evidence), Stakeholder Engagement & Cooperative Governance (lead technical engagement with various institutions), Monitoring, Information & Knowledge Management (oversee hydrological, groundwater, and water quality monitoring programs), and Leadership, Management & Transformation.