Chief Engineer Grade A at Department of Water and Sanitation

Requirements

• An Engineering Degree (B Eng/BSC Eng) or relevant qualification. Six (6) years post qualification experience. Compulsory registration with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a Professional Engineer. The disclosure of a valid unexpired driver’s license. 

Duties

• Identify, set up and manage multi-disciplinary catchment-wide planning and studies. Identify vulnerable and sensitive areas with respect to water resources or possible effect on water resources of the catchment.
• Co-ordinate and process inputs from a wide range of disciplines, corporative analysis and optimisation. Report on investigations of possible water resource developments and/ or the development of strategies to reconcile water supply and demand. Assist in providing professional guidance to teams of professional service providers. Compile Terms of References for planning studies.
• Management and administration of professional service providers, including financial administration. Close interaction with other components, provincial and central Government departments, other development agencies, local authorities, the public and institutions. Responsible for budgeting for all expenditure of the planning section as well as control of expenditure. Responsible for speech-writing and Ministerial submissions as required. Deliver technical and other presentations, as required to a variety of audiences.