Chief Engineer Grade Ref No: 230224/01 at Department of Water and Sanitation

REQUIREMENTS :

• A Civil Engineering degree (B. Eng/BSc (Eng) with an interest in hydraulic, environmental and geotechnical engineering. Six (6) years post qualification relevant experience.
• Compulsory unexpired registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a Professional Engineer.
• The disclosure of a valid unexpired driver’s license. Experience in water use, waste management, water resources infrastructure design and mining facilities design and operation and review procedures.
• Good working knowledge of National Environment Management Act (NEMA), National Environmental Management Waste Act (NEMWA), National Water Act (NWA), Water Resources Infrastructure Development, ECSA Board Notices, Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and associated legislation.
• Knowledge of programme and project management.
• Knowledge and experience in engineering, legal and operational compliance, technical drawing interpretation, risk management, technical report writing, research and development skills, engineering and professional judgement, communication, excellent literacy and numeracy skills both verbal and written.
• Computer skills, people management skills, planning and organising.
• Conflict management, negotiation skills and change management. Strategic capability and leadership, problem solving and analysis, decision making, team leadership, creativity, financial management, customer focus and responsiveness.
• Preference will be given to a self-motivated candidate who demonstrate a master’s or equivalent post-graduate level knowledge in geotechnical engineering and geosynthetics and who takes responsibility for their actions and possess a strong ethics base. 

DUTIES :

• Integration of environmental requirements in planning and design of water resources infrastructure.
• Evaluate water use license applications designs including those of waste management and mining facilities.
• Advise other chief directorates on civil design specifications to ensure compliance with environmental statutes and other relevant prescripts.
• Evaluating, editing and authorising all designs, reports, engineering drawings and specifications.
• Provide professional and technical advice on support services within the Directorate as well as to other directorates and organizations.
• Keep abreast with the latest developments in the fields of Integrated Environmental Engineering and formulating new guidelines and standards to reflect the latest trends.
• Mentoring and training graduate trainees, candidate engineers and technicians.
• Provide leadership and guidance to production engineers.
• Managing administrative, financial and personnel-related functions.