Divisional Manager Sugar & Industrial – Durban at Bosch Holdings (Pty) Ltd

Bosch Projects, a Level 1 B-BBEE company and a member of the multi-disciplinary Bosch Holdings group of companies, founded in 1961, has an opportunity for a dynamic Divisional Manager: Sugar & Industrial (KZN) who will undertake a leadership and strategic role in the business. This position will be based in the Durban Office and report directly to the Regional Director.

The Sugar & Industrial Division undertakes industrial and sugar projects for both the public and private sector. Typical projects include multi-disciplinary engineering in the sugar and the industrial sector and related process plant projects.

The Sugar & Industrial Division is also responsible for providing support to other Regional Offices, Bosch East Africa (Kenya), Bosch Engenharia (Brazil), Booker Tate (UK) Bosch Munitech and Bosch Capital for sugar and industrial projects.

KEY  RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Developing, in consultation with the Regional Director, and Sector Director, a marketing and growth plan for the Division/Region, in line with the overall regional budgets, KPI’s and strategic growth targets.
• Leading the bidding, negotiation, and marketing/business development processes in accordance with Bosch Projects’ ISO 9001:2015 accredited Quality Management System, to secure the annual regional/divisional turnover budget on a sustainable basis.
• Line Management of Technical Leads (Structural, Mechanical, Process) within the multi-disciplinary division.
• Overseeing the coordination and optimization of divisional resource utilization by Technical Leads to ensure that divisional profit targets are met.
• Ensuring that all the Division’s projects are undertaken in accordance with the Quality Management System by the Technical Leads.
• Ensuring that all applicable divisional engineering and technical standards are met by the Technical Leads.
• Promoting growth and advancement of divisional staff by mentoring and application of the structured people management system.
• Assisting the Regional Director and Sector Directors in planning resource requirements, and in recruiting suitable candidates.
• Promoting synergy between Bosch Holdings operating companies.

The ideal candidate should: 

• Have a BSc/BEng Engineering degree in chemical/mechanical engineering or appropriate/similar qualification.
• Be registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA.
• Have a minimum of 20 years’ appropriate post qualification experience.
• Have at least 10 years prior experience in business development and work acquisition in a consulting engineering environment and in the industrial sector (sugar industry exposure will be an advantage).
• Have broad experience of overseeing and implementing multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish.
• Possess a detailed understanding of engineering activities required for consulting, engineering services, EPCM and EPC contracts.
• Possess a broad understanding of, and have interacted with other design engineering disciplines, i.e., Process, Civil/Structural, Instrumentation, and Electrical.
• Have strong leadership, people management and marketing skills.
• Be competent in understanding and managing all commercial, risk and financial aspects of bids, proposals and projects, including conditions of tender, conditions of contract / terms of appointment, work breakdown schedules, compilation of manhour fee schedules, etc
• Be experienced in the compilation and submission of tenders and proposals for procuring consulting engineering work.
• Be skilled in networking with potential clients / business partners in both the private and public sectors to secure work outside conventional tender processes.
• Have a passion for excellence and be driven to lead the Division as a significant contributor to achieving Bosch Projects’ ambitious 2025 growth targets.
• Have personal attributes aligned with the Bosch Way (Values and Culture).