Head (Engineering) at eThekwini Municipality

Job Purpose

• To lead the Engineering Unit, thereby ensuring efficient and cost — effective provision and maintenance of Engineering infrastructure and services to ratepayers and residents of eThekwini in accordance with corporate strategy and policy.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Providing a road and minor Stormwater drainage design service and management of related contracts.
• Directing the development, maintenance and upgrading of municipal infrastructure.
• Directing the design, implementation, maintenance and monitoring coastal engineering, rivers, canalization and major stormwater drainage systems and managing the coastal strip and the sand-pumping scheme.
• Developing public open spaces including verges and natural areas and providing landscape planning and design services to the City.
• Providing an urban design and streetscape service including development of land.
• Providing professional architectural guidance and services to the eThekwini Municipality.
• Project management (technical audit, monitoring expenditure and reporting) of the total infrastructure budget for all capital projects for the entire Municipality.
• Directing the Councils’ Expanded Public Works Programme and the expenditure of Municipal Infrastructure Grants.
• Consults and negotiates with Trade Unions on all matters (excluding corporate conditions of service and remuneration).
• Formulates strategic direction for the Engineering Unit by driving the strategic planning process.
• Implements the strategy by ensuring that functions within the Unit are appropriately grouped.
• Evaluating performance against approved objectives and standards set and against budgets.
• Reports back to Committees on any relevant issues which may arise, on performance in terms of agreed plans and budgets on tenders awarded and seeks direction as required.

Competencies

• Planning and Organizing.
• Analysis and Innovation.
• Design.
• Project Management.
• Construction.
• Operations and Maintenance.
• Service delivery orientation.
• Action and outcome orientation.
• Accountability and ethical conduct.
• Strategic Direction and Leadership.
• Financial Management.
• Governance Management.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (NQF Level 8) in Civil Engineering.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (Pr. Engineer) with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).
• Valid motor vehicle driving license.
• 10 years management experience of which 7 years must be post professional registration.