Professional Engineer/ Senior Engineer/ Technical Specialist at SMEC

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide efficient drainage engineering solutions on multiple design projects, mainly road upgrade projects
• Strong emphasis on hydrology and hydraulics assessment and design with a firm grasp on the latest and most relevant engineering design software, and using first principle hand calculations to check software results
• Hydraulic analysis of bridges and major culverts. Knowledge of the processes, standards and applicable software is required
• Provide technical solutions and develop appreciation of outcomes
• Provide niche technical design expertise
• Draft technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational quality
• Able to present / represent their technical work as well as present service offering to potential clients and present technical work at technical conferences
• Develop increased design ability and quality of project teams
• Assign technical work to others and ensuring effective utilisation of team members
• Able to check and take responsibility for the work of others
• Plan and coordinate investigations and surveys
• Ability to supervise Engineers, Technologist or Technicians in undertaking site visits and visual surveys
• Mentoring graduates
• Clear knowledge of work procedures and ability to brief project team on them
• Successful in identifying and following through on leads associated with additional work prospects on projects they are involved with
• Communicate with the client on technical matters
• Develop and maintain existing client relationships and maintain good client satisfaction
• Asses Contractor's technical queries and draft recommendations / rulings/ determinations
• Work on multiple projects at the same time
• Provide support in the drafting and submitting of Works Authorisations / Variation Orders
• Assist management staff with budgets, resourcing and outsourcing of work within the function
• Submission of RFQ's, tenders and proposals for the function and to provide input into large infrastructure projects as required
• Support business development in selling services to client, marketing material development, identifying key partners and technologies for SMEC services
• Indirectly responsible for controlling specific project budgets
• Able to draft responses to straightforward bids
• Develop understanding of Functional Unit technologies and markets
• Quality assurance throughout the project life cycle

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Quality and timeliness of reporting of technical work
•  Performance in meeting project deadlines
• Provide expert guidance of engineering design issues and analysis methods
• Successful project delivery
• Client satisfaction
• Be flexible and cooperative in approach to work and project teams
• Participating in successful tenders

RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

•  Bachelor of Engineering degree / higher degree from an accredited university
• Minimum 7 years of practical experience in the relevant discipline, including quantity estimation and Tender Documentation
• Relevant Professional Registration with ECSA
• Experience in Bentley OpenRoads Designer/HEC-RAS/HydroCAD/UPD/ArcGIS/similar software will be greatly advantageous
• Post graduate qualification in Water Engineering will be advantageous
• Ability to identify and provide solutions to challenging engineering problems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to use analytical tools including commercial software
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively within a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary environment
• Must provide references from previous employers, peers and clients
• Experience on SANRAL projects would be beneficial

Closing date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022