Senior Civil Eng: Waste Water Treatment at Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa

What you do as a Senior Civil Eng: Waste Water Treatment

• Detail design of gravity sewerage networks, trunk outfall sewers, pressurised pipelines and pumpstations for conveyance and distribution of wastewater.
• The detailed design of waste-water treatment works, with a comprehensive understanding of wastewater and sludge treatment processes.
• Preparation of detailed concept and detail design reports.
• Proposal preparation, including drafting of technical methodologies and/or approach papers.
• Undertaking (pre- and detailed-) feasibility studies, applying technical and financial criteria and drafting feasibility study reports.
• Leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams on complex projects ensuring tasks are distributed to team members and ensuring quality of deliverables by apply Information management principals.
• Detailed design review and approval of project deliverables using digital workflows and processes this includes 3D models drawings, reports, BOQs, specifications, etc.
• Using company standard collaboration and coordination tools in line with our Digital Ways of Working.
• Proactively liaising with project managers and client's representatives, managing expectations and communicating alternatives, deviations and issues encountered during design.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and technicians on engineering design and software usage.

What You Bring

Qualifivcations and Experience

• B.Eng/B.Sc. Civil Engineering with 12+ years in the relevant field
• Professional registration with ECSA (Pr.Eng) Essential.
• M.Sc – Would be advantageous.
• Proof of training and implementation of ISO19650 standards
• Design focussed with a focus on system oriented thinking
• Good understanding of sewer reticulation network and trunk outfall sewer design parameters and hydraulics.
• Good understanding of outputs from specialized process treatment designs and ability to translate this into detailed construction drawings and specifications for various disciplines.
• Comprehensive understanding of wastewater treatment works hydraulics for the development of process flow diagrams, hydraulic profiles and input into P&ID diagrams.
• Ability to work with and apply a wide variety of codes and standards and compile and review project specifications.
• Leading multi-disciplinary teams on sanitation projects and briefing team members on scope of work and overseeing coordination of design using ISO19650 standards.
• BIM implementation – Creating/using BEPs, MIDP and TIDPs with applying CDE principals.

Experience in the following software and applications:

• Experience with hydraulic analysis software doing extended period analysis and EPANET as the backbone of analysis software packages advantages.
• Experience with using surge analysis software such as KYPipe and/or Bentley’s OpenFlow HAMMER would be advantageous.
• Working knowledge of Revit and Civil 3D.
• Experience in using Devotech iDAS will be advantageous
• Using tools such as BIM360, Revizto, and ASite for design coordination and review
• Competence in using PowerBI or similar packages is advantageous.
• Scripting, workflow automation and programming is advantageous.
• Knowledge of GIS packages and integration is advantageous

Behavioural Competencies

• Analytic thinker with flexible approach and strong problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership skills, motivated and disciplined with a track record of leading multidisciplinary design teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – verbal and written
• Ability to pre-empt potential issues that may arise and clear and on-time communication of problems and possible solutions to concerned parties
• Attention to detail
• An energetic and enthusiastic team player who is prepared to work across Advisory Groups in the Company
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Active learning & learning strategies
• Creative, pro-active and complex problem solver
• Results orientated and target driven.
• Digitally inclined, innovative and future ready thinking