Senior Engineering Technologist (Land Surveying) at Nelson Mandela Bay Metro

Qualifications and experience required:

• National Diploma in Surveying, or equivalent qualification.
• Registered as a Survey Technician.
• Computer literacy – Office applications including CAD and Cartographic experience.
• A valid Code EB driver’s licence.
• Two to four years’ end-user database post-registration experience.

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Conducting and reporting on various Cadastral Surveys (surveys where property rights are affected) in accordance with the Surveys Act and Regulations.
• Conducting photo control surveys of large scale ortho photo mapping and deformation surveys of dams.
• Translating and calculating Town Planning layouts to General Plans (plans used in Deeds Office for the transfer of individual land) and the generation of survey coordinates.
• Generating coordinates in the pegging/surveying of related projects.

Supervision:

• Providing guidance to personnel on operational procedures.
• Resolving/minimising staff conflicts and addressing deviations in performance levels from agreed standards through the application of specific Human Resources procedures regulating working conditions.
• Monitoring that safety requirements are adhered to in terms of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, during inspections.