Senior Infrastructure Engineer at MECS (Pty) Ltd

Responsibilities:

• Project Monitoring & Support: Monitor the progress and performance of project discipline teams, providing feedback and support, and managing design scope changes.
• Technical & Commercial Oversight: Provide direction on design quality, schedules, and budgets; review feasibility studies, tenders, and contractor documentation to ensure compliance and cost-effectiveness.
• Team & Resource Management: Set and review man-hour budgets, allocate work, assess staff suitability, and recommend additional manning as needed; drive professional development of team members.
• Reporting & Documentation: Ensure all project correspondence is recorded, produce progress reports, conduct design group meetings, and provide timely updates on project discussions and achievements.

Qualifications:

• B. Tech. / B.Eng. – Civil engineering
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA

Knowledge and experience:

• Minimum of 10 to 15 years civil infrastructure design experience in the mining and minerals industry, preferably worked within an EPC/EPCM engineering environment.
• Detail engineering of roads, terracing, stormwater, ponds and network analysis of water and sewer pipelines.
• Detail engineering of non-process facilities (offices, change houses, temporary and permanent housing facilities, etc.).
• Site experience: construction.
• Technical Competence – in terms of core engineering theory from first principles and ability to extend theory to new andcomplex problems.
• Well-developed computer skills and knowledge of word, databases spreadsheets and discipline related application software.
• Understanding of South African and common International standards and regulatory authority requirements in the miningand minerals processing sector.