Senior Manager Technical Services (Readvertisement) at The South African Weather Service (SAWS)

Key Performance Areas: 

• Optimized and delivery-enabled Technical Infrastructure 
• Responsible for the development and the implementation of the organisation’s infrastructure Sustainability plan. 
• Maintain the SAWS’ Meteorological infrastructure and ensure optimal functionality, availability, and reliability e.g., Radar, LDN Infrastructure, Upper air sounding systems, 
• Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and Automatic Rainfall Stations (ARS) etc. 
• Develop pro-active and engineered solutions for corrective actions where needed such as failure mode analysis, incident investigations and reporting as well as mitigations implementation. 
• Prepare and submit monthly/quarterly and annual Infrastructure Performance Reports 
• Ensure business continuity by ensuring sustainability of SAWS Meteorological 
• Infrastructure through healthy power supply and auxiliary support systems and infrastructure. 
• Maintain a healthy infrastructure performance in line with contracted performance levels. 
• Ensure innovative approaches that enable sustainability of meteorological infrastructure within limited resources including continuous assessment efficiencies and cost benefits analysis of current resources, business processes and Technical Service structure/organogram. 

Innovation

• Keep abreast of industry and international trends or innovation to ensure that the SAWS’ infrastructure is relevant and up to date. 
• Develop or source new technology to improve productivity or service delivery and constantly look at continuous improvement. 
• Project Management 
• Manage the procurement, installation, and commissioning of the organisation’s technical 

Infrastructure.

• Manage the roll out of the SAWS’ technical infrastructure projects and support all improvements of the infrastructure performance. 

 Governance, Risk and Compliance 

• Responsible for the implementation of governance, risk, and compliance frameworks for the department, in line with the overall risk management framework. 
• Ensure that the SAWS’ Meteorological infrastructure meets the WMO standards and obligations 
• Manage and maintain the departmental contracts and service level agreements ensuring that they are concluded in term before they lapse. 
• Maintain the SAWS ‘infrastructure database 
• Manage the department’s Opex and Capex budgets 

People Management and Leadership 

• Effectively lead and manage the department by maintaining a motivated team to deliver on the SAWS mandate within the allocated resources 
• Ensure that the technical team is trained and up to date with the relevant 
• Technically related regulations and that they have the personal development plans where applicable 
• Ensure skills transfer and the development of the team members within the department 
• Promote a culture and practices that reflect the SAWS values. 
• Mentorship and Coaching of Technical Staff toward professional registration and compliance with industry regulations. 
• Participate and Lead Knowledge Sharing in the Technical Team Cross Functional 

Stakeholder Engagement 

• Management of both internal and external auditing finding and maintenance of CAPA registers. 
• Maintain effective relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders to deliver on the mandate of the department. 
• Drive inter-departmental alignment  

Minimum Requirements and Attributes: 

• Engineering or related Degree 
• Post-graduate qualification 
• At least 10 years’ experience in an Electronic Maintenance and Support environment. 
• Experience in hardware and software Research and Development 
• Knowledge of the PFMA and Treasury Regulations 
• Stakeholder relations management 
• At least 3 years people management experience 
• Experience in a public sector would be an added advantage 
• Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) will be added advantage.