Senior Project Engineer.COE COE.Project Management and Advisory Services (Technical)(H40001) at Airports Company South Africa

Key Performance Output

The successful candidate, reporting to the Senior Programme Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Provide technical and professional support and expertise by assessing and analyzing the required problems or needs to propose optimal technical solutions and recommendations for ACSA’s airports.
• Assist with developing engineering brief (scoping, technical specification, standards). 
• Provide input into contract specifications. Generate technical and operational specifications to support tender and request for proposals. 
• Ensure effective and compliant contract management and that work is executed in accordance with contract (time frame, SLA, Scope, quality, budget, contractors). 
• Perform quality inspection on work done and implement/propose remedial action where necessary. 
• Develop Project Charter describing the high-level business problem to be addressed, the project requirements, purpose of the project, the way the project will be structured as well as key success factors for implementation.
• Conduct an assessment on project pre-feasibility, strategic value and importance and related risk analysis as an input into project prioritization.
• Manage the development of a solution design and perform the appropriate level of engineering design where required. 
• Manage the development of a detailed project plan by consolidating the project requirements, considering costs and expenditures and expected timescales. 
• Support the submission of feasibility study and creation of CAPEX Proposal for submission to Finance.
• Drive appropriate actions to reduce the likelihood of risks occurring and execute on risk mitigation or issue resolution proposed.
• Support the process to advertise and evaluate tenders, compile a recommendation for the tender board and appoint vendor.
• Anticipate change and align reporting and information requirements.
• Responsible for functional performance, within the agreed strategic framework and approved plans. 

Technical Skills and Experience

The following skills and experience or the equivalent of such will be required: 

• Bachelor’s degree/ BSC in Engineering (4 years - 480 credits) Essential.
• Registered Engineers and Professional Engineers with ECSA (Mandatory).
• 8 years operational experience in Project Management, procurement exposure, including coordination and implementation of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects / People and Stakeholder Management is essential.
• PMBoK and SACPCMP is advantageous.
• Must be proficient in MS Office Packages.