Hot Jobs at Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport

Requirements :

• Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering (B Tech).
• Three years post qualification Engineering Technologist experience required. Compulsory registration with ECSA as an Engineering Technologist. Must have a valid driver’s license.

Duties :

• Evaluate and approve geometrics, bridges and stormwater designs. Receive application from the service providers for approval of roads, bridges and stormwater designs, Assess the applications in terms of the Departmental standards, Approve the sign of the roads designs, Drafting of preliminary and detail designs in -house, Receive the request from the public to upgrade intersections on provincial roads,
• Compile design reports for approval by the DDG: Roads Branch, Implementing the in-house designs (DLTC’s, gravel roads to surface roads and intersection upgrades) as requested by the public and the Department, Projects Management (Capital projects),Create tender documents with the scope of works for service providers, Appoint services providers for capital projects, Monitor service providers deliverables as per appointment in terms of completion time and budget.

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Requirements :

• Engineering Degree [B Eng/ Bsc (Eng)] in Civil Engineering. Minimum of 6 years post qualification relevant engineering experience as a registered professional Engineer.
• Must have a valid driver’s license. Compulsory Registration with ECSA as professional Engineer.

Duties :

• Plan for and undertake pavement designs for roads. Prepare tender documentation and manage consulting engineering contracts. Validate compliance with departmental design policies, standards and procedures. Contribute to the condition assessments for roads and make recommendations for repairs.
• Lead panel inspections for roads and management of these assets. Quality control pavement designs by consultants for road construction and road rehabilitation projects. Prepare deliverables and reports associated with the relevant stages of the Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management.
• Participate in and report at the provincial and national infrastructure forums. Mentor Candidate Engineers, Technologists and Technicians employed by the Department.

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Requirements :

• National Diploma/Degree (NQF level 6/7) in Labour Relations/ Labour Law/ Human Resource Management or equivalent as recognized by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).
• Minimum of 3 – 5 years of experience in Labour Relations, collective bargaining, legal environment and/or case management.

Duties :

• Manage and maintain a case management system. Acknowledge and register all cases in the Department. Analyse reports received and charge employees to determine grounds of misconduct. Ensure investigations are conducted and liaise with Labour Unions’ representatives and make recommendations.
• Facilitate dispute resolution. Attend the conciliation and arbitration proceedings on all set down disputes. Coordinate and facilitate disciplinary processes. Facilitate the acknowledgement and receipt of arbitration awards. Coordinate and facilitate disciplinary processes.
• Attend to all formal disciplinary hearings and progressive discipline within the Department. Promote fair and sound Labour relations practices in the Department. Provide advisory role on all labour relations matters and challenges. Development of labour relations. Development of Labour relations policies, manuals and guidelines.

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Requirements :

• NQF level 7 in Built Environment in Construction studies/ BSc/B Eng in Civil/Structural Engineering. Registered with professional Body (such as Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP), South African Council for Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) etc.
• Minimum of 5 years senior management experience within transport infrastructure environment and or built environment.

Duties :

• Manage departmental maintenance of roads at the regional offices as per the sphere segmentation. Manage outsourced road maintenance services. Provide plant and equipment hire and fleet lease services. Manage fuel services. Execute road network maintenance projects. Manage infrastructure protection services. Manage Roads Asset Management System (RAMS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) Manage plan room services. Manage call center services.
• Manage the provision of access to the road. Manage maintenance technical auxiliary services. Manage office support and coordination services. Ensure that the expenditure is aligned with the procurement and the approved budget. Render payments of goods and services. Manage the cash flow projections and expenditure. Manage maintenance contracts and coordinate regional maintenance contracts. Adhere to and promote legislative, department prescripts and the Code of Conduct for the Public Service. Provide strategic leadership to the units.
• Manage the execution of maintenance strategies through the provision of appropriate structures, systems and resources. Ensure maintenance standards, specifications and service levels in accordance with Departmental objectives to ensure optimum operational availability. Monitor maintenance efficiencies according to departmental goals to direct or redirect engineering services. Manage, coordinate, and monitor the budget of the road maintenance directorate. Implement the budget by monitoring, projecting, and reporting expenditure. Ensure proper spending in line with strategic objectives.
• Monitor the optimal utilization and functionality of equipment. Evaluate and monitor the performance of employees to ensure achievement of strategic goal. Manage the human resource development of employees. Enhance and maintain employee motivation Plan, organize and control activities pertaining to the functions of the component.

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Requirements :

• National Diploma/Degree (NQF level 6/7) in Labour Relations/ Labour Law/ Human Resource Management. Minimum of 3 – 5 years of experience in Labour Relations, collective bargaining, legal environment and/or case management. 

Duties :

• Facilitate collective bargaining processes in the Department. Monitor all Collective Bargaining activities in the Department. Monitor all Collective Bargaining activities in the Department. Facilitate labour related policies guidelines and labour relations processes. Provide Labour Relations advice and technical support to line managers in the Department (Regions, TOLABSs and DLTSs).
• Facilitate and monitor consultative structures within the Department. Conduct impact analysis on labour relations processes and policies. Monitor the implementation of arbitration awards and collective agreements. Communicate the decision/awards.
• Conduct advocacy sessions to promote fair and sound collective bargaining practices in the Department. Capacitate line managers and employees on collective bargaining matters. Manage strike action in the Department. Facilitate grievance resolution arising from collective bargaining processes and intervene in conflict management. Manage resources (Human, Equipment/Assets).

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Requirements :

• Bachelor’s degree (NQF Level 7) in Human Resource Development/Management/Industrial Psychology/Business Administration/Public Management.
• A minimum of 3–5 years’ experience in Human Resource Development at an Assistant Director or junior management position/level. Sound knowledge and insight regarding the regulatory framework and related HR legislation and policies. Good planning, organising, presentation, and financial management skills. 

Duties :

• Manage learnerships, apprenticeship, internship programme and Candidacy Development Programme. To identify Learnership needs for the Department. Manage the implementation of structured training programmes for interns, learners and apprentices with respective Branch/line managers, accredited service providers, like Sector Education and Training Authority.
• Monitor the effective implementation of the Internship, Learnership and Apprenticeship programme and liaise with the appropriate Sector Education and Training Authority established in terms of the Skills Development Act of 2008 (Act 37 of 2008). Manage the administration of internal and external bursaries. Develop and implement needs analysis to determine the department’s skills shortage with the respective Branch, relevant Committees. Manage and coordinate the implementation of succession planning, career development and monitoring.
• Ensure effectiveness of talent pipeline management programme. Manage the implementation of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Align the recognition of qualification prior learning programme with HRD plan. Manage the recognition of improved qualifications process. Develop a plan to administer the implementation of the Recognition of Improved Qualifications. Manage the Sub-Directorate Career Development.

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Requirements :

• National Diploma/Degree (NQF Level 6/7) in Education (registered with SACE)/Business Administration/Human Resource Development. Facilitator, Assessor and Moderator Certificates with ETQA. Road Construction Plant and Equipment certificates. Professional certificate in training or learning and development (SETA ACCREDITED).
• 2-3 years’ experience in Training and Development Environment as a Facilitator and Assessor. Road Maintenance and Construction experience will be an added advantage.

Duties :

• Implementation training and staff development programs. Implement training and development programmes in line with set standards and outcomes. Conduct training interventions to address skills development needs and to help workers maintain or improve job skills. Facilitate the implementation of training and developmental interventions in compliance with training and Developmental Legislation and policies. Execute, monitor and evaluate accredited and non-accredited courses and programs.
• Execute, monitor and evaluate accredited and non-accredited courses and programs. Execute the implementation of accredited and non-credited bearing skills programme to meet the required skills as needs analysis. Implement training and staff development interventions using effective methods such as classroom training, on job training, workshops exposure etc. Facilitate training programs. Conduct the rolling out of the training interventions in line with the Training Program.
• Implementation and Evaluation of Pre assessments before training program. Implementation and Evaluation of Pre assessments before training begins. Enable learners to undergo Recognition of Prior Learning as per agreement (Technical jobs such as Road Worker Earth moving and non-Earth moving Operators). Supervise resources (Human, Equipment/Assets). Responsible for coaching, discipline and mentoring of staff to improve performance. Manage and monitor performance contract and assessment of subordinates.

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Requirements :

• National Diploma/Degree (NQF Level 6/7) in Education (registered with SACE) /Business Administration/Human Resource Development. Facilitator, Assessor and moderator Certificates with ETQA. Road Construction Plant and Equipment certificates. Professional certificates in training or learning and development (SETA ACCREDITED).
• 3-5 years’ experience in Training and Development as a Facilitator, Assessor and Moderator. Road Maintenance and Construction experience will be an added advantage. 

Duties :

• Develop and maintain the policies regulations and standards. Ensure that training programs comply with relevant regulations, standards and departmental policies. Conduct needs assessments to identify technical skill gaps and training requirements across different business units within the department. Plan and prioritise training and development interventions. Design, monitor and evaluate accredited and non-accredited courses and programs. Evaluate and update existing programs to ensure relevance and effectiveness. Design and monitor the implementation of accredited and non-accredited bearing skills programme.
• Design, implement and evaluate job specific courses and contractor developing programs in alignment with departmental goals and needs. Advise and assist relevant directorates/regions on Development practices, in line with technical training i.e. road worker student engineers and candidate engineers etc. Ensure that the training manuals, guides and course material such as handouts and visual materials are maintained and readily available. Coordinate and facilitate training programs. Execute the rolling out of the training curriculum’s according to the training Program.
• Evaluate theoretical and practical and in line with unit standard requirements. Manage resources (Human, Equipment/Assets). Oversee administrative tasks related to training programs, including record-keeping and reporting. Responsible for coaching, discipline and monitoring of staff to improve performance. Manage and monitor performance contracts and assessment of sub-ordinates. Manage leave of sub-coordinate.

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Requirements :

• National Diploma/ Degree (NQF Level 6/7) in ICT (Computer Science/Informatics)/Business Information Management/Information Technology. ITIL, COBIT, Project Management certifications will be an added advantage, 3-5 years’ experience in ICT middle management position.

Duties :

• Manage ICT governance. Manager the department information security through the implementation of tools and techniques. Implement technical solutions for information and knowledge management. Implement processes that promote alignment of the ICT goals and objectives. Coordinate the proceedings of the IT steering committee meetings.
• Manage ICT risks and audits. Ensure efficient management of ICT risk and audit environment. Develop and manage ICT risk management processes. Manage audit performance of internal and external auditors. Manage and monitor ICT service level agreement/contracts. Develop and manage departmental Service Level Agreement (SLA) with business units. Manage ICT business improvement and change management. Manage ICT projects through the implementation of ICT projects methodology. Develop and manage relationships with relevant stakeholders. Conduct research.
• Conduct research and development of ICT Governance. Manage ICT Assets and support services. Manage and monitor ICT budget and procurement. Manage the continuous improvement of ICT support services through improvement of services, practices and processes. Manage resources (Human, Financial, Equipment/Asset). Monitor the performance of staff and ensure performance assessment. Coordinate the compilation of various reports.

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Requirements :

• National Diploma (NQF Level 6) Degree (NQF Level 7) in ICT (Computer Science/Informatics)/Business Information Technology/Information Technology. ITIL, COBIT, Project Management certifications will be an added advantage,
• 3-5 years’ experience in ICT middle management position. 

Duties :

• Manage ICT infrastructure and capacity plan. Develop and implement policies and capacity plans for the department server and network infrastructure in line with departmental requirements. Manage and monitor the allocation of software licenses to ensure optimum utilisation and minimise costs.
• Oversee the management of unified communications systems (telephone system). Manage ICT server and network support infrastructure services. Manage and coordinate the day-to-day activities and operations of the department Network/Server infrastructure and secure network environment. Maintain the network infrastructure, software, network operating system and applications. Manage desktop support services.
• Manage the maintenance and support of all computer end-user devices and computerised systems, information processing equipment and software. Develop, implement and maintain ICT business continuity and disaster recovery. Interact with relevant professional bodies/councils on the latest development in the information technology field (CSIR, E-GOV, GMA, MASTEK, Microsoft, RTMC, SANRAL etc.). Manage resources (Human, Financial, Equipment/Asset).

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Requirements :

• National Diploma (NQF Level 6)/Degree (NQF Level 7) in ICT (Computer Science/Informatics)/ Business information Technology Management/ Information Technology. Valid driver’s license. Minimum Information Security Standard. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as an added advantage. 3-5 years’ experience in software development.

Duties :

• Develop and facilitate the implementation of policies and procedures. Provide input in the development, review, and implementation of policies and standard operating procedure. Ensure compliance to system development life cycle. Provide reliable, secured, quality information and data analytics through integration of business solutions.
• Analyse and translate functional specifications and change requests into technical specs. Develop, implement, maintain, train and support business applications. Provide overall design and structure of application. Conduct research. Undertake research relevant to applications support. Interact with relevant professional bodies/councils on latest developments in the information technology field. Supervisor staff (human/equipment).
• Coach, mentor staff to improve performance. Monitor the performance of staff and ensure assessment of their performance. Provide input in drafting of budget in the section. Control and monitor the subsection budget expenditure. Coordinate the compilation of various reports and statistics for the section.