Job Vacancies at GIBB Engineering and Architecture

Core Purpose

Project leader/task leader for consulting engineering in water and sanitation related to engineering projects.
Tasks include planning, design, tender, construction monitoring of projects as well as general responsibilities with
respect to marking, proposals and management of staff.

Key Performance Areas

• Programme work and set productivity targets in discussion with the Project Manager
• Obtain and confirm acceptance of appointments in writing
• Prepare time/cost estimates for clients on projects
• Plan and monitor progress of projects
• Perform design work as required
• Prepare project reports, specifications, minutes, correspondence
• Control the quality and productivity of work done
• Attend meetings with clients
• Ensure that specific client and project requirement are implemented
• Obtain and confirm detailed project briefs and prepare budgets
• Compile report and bids
• Projects built to specifications
• Quality of work at acceptable standards
• Ensure accurate as-built records
• Professional registration of junior staff
• Conformance of the proposal to the client’s requirements
• Review documents prepared by junior staff
• Invoicing
• Management of budgets
• Management of project quality
• Identify and secure new clients

Job Requirements

Qualification:

• PrEng Civil
• Professionally registered with SCAPCMP an advantage

Experience:

• 15 – 20 years’ experience
• Person Requirements

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Interpersonal skills o Balanced judgement / decision making
• Written and oral communication skills 
• Integrity
• Budgeting skills
• Resourcefulness
• Reliability
• Team Player
• Leadership Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Organisation and planning skills
• Initiative
• Client Focus

ADDITIONAL COMPETENCIES (not core)

• Resourcefulness
• Integrity
• Balanced judgement / decision making
• Reliability
• Team Player

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Core Purpose:

KGA is currently recruiting for a Mechanical - Piping Lead engineer with extensive Multidisciplinary Engineering Management experience in the Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals or similar sectors to provide support to our client in the execution of projects. The Mechanical - Piping Lead engineer will be primarily responsible for the coordination and integration with a multi-disciplinary engineering team for the execution and delivery of mechanical / piping engineering deliverables. Such deliverables must be delivered meeting quality requirements in accordance with applicable standards and specifications, within budget and time.

Key Performance Areas:

• Engineering Designs and Deliverables Management
• Resource Management
• Budget and Cost Management
• Planning, Monitoring and Control
• HSEQ Management
• Opportunities and Proposals Management

JOB REQUIREMENT

• Bulk of experience must be in delivery of Capital projects the Petro-Chemical environment.
• Interfacing and/or engineering working experience with Sasol as an added advantage
• Understand all aspects of projects and be able to coordinate and maximize efficiency
• Thorough management knowledge, organizational, time management, leadership, and decision-making skills
• Responsible for piping engineering and design processes including planning, coordination and integration with other disciplines.
• The ability to work with multiple projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of applicable codes, policies, standards, and best practices

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Pr. Eng

Desirable:

• Approved design engineer with Sasol South Africa Operations
• Previous Sasol Partnership Contract Knowledge

Experience:

• Minimum of 12 years related experience with the with the bulk of experience gained in a Multidisciplinary engineering and construction projects
• Multidisciplinary Engineering and Design Experience
• Working experience with Sasol

Requirements

PERSON REQUIREMENT

Core Competencies: 

• Engineering, design and construction management skills
• Solid People Management skills
• Self-motivated and organized
• Business development and relationship management skills
• Service orientation and delivery focus
• Solid conflict resolution skills and manage potential conflict
• Computer proficiency in MS Office & MS Project (Or similar programming software)
• Solid experience in programming complex development projects

General Competencies: 

• Excellent Organisational Skills
• Ability to identify issues, obtains relevant information, relate and compare data from different sources and identify alternative solutions
• Knowledge of and ability to use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions and/or reaching conclusions
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; written and verbal

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Core Purpose

Responsible for the design of Electrical Building Services by applying GIBB Systems and Processes in managing projects. Act as Project Technical Leader.

Requirements

Key Performance Areas

• Electrical Building Services Design
• Electronic Building Services Design
• Prepare Specification, Tender and contract documentation for construction work
• Successfully plan, organize manage and control projects
• Bid and tender preparation and submission
• Management of AR & WIP
• Management and maintaining client satisfaction
• Adherence to GIBB QMS system
• Training and mentoring of junior staff
• Present GIBB and its capabilities to prospective clients
• Management of effort, revenue taking, and project variances

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• B. Eng or B. Sc Electrical Engineering
• Professionally Registered (ECSA)

Experience:

• Minimum seven (7) year’s design experience in electrical and electronic building services projects.
• Proven construction monitoring and contract administration experience.
• Minimum three (3) year’s post registration experience in electrical and electronic building services projects experience in various power project development phases, as well as various types of developments.

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Core Purpose

Provide support to Engineers by preparing clear and technically accurate drawings, diagrams and documents, based on design specifications using Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software.

Key Performance Areas (KPIs)

The below listed responsibilities and requirements are assessed during the interview and will further be confirmed with the relevant professional references that you currently are or have reported to in your previously two positions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for/should possess the following:

• Prepare, finalise and issue drawings for preliminary, detail and construction design for all Road design and related drawings.
• Keep a drawing register with all relevant drawings for record keeping and issuing of drawings to clients.
• Be able to maintain the drawing standards of the Transportation Team.
• Ensure compliance with Quality Management System.
• Successfully apply CAD standards and ensure adherence thereto.
• Must have knowledge of road sign designs as well as road marking applications.
• Uses computer-aided design (CAD) software to develop drawings.
• Consult sketches, notes, schematics, guides and other documentation to create detailed CAD drawings.
• Follow established CAD standards in regard to layering, dimensioning, text annotations and other aspects of CAD usage.
• Review existing CAD drawings and designs to ensure adherence to established specifications and standards.
• Edit, rework and update CAD drawing files as required.
• Responsible for maintaining an organized file system for production drawings.
• Responsible for converting existing drawings to PDF or other formats required.
• Follow established ISO 9001 quality system with regard to filing, issue and delivery of production drawings.
• Must be willing and able to assist with the general operations of the company.
• Prepare and submit weekly timesheets.
• Adhere to all administrative, technical and quality procedures of the company.

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 (Matric) with Certificate and/or Diploma in Drafting

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years draughting experience on Roads related projects.
• Ability to operate latest CAD software (AutoCAD, Civil3D, Civil Designer and Trafsoft Road Sign Design Unlimited).
• Understanding various drawing file types and format changes.
• Working knowledge of Civil3D and Civil Designer will be an added advantage.

Person Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

• High skill level of AutoCAD
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, feedback to improve performance and monitors work to ensure quality.
• Meets productive standards, completes work in timely manner and strives to increase productivity.
• Consistently at work and on time, ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent.
• Ability to solve practical problems, ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as specifications.
• Skilled PC usage and associated software including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint).

Requirements

Additional Competencies

• Technical support
• Facilitation of people interaction
• Team Player
• Initiative

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Core Purpose

Prepare clear and accurate technical Designs, Drawings, diagrams and other technical documents based on design specifications, using Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software.

Key Performance Areas (KPIs)

The below listed responsibilities and requirements are assessed during the interview and will further be confirmed with the relevant professional references that you currently are or have reported to in your previously two positions.

The successful candidate will be responsible for/should possess the following:

• Perform Designs and Implementation of Infrastructure projects (Roads geometrics design specifically) and the Infrastructure element of multi disciplinary projects.
• Lead small to medium size projects 
• Optimise utilisation on revenue earning work
• Service excellence
• Compliance with Quality Management System
• Contribution to efficiency and effectiveness of sector.
• Mentor junior staff members
• Assist in the Preparation of Bids

Job Requirements:

Qualifications:

• BSc/BTech Civil Engineering (ECSA Registration preferable)

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years roads geometric design related experience (Civil Designer or Civil 3D).
• Experience in Rural and Urban roads designs.
• Experience in Pavement and/or hydrology design will be an added advantage.
• Experience in preparing tender documentation and contract administration related to roads projects

Person Requirements:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

• Road design and calculation of construction quantities.
• Analytical skills
• Technical Report writing
• Judgement / Decision making
• Customer focus
• Team player
• Passion
• Communication
• Integrity
• Leading edge
• Resourcefulness
• Initiative
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams

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Key Performance Areas:

• Act as Employers Agent on Large Infrastructure Projects.
• Review project technical deliverables.
• Manage brownfield projects’ processes.
• Manage technicians and junior engineers.
• Manage GCC2015, SANS1200 & Colto/COTO processes.
• Procure Contractors in accordance with Client Supply Chain Management Policy.
• Compile tender documents in CIDB format, evaluation, and adjudication of tenders.
• Undertake duties of the Employers Agent/Engineer in accordance with GCC20

Requirements

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Relevant engineering degree - BEng / BTechEng.
• ECSA professional registration - PrEng / PrTechEng.
• Professional Construction Project Manager registration will be advantageous.

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years post Pr Registration relevant experience.
• Experience as an Employers Agent on at least 5 Infrastructure Roads projects to the value of more than R50m.
• Experience in managing brownfield projects.
• Experience with GCC2015, SANS1200 & Colto/COTO

Person Requirements

Core Competencies

• A team player who can lead and supervise a team of Engineers and Technicians to produce technical deliverables of the right quality to meet the scope in the time and budget allocated.
• Good communication skills and professionally undertake presentations to colleagues, clients, and stakeholders.
• Develop solutions to problem/challenges in the most optimal and cost-effective manner.
• Generate creative solutions to work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with organisational problems & opportunities.
• Be aware of the various technologies available and to provide appropriate & best practice solutions as well as represent GIBB in the industry.
• Understand and successfully apply Risk and Quality Management Principals and system.
• Understand and apply effective financial controlling principals.
• Chair and minute technical meetings.
• Honest, responsible & self-motivated.

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Core Purpose

To provide project office management assistant functions to Project Managers and Project Executives. Responsible for general project and financial administration as well as administration of quality management system. Provide administrative support to the project team covering project document control including templates and documentation quality assurance, financial administration including invoicing, correspondence register, procurement and contract administration registers including sub-cons, co-cons and ESD partners, resources schedules, project reporting and performance monitoring data.

Requirements

DOCUMENTATION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

• Establishing and managing the project electronic management system.
• Management and processing of incoming and outgoing documents.
• Managing the distribution and control of project documentation.
• Managing the delivery and acceptance of project documentation/deliverables.
• Archiving project documentation.
• Maintaining the JV and Project communication plan.

COORDINATION OF DOCUMENTS COMPILATION

• Collation of inputs from various authors into master document.
• Assist project team with document quality assurance review and editing.
• Management of version control.
• Acting as a point of reference on the use of the project administration Quality Management System.
• Assist in the development of a project administration quality plan.

PUBLISHING OF DOCUMENTS:

• Combining report components prepared in various packages (e.g. Word, Excel, CAD etc.) into single Adobe document.
• Creation of bookmarks and links in Adobe version of reports.
• Pagination and publishing reports using Adobe.
• Arranging for transmittal and distribution of documents.
• Related tasks.

RESOURCE SCHEDULE

• Updating resource schedules.
• Preparation and updating of plans (JV plans)
• Checking planned vs actual utilisation of resources.
• Capturing of submitted timesheets and verification against planned effort.

PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTATION ADMINISTRATION

• Accessing procurement and contracting documentation templates.
• Executing / processing sub-consultants administration.
• Maintain Procurement and Contract administration registers.
• Keeping and Maintaining Contractual documentation (All project contractual documentation).

PROJECT FINANCE ADMINISTARTION

• Arranging for the production and distribution of project financial information.
• Preparing / processing reimbursing expenses.
• Preparing / processing invoicing of the Client, JV partners and Sub-consultants.
• Assisting in the development of financial reviews.
• Assist in the review and development of project proposals, variation orders and claims.
• Monitor and reporting on project and JV budgets / approved vs actual expenditure.

TEAM SUPPORT

• Administration of job descriptions.
• Assist in the preparation of project plans and claims.
• Accessing and updating project reports.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point)
• Competent in the use of Adobe Professional
• National Diploma in Office / Business Administration
• Management or Relevant Certificates
• Diploma in Project Management (added advantage)

Experience:

• 8 Years’ experience in construction multidisciplinary project office administration with proven track record in:
• Document management and Records Keeping
• Contract administration
• Project financial administration
• Knowledge of ISO 9001
• PM software experience-added advantage

Person Requirements

Core Competencies:

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal (English).
• Strong administrative and procedural compliance.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Exercise sound judgment and work with minimal supervision and direction.
• Maintain effective communication with team members particularly in relation to meeting tight deadlines.
• Demonstrate initiative and be proactive in providing support to internal clients.
• Adopt a proactive approach to the duties and responsibilities of the position, to ensure performance outcomes and processes.
• Display initiative and professionalism by enhancing your skills and abilities and thereby ensuring your development supports changing business needs.
• Be flexible in your work by adjusting to multiple demands/shifting priorities.

Additional Competencies:

• Planning and Organising
• Team Player
• Integrity
• Problem solving
• Achievement Oriented
• Self-Awareness and motivation
• Time Management
• Decision Making
• Initiative
• Client Focused
• Willingness to learn and assist others