Job Vacancies at Johannesburg Water

PURPOSE

• To be responsible for the repair and maintenance of all electrical plant and equipment at wastewater works to achieve the highest plant and equipment availability with full regard for the safety of employees. To perform standby or after hour duties as and when required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Carry out implemented standards, policies under the direction of the Operational and Electrical Manager.
• Liaise with process and mechanical staff to ensure maximum plant availability to ensure compliance with wastewater effluent quality permit, as well as raw sewage spills target.
• Ensure and promote workplace safety in terms of OHASA, SANS and any other applicable codes of practice.
• Effectively manage, develop, and motivate subordinates towards the achievement of the section’s strategies and objectives.
• Carry out the scheduling, installation, maintenance, and repair of all electrical equipment, including motors and associated control equipment including actuators and MV equipment situated at the Electro- Mechanical section.
• Keep abreast of, and where possible, implement new technology to ensure continuous, reliable, and safe supply of services and availability of plant.
• Monitor and implement safety requirements of all Electrical Installations, facilities, and staff in compliance with OHAS act including safety notices at all electrical installations, fire-fighting equipment and lifting equipment at the works.
• Carry out standby duties and after-hours duties as required and report and record all faults that occurred after hours to assist management with reducing future unnecessary overtime.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Grade 10 or N1 Electrical (NQF 2) + electrical trade test certificate.
• 3 years’ experience on motors and motor controllers such as Soft starters, Direct online and Star Delta starters. Basic experience on PLC’S and VSD’S. Experience on ultrasonic level controllers and actuators
• Code EB Valid Driver’s License

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PURPOSE

• To manage and implement the ISO17025 Quality Management System, applicable for both testing and online laboratories of Johannesburg Water. Responsible for developing and implementing quality policies, programs, and other initiatives. Oversees development of new tools, methods and systems to ensure products and services meet ISO17025 quality standards.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Integrate and develop the Quality Framework, Quality Strategy and Quality Management System to meet strategic needs. Ensure the facilitation of staff training, consistent with company’s workplace skills plan. Ensure development and review of requests tenders and contracts. Ensure full detail of the technical records for each laboratory. Ensure establishment, documentation, implementation and maintenance of the quality management system. Ensure continued accreditation of all laboratories.
• Encourage and assist suitable staff to participate in Research and Development projects.
• Ensure the daily capturing of laboratory authorized data. Ensure reporting to JW management, daily.
• Encourage and assist suitable staff to participate in research and development projects.
• Alert Management to any Quality Management System matters, which might impact negatively on customer wellbeing or economic interest.
• Management of leave, such as annual and sick, ensuring that adequate staff are on leave. Develop and Manage budget for the section.
• Manage and track expenditure.
• Implementing Occupational Health and Safety act. Ensure the laboratory records are kept for audits queries.

 
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor of Science/BTech/Advanced Diploma in Chemistry/Applied Chemistry/Microbiology/Water care/Biotechnology (NQF 7) plus Btech/Advanced Diploma in Quality Management or Total Quality Management Systems (NQF 7). Professional Registration as a Scientist/Technologist.
• 7 years in the laboratory environment including exposure to ISO17025. 3 years managerial experience.
• Valid driver’s Licence-Code B.

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PURPOSE

• Organize and control all functions related to the management of water reticulation of the area in order to effectively manage the water infrastructure.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and manage operational plans to co-ordinate and optimize the utilization of the area resources for all field work to be undertaken.
• Ensure that correct materials and resources are available for scheduled operations on a daily basis.
• Monitor and ensure the quality standard and productivity levels for all field work by doing site inspections and job assessment.
• Manage all maintenance and construction work under his/her control.
• Ensure and promote good communication with staff.
• Manage and monitor the effective utilization, development and motivation of personnel. Initiate, manage and report on staff training and development needs in consultation with the Depot Manager.
• Perform on the Job Training to subordinates.
• Ensure that the productivity levels and costs are kept within estimates and targets by managing and controlling standby, overtime leave and absenteeism.
• Manage and ensure that all operations are carried out within statutory requirements as laid down in the OHASA.
• Conduct regular site inspections to ensure compliance to the safety procedures.
• Keep records of all safety related meetings and inspections.
• Liaise with contractors, other departments and utilities.
• Attend to claims against Johannesburg Water. Ensure that toolbox meetings are held regular by carrying out inspections.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Grade 12/N3 in Built Environment + Plumbing trade test certificate or NQF level 4 Water / Sanitation Learnership.
• 5 years experience in operations and maintenance of water reticulation of which 2 years must be at a supervisory level.
• Valid Code EB Drivers Licence.

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PURPOSE

• Evaluate and assess township and land applications. Encroachment, outline scheme reports. Site development plan, construction drawings and building line relaxations with respect to technical and legal suitability in terms of JW’s standard guidelines to ensure the protection of the Company’s Infrastructure, interest, and legal obligations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receive applications for new township developments from the City of Johannesburg.
• Assess the application using GIS, Alchemy and IMQS in terms of existing water and sanitation service, the layout of the water and sewer system and servitudes required.
• Analyze the design assumptions regarding the capacity of link and bulk infrastructure to accommodate or service the demand for water and sanitation services.
• Receive construction drawings from consulting engineers and ensure that they conform to requirements.
• Assess site development plans against JW’s standards to check the availability of services using GIS, Alchemy and IMQS to ensure that JW’ s services are not compromised, before approving.
• Receive applications for extension over building lines which include the plan, title deeds and schedule of rights.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• National Diploma (Civil Eng.) (NQF6).
• 3 years working engineering experience. Design of water and sewer systems. Knowledge of township development processes, evaluation of construction drawings and assessment of site development plans.
• Valid driver’s licence.

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PURPOSE
To provide a sourcing function that will Ensure Uninterrupted and cost-efficient provision of materials, goods and services by means of tenders and framework contracts, in terms of the supply chain management policy as well as contemporary and legislative requirements.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Run spend reports, categorize and consolidate spend, validate spend to determine accuracy, analyze spend to determine acquisition and contracting strategy opportunities, distribute spend analysis to Line Manager for further analysis, identify and inform stakeholders of categories to be taken for market analysis.
• Receive bid initiation request from user departments, manage all bid initiation requests emanating from various departments within the Company, ensure that bid initiation requests from user departments are on the approved annual procurement plan.
• Update manual procurement plan with new acquisitions project, receive requests for addendums from end users, review for inclusion on the relevant bid committee meetings, contribute and participate in bid meetings, manage timeously respond to enquiries emanating from potential bidders, participate and attend briefing sessions, tender closing and receive submitted tenders.
• Compile tender document in compliance with all legislative and policy requirements as well as the timeous availability of documents to the public.
• Update tender file with all information as per file index (from initiation to closing of tender), update and submit to Line Manager a tender register weekly on the status of all bid initiated.
• Update stakeholders (internally) on the appropriate process and procedures to be employed, interact with external stakeholders for market research, market analysis and attend site briefings with regards to the goods and services required by Johannesburg Water.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Diploma in Procurement/Supply Chain/Accounting/Auditing (NQF6).
• 5 years’ experience in Procurement of which 3 years must be in Government Procurement.
• Knowledge of legislation: MFMA/PFMA, PPPFA, CIDB and B-BBEE;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Valid Driver’s License.

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PURPOSE

• To manage and implement the ISO17025 Quality Management System, applicable for both testing and online laboratories of Johannesburg Water. Responsible for developing and implementing quality policies, programs, and other initiatives. Oversees development of new tools, methods and systems to ensure products and services meet ISO17025 quality standards.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Integrate and develop the Quality Framework, Quality Strategy and Quality Management System to meet strategic needs.
• Ensure the facilitation of staff training, consistent with company’s workplace skills plan.
• Ensure development and review of requests tenders and contracts.
• Ensure full detail of the technical records for each laboratory. Ensure establishment, documentation, implementation and maintenance of the quality management system.
• Ensure continued accreditation of all laboratories. Encourage and assist suitable staff to participate in Research and Development projects. Ensure the daily capturing of laboratory authorized data.
• Ensure reporting to JW management, daily. Encourage and assist suitable staff to participate in research and development projects. Alert Management to any Quality Management System matters, which might impact negatively on customer wellbeing or economic interest.
• Management of leave, such as annual and sick, ensuring that adequate staff are on leave.
• Develop and Manage budget for the section.
• Manage and track expenditure. Implementing Occupational Health and Safety act. Ensure the laboratory records are kept for audits queries.

 
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor of Science/BTech/Advanced Diploma in Chemistry/Applied Chemistry/Microbiology/Water care/Biotechnology (NQF 7) plus Btech/Advanced Diploma in Quality Management or Total Quality Management Systems (NQF 7). Professional Registration as a Scientist/Technologist.
• 7 years in the laboratory environment including exposure to ISO17025. 3 years managerial experience.
• Valid driver’s Licence-Code B.

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PURPOSE
Evaluate and assess township and land applications. Encroachment, outline scheme reports. Site development plan, construction drawings and building line relaxations with respect to technical and legal suitability in terms of JW’s standard guidelines to ensure the protection of the Company’s Infrastructure, interest, and legal obligations.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receive applications for new township developments from the City of Johannesburg.
• Assess the application using GIS, Alchemy and IMQS in terms of existing water and sanitation service, the layout of the water and sewer system and servitudes required.
• Analyze the design assumptions regarding the capacity of link and bulk infrastructure to accommodate or service the demand for water and sanitation services.
• Receive construction drawings from consulting engineers and ensure that they conform to requirements.
• Assess site development plans against JW’s standards to check the availability of services using GIS, Alchemy and IMQS to ensure that JW’ s services are not compromised, before approving. Receive applications for extension over building lines which include the plan, title deeds and schedule of rights.

 
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• National Diploma (Civil Eng.) (NQF6).
• 3 years working engineering experience. Design of water and sewer systems. Knowledge of township development processes, evaluation of construction drawings and assessment of site development plans.
• Valid driver’s licence.

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PURPOSE
To provide a sourcing function that will Ensure Uninterrupted and cost-efficient provision of materials, goods and services by means of tenders and framework contracts, in terms of the supply chain management policy as well as contemporary and legislative requirements.
 
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Run spend reports, categorize and consolidate spend, validate spend to determine accuracy, analyze spend to determine acquisition and contracting strategy opportunities, distribute spend analysis to Line Manager for further analysis, identify and inform stakeholders of categories to be taken for market analysis. Receive bid initiation request from user departments, manage all bid initiation requests emanating from various departments within the Company, ensure that bid initiation requests from user departments are on the approved annual procurement plan. Update manual procurement plan with new acquisitions project, receive requests for addendums from end users, review for inclusion on the relevant bid committee meetings, contribute and participate in bid meetings, manage timeously respond to enquiries emanating from potential bidders, participate and attend briefing sessions, tender closing and receive submitted tenders. Compile tender document in compliance with all legislative and policy requirements as well as the timeous availability of documents to the public. Update tender file with all information as per file index (from initiation to closing of tender), update and submit to Line Manager a tender register weekly on the status of all bid initiated. Update stakeholders (internally) on the appropriate process and procedures to be employed, interact with external stakeholders for market research, market analysis and attend site briefings with regards to the goods and services required by Johannesburg Water.
 
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Diploma in Procurement/Supply Chain/Accounting/Auditing (NQF6).
• 5 years’ experience in Procurement of which 3 years must be in Government Procurement.
• Knowledge of legislation: MFMA/PFMA, PPPFA, CIDB and B-BBEE;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Valid Driver’s License.

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PURPOSE

• Monitor the status of over 150 sites made up of: water storage, pump stations, sanitation, cathodic protection and bulk metering areas via the telemetry to the SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system in order to identify and evaluate problems and initiate corrective action.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor all critical facilities through the Telemetry-SCADA and reporting systems and decide on the most appropriate course of action in terms of trends, operational field activities and risks.
• Check the system for potential low or high levels to prevent reservoirs running dry or overflowing respectively.
• Ensure that Operations personnel are given early warning of potential storage incidents or immediate notification of pump station system failures to minimize the disruption of water and or sanitation services which leads to financial loss to the organization.
• Monitor the Control Room Station during the shift via the Telemetry-SCADA system to ensure that the system remains on-line 24 hours, 365 days a year.
• Assist Operations and key stakeholders by providing flow and reservoir trends from the Telemetry-SCADA system and inform Electrical Support Management of all system and telemetry faults that need to be attended to.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Essential qualifications and experience:

• Grade 12 OR N3 technical (NQF 4) + Electrical trade test certificate.
• Qualified Artisan with minimum 2 years field experience & computer literate OR
  Call Centre operator with 3 years’ experience in a technical call centre & computer literate.
• Valid Code EB License.

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PURPOSE

• Provision of comprehensive and centralized Fleet Management Services to JW’s core functions including Regions, and Works. Provision of Facilities Management Services for Head Office and Fennel Road Training Centre. Financial Management of Fleet and Facilities Management Services.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare the departmental contributions to the Johannesburg Water strategic plan and the annual business plan.
• Develop systems and procedures for the management and control of the departmental performance and deliverables.
• Ensure the development and implementation of systems, policies, and procedures for the department in line with all applicable legislation.
• Control departmental expenditure by ensuring spending is appropriate and necessary for achievement of objectives.
• Oversee procurement and replacement of JW vehicles as per Master Fleet Services Agreement. Manage vehicle availability by placing adhoc vehicle orders when the need arises.
• Manage building cleaning services and ensure that all building reported defects are addressed.
• Oversee contracts management of Fleet and Facilities Management Services.
• Present contract reports and extensions to Bid Committees as per Supply Chain Management Procedures.
• Plan annual performance budget for Fleet and Facilities Management Services. Approve monthly overtime and standby for Transport Officers as per HR regulations and budget provision.
• Establish and chair Accident Management Committees established in order to reduce fleet accident rate by making sure that all driver at fault accidents are dealt with.
• Facilitate information sessions on new legislation e.g. AARTO to comply procedurally. Inform line managers on fleet exception reports on utilisation, e.g. fuel fraud, unauthorised use, and negligent driving and vehicle abuse.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Essential qualifications and experience:

• B Degree (NQF 7) in Law, Logistics, Transportation; Business Management.
• 6 years’ experience in rendering of corporate support services. Communication and Leadership, Fleet Management Services, Facilities Management Services, Contracts Management Services & Financial Management Services.
• Valid Driver’s Licence.