Job Vacancies at Zutari

Description

• Engineering is more than design and delivery at Zutari; it is the craft of shaping possibility.
• As a leading buildings, infrastructure engineering, and advisory practice with over 90 years of heritage across Africa and the Middle East, we work across the full infrastructure lifecycle to deliver innovative, digitally enabled solutions. From bridges and dams to energy systems and smart infrastructure, our work connects communities and unlocks long-term value.
• We are looking for technical minds who see beyond constraints and are driven to engineer solutions that matter, today and for generations to come.

Role responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Engineering Integrity

• Lead the design, coordination, and technical delivery of Public Health/ Wet Services Engineering systems across all project stages, including potable water, hot, hot water return and cold-water services, drainage, sewerage, stormwater management, rainwater harvesting, recycled water systems, specialist water systems, and associated infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams, ensuring engineering solutions are safe, compliant, sustainable, maintainable, operationally efficient, and aligned with client and project requirements.
• Prepare, review, and approve public health/ Wet Services engineering calculations, hydraulic assessments, water demand analyses, drainage designs, reports, specifications, schedules, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, regulations, authority requirements, client standards, sustainability objectives, and engineering best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering methodologies, technical standards, quality assurance processes, digital design delivery, BIM integration, and innovation across the discipline.
• Apply sound engineering judgement and risk-based decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.

Delivery Performance & Multi‑Disciplinary Integration

• Lead the execution and delivery of Public Health/ Wet Services Engineering design packages, ensuring quality, completeness, and compliance with project scope, programme, and budget requirements.
• Coordinate effectively with mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, fire, architectural, sustainability, and specialist disciplines to achieve fully integrated design solutions.
• Plan and manage discipline deliverables, resource allocation, design reviews, stage-gate submissions, and project milestones.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical, programme, commercial, authority approval, and interface risks, implementing corrective actions where required.
• Support project managers and project directors in achieving successful project outcomes and delivery objectives.
• Provide construction-phase support including technical reviews, responses to RFIs, shop drawing assessments, site inspections, commissioning support, and verification that installations meet design intent and operational requirements.

Commercial Discipline, Financial Performance & Scope Control

• Deliver Public Health/ Wet Services Engineering services in accordance with approved scope, fee budgets, programme requirements, and commercial objectives.
• Monitor discipline resource utilisation, project performance, and delivery efficiency to support profitable project execution.
• Assist in managing scope changes, variations, design development impacts, and commercial risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support the preparation of fee proposals, technical scopes, bid submissions, and variation claims where required.
• Ensure engineering decisions balance technical excellence, project objectives, sustainability requirements, and commercial viability.

Client Leadership, Technical Advisory & Relationship Management

• Act as a key Public Health/ Wet Services Engineering contact for clients, project stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams throughout project delivery.
• Lead technical discussions, workshops, presentations, and design reviews with clients and project stakeholders.
• Provide professional advice on water management strategies, drainage solutions, sustainability initiatives, resilience planning, compliance requirements, and engineering best practices.
• Build and maintain long-term client relationships through proactive communication, reliable delivery, and trusted technical leadership.
• Represent Zutari professionally in external engagements, fostering client confidence and supporting future business opportunities.

Team Capability, Leadership & Technical Development

• Lead, mentor, and support engineers, technologists, technicians, graduates, and BIM professionals within the Public Health/ Wet Services Engineering team.
• Allocate work effectively based on project priorities, technical complexity, individual capability, and resource availability.
• Provide ongoing coaching, technical feedback, and professional development support to team members.
• Contribute to performance management, recruitment, onboarding, succession planning, and capability-building initiatives.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.

Pipeline Contribution & Opportunity Support

• Support the identification and development of new opportunities through strong client engagement and market awareness.
• Contribute technical input to proposals, bids, fee estimates, project pursuits, and business development activities.
• Assist in developing innovative and sustainable engineering solutions that differentiate Zutari in the marketplace.
• Support the growth of the Public Health/ Wet Services Engineering practice by identifying emerging market trends, regulatory developments, water sustainability initiatives, and capability requirements.
• Contribute to building Zutari's reputation through high-quality project delivery, technical excellence, and client satisfaction, helping to secure repeat business and new opportunities.

Minimum requirements

• BSc/BEng in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent recognised engineering qualification.
• Registered as a Professional Engineer (Pr.Eng) with ECSA or an equivalent internationally recognised professional engineering institution.
• Recognised technical leader within Public Health/ Wet services Engineering.
• Leads project teams and provides technical direction across complex multidisciplinary projects.
• Mentors and develops engineering talent within the business.
• Drives client engagement, project delivery excellence, and contributes to business development and market growth initiatives.

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Role responsibilities

• Compilation of tender documentation
• Prepare and settle final accounts.
• Carry out estimating function in multi-disciplinary engineering & built environment projects.
• Measuring and compiling of bills of quantities for tender purposes.
• Understanding and experience in compilation and management of standard construction & engineering contracts
• Compilation and negotiation of contracts
• Perform on/off site re-measurement, assessments and agree variations.
• Manage a number of projects and different team members concurrently.
• Undertaking client facing interactions.

Minimum requirements

• 4 years plus experience in the mining and engineering space with more than 1 year previous on-site experience.
• Experience on an engineering construction site
• An above average understanding of contract management and knowledge of various standard forms of contract in construction & engineering including FIDIC at a minimum
• Willing to work on project sites
• Strong problem-solving skills including excellent and proven client engagement ability 
• Strong analytical skills
• Commercial astuteness 
• Experience with contractual claims
• Mentoring and development of young talent
• Previous experience working in WinQS and DimX
• Ability to Travel

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Role responsibilities

• Develop and undertake concept, feasibility and detailed designs of bulk water infrastructure
• Coordinate and manage the development of 3D digital models and associated 2D drawings for mechanical and civil infrastructure
• Perform hydraulic calculations, select and specify equipment, develop cost estimates for bulk water infrastructure projects
• Co-ordinate with other disciplines such as electrical, civil, structural and process
• Attend site visits and/or site investigations of brownfield infrastructure and greenfield projects
• Perform more long-term site supervision services if the need and/or opportunity arises
• Contribute to engineering reports and presentations
• Attend factory witness tests and undertake factory inspections
• Develop and interpret engineering design sketches and drawings
• Produce quality digital models and drawings that comply with Zutari’s digital model and drawing standards

Minimum requirements

• Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Water related or similar projects
• Experience in digital modelling
• Previous experience in the water industry (bulk conveyance, pump stations, treatment plants, hydropower) would be an added advantage
• A willingness to learn and continue building an already established mechanical team
• A strong interest in working on innovative and complex projects
• A willingness and eagerness to identify opportunities for improving internal productivity and developing tools that improves our ability to be more efficient

Software

Proficient in: 

• Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Inventor or similar 3D modelling software.
• MS Office Suite

Advantageous: 

• Hydraulic simulation software (Bentley WaterGems, Bentley Hammer, EPANET, AFT Fathom, AFT Impulse, or similar) 
• Autodesk Construction Cloud / Forma 
• Computational design tools (Dynamo, Grasshopper or similar)

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Role overview

• We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join Zutari’s Project Management Unit and lead the delivery of our Data Centre projects. The Senior Project Manager is the single point of accountability within Zutari for project delivery performance, commercial outcomes, programme achievement and client satisfaction.
• The role works in close partnership with the Design Manager, who owns the design delivery process and is accountable for design coordination, integration, technical quality and technical decisions. The Senior Project Manager leads the project as a whole: scope, programme, fees, resources, risk, commercial performance, contract and client management. Together they make sure the project team has clear priorities, the right resources and timely decisions.
• The role does not require the Senior Project Manager to be the technical authority in every discipline. It does require a sound working understanding of how data centres are designed, procured, built and commissioned, so that the Senior Project Manager can challenge the programme, spot interface risks early and hold the project team to its commitments.

Role responsibilities

Project delivery and controls

• Lead Zutari’s delivery of Data Centre projects from pursuit and appointment through mobilisation, design, construction support, commissioning, handover and close-out.
• Lead project mobilisation, including kick-off, stakeholder mapping, setting up governance and communication protocols, developing the commercial baseline and putting project controls in place.
• Establish the project execution plan, work breakdown structure, programme, budget, resource plan, risk register and reporting routines.
• Develop and maintain an integrated project programme covering design, procurement, statutory approvals, construction support, commissioning and handover. Identify the critical path and key dependencies, and align the programme with the client’s master programme, long-lead equipment procurement and the contractor’s construction sequence.
• Manage scope, change control, variations and additional services. Identify deviations early, then assess, substantiate and negotiate them so that they become approved additional fees where applicable.
• Own project commercial performance, including fees, expenditure, invoicing, work in progress, forecast to complete, revenue forecasts, cash collection and margin.
• Manage the professional services appointment and sub-consultant agreements and track contractual obligations and deliverables.
• Manage project close-out, including client acceptance, commercial reconciliation, lessons learnt, final reporting and transition to operations.
• Apply Zutari’s project management, governance, quality and commercial requirements consistently.

Project team leadership and resourcing

• Lead the multidisciplinary project team, including civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, fire, building services and controls disciplines, on resourcing, budgets and programme commitments. Hold each discipline accountable for delivering its agreed scope within its allocated fee and programme.
• Agree information release and stage-gate approval dates with the client and build them into the project programme.
• Resolve delivery conflicts between programme, resources and technical requirements, working with the Design Manager and discipline leads.
• Forecast resource needs across all project phases, secure the right multidisciplinary capability, identify resource constraints early and resolve resource conflicts with discipline leads and line managers.
• Track progress against approved baselines, analyse deviations, put recovery plans in place, and manage the impact of programme changes on procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Coordinate programme, information exchange and commercial interfaces with architects, equipment vendors and other consultants on the client’s team.

Stage governance and construction-stage services

• Manage stage gates from a contractual and commercial perspective: confirm stage deliverables against the appointment, obtain client sign-off and authority to proceed, and align fee drawdown with each stage.
• Plan and manage Zutari’s tender-stage service, including programme, resourcing and client communication, and support the client’s procurement of contractors and long-lead equipment.
• Manage Zutari’s construction-stage service, including registers for requests for information (RFIs) and submittals, response times, site inspection schedules, resourcing and progress reporting.
• Make sure the commissioning strategy and sequence, integrated systems testing and operational readiness are planned from the start of the project and built into the overall programme. Coordinate Zutari’s role in testing, commissioning and handover, including as-built information and operation and maintenance (O&M) documentation.

Client and stakeholder management

• Act as Zutari’s senior point of contact for the client’s project manager and project team on delivery, programme and commercial matters.
• Prepare clear progress reports, dashboards and decision papers. Lead project governance forums, drive timely decisions on scope, programme, commercial and technical matters, and record decisions and their impacts in the project decision register.
• Manage the contractual interface with contractors, and the process, programme and correspondence for utility applications and statutory approvals, including bulk power and water.
• Report to the Project Director monthly, and at key project milestones, on progress against programme, forecast fee and margin, invoicing and debtors, key risks and issues, client relationship health and resourcing needs.
• Escalate to the Project Director promptly, with options and a recommendation, when a threshold set in the project execution plan is, or is likely to be, exceeded. Typical triggers include forecast margin falling below the bid margin, a delay to a contractual or critical-path milestone, scope growth the client has not agreed to pay for, a client complaint, dispute or potential claim, a significant health and safety or professional liability risk, and resource shortfalls that put delivery at risk.
• Record each escalation, the decision taken and the follow-up actions in the project decision register and confirm closure with the Project Director.

Risk, quality and health and safety

• Own the project risk register and manage commercial, contractual, programme and site risks, including power availability and grid connection, long-lead equipment, compressed programmes and live-site constraints.
• Make sure the project quality plan is in place, and that Zutari’s review, checking and approval procedures are followed and recorded before deliverables are issued.
• Make sure Zutari’s designer obligations under the Construction Regulations are planned, resourced and recorded on each project.
• Keep project records, approvals, decisions, actions and deliverables controlled and auditable.

Business development and team leadership

• Lead proposals for new Data Centre opportunities, including delivery approach, fee estimates, programme, resourcing and commercial terms.
• Develop trusted client relationships, identify future opportunities, support account growth strategies, and secure follow-on phases, expansions and additional services during delivery.
• Contribute to bid strategy, client presentations and go/no-go decisions on Data Centre pursuits.
• Mentor and develop junior project managers and project controllers and help build the PMU’s data centre delivery capability.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of data centre delivery methods, templates and project controls across Zutari.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical or civil), Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Built Environment or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years’ relevant experience, including at least seven years as the accountable Project Manager on multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects delivered by multidisciplinary design teams in a consulting engineering environment.
• Experience delivering multidisciplinary engineering projects in data centres or other mission-critical environments. Direct data centre experience is preferred, but experience in hospitals, pharmaceutical facilities, laboratories, substations, industrial plants or similar complex facilities will also be considered.
• Strong command of project planning, financial management, risk, change control, quality and reporting.
• Working knowledge of professional services appointments and construction contracts such as NEC, FIDIC, JBCC or PROCSA, and of stage frameworks such as the RIBA stages.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and planning tools such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain technical matters clearly to clients and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage several concurrent projects and maintain disciplined follow-through on actions, decisions, deliverables and commercial matters.

Preferred qualifications and experience

• Recognised project management qualification or certification, such as PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent.
• Professional registration with ECSA (Pr.Eng or Pr.Tech Eng) or SACPCMP (Pr.CPM), or membership of PMI or PMSA (Project Management South Africa).
• Data centre-specific training or certification, such as the Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer or Certified Data Centre Design Professional (CDCDP) would be advantageous.
• Experience delivering for hyperscale or colocation clients, including working to client design standards and global programme requirements.
• Experience managing project delivery across multiple Zutari offices or with international project teams.

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Role responsibilities

• Lead and deliver defined workstreams with full accountability for scope, quality, timelines, and client satisfaction
• Manage workstream planning and execution, including scope definition, scheduling, resource planning, and quality assurance
• Apply core methodologies effectively, including change management frameworks (e.g., ADKAR)
• Contribute to change management project planning activities by developing detailed project plans, schedules, resource allocations, risk registers, and communication plans
• Conduct stakeholder engagement activities, including interviews and workshops, to perform current state assessments, gap analysis, and solution development
• Develop and deliver change readiness assessments, diagnostics, and structured recommendations to support business improvement initiatives
• Manage workstream budgets at a basic level, tracking time and costs against estimates and highlighting variances
• Prepare and deliver high-quality project documentation, reports, and presentations
• Build and maintain professional relationships with internal clients
• Contribute to the development of an external network within the industry
• Mentor peers and junior team members, supporting their development through structured and on-the-job guidance
• Contribute to internal knowledge development, including methodology enhancement, template creation, and participation in internal thought leadership activities
• Consistently role-model organisational values and standards, ensuring professionalism and quality across all deliverables

Digital Application

• Demonstrate strong proficiency in Microsoft products. Experience in tools used for data analysis and visualisation will be benefitial.
• Conduct data analysis to support diagnostics, assessments, and business improvement initiatives
• Develop clear, structured, and visually compelling dashboards and reports to communicate insights and recommendations
• Extract and analyse data from ERP and business systems
• Apply AI tools and automation to improve personal productivity
• Support assessment data collection and analysis activities

Minimum requirements

• 2-4 year's change management and business transformation experience
• BSc Industrial Psychology / Relevant degree. Relevant post graduate degree preferred.
• Progress toward PROSCI certification

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Role responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within Zutari to achieve goals 
• Client facing role 
• Prepare proposals and make presentations 
• Monthly reporting function across projects 
• Ensure substantiation of designs 
• Define, maintain and work to a project scope, design criteria and schedule 
• Manage drawing liaison and provide general engineering support 
• Manage and co-ordinate technical interfaces on projects 
• Generation of Tender and Project documentation and costings 
• Technical support during manufacturing, construction and quality assurance procedure 
• Provide support during trouble shooting 
• To know, understand, define, maintain and ensure work is executed to a project scope of work and general plant design criteria and specifications 
• Apply knowledge of statutory requirements and experience of similar projects 
• Ensure regular interaction between relevant parties and disciplines on a Project 
• Be aware of, and work to, the project budget 
• Site Involvement – Support to the Construction and Commissioning phases as and when required 

Minimum requirements

• BEng/BSc in Mechanical Engineering, preferably with a postgraduate qualification
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa or evidence of registration progress
• Qualification related to the Design and Operations of Belt Conveyor or Belt Conveying of bulk solids would be advantageous  
• Certification pertaining to Bulk Transfer Chute Design and Modelling would be advantageous
• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience, including experience of lump sum turn-key type projects, EPCM projects and studies in the mining and materials handling sector
• Delivering front end engineering study work 
• Technical design and design management experience 
• Mechanical design experience 
• Relevant project management and/or engineering management and/or design experience related to large projects in a mining, industrial and/or energy environment  
• Experience in large multi-disciplinary projects  
• Experience in the management systems applicable to the management and reporting on large and/or EPCM and EPC projects  
• Ability to lead projects, develop business and manage client relationships 
• Excellent writing, presentation and communication skills (English)
• Computer literacy: BMH design package (Sidewinder and Belt Analyst), Flow simulation and 3D package (advantageous) and MS Office Suite

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Role Responsibilities

• Asset management consulting: Support clients with developing and implementing best practice software and AI applications that enhances our client’s asset management capability.
• Data analytics: Work with large asset data to conduct infrastructure lifecycle analysis, predictive modelling, and investment optimisation.
• Report writing: Prepare plans, document analytical frameworks, outcomes reports, manuals, and project documentation.
• Presentations: Help prepare client presentations and participate in client workshops and interactions.
• Systems solutions: Conduct business analysis with our clients to determine user needs, document needs and scope functional solutions. Assist in developing client solutions, integrations between systems and dashboards.
• Project management: Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure project objectives are met and deliverables are achieved.
• Travel: The successful candidate must be willing and able to travel and to spend time away from the office, in South Africa and Africa, for time periods of a few days to weeks on an ad hoc basis. The candidate must be suitably experienced and self-sufficient to travel to remote areas of SA and Africa on their own.
• Client engagement: Client consulting, presentations, training and support with change management at Zutari’s clients. 

Minimum Requirements

• BEng/BSc/BTech degree in Civil Engineering
• Evidence of progression towards professional registration progress would be advantageous
• Valid SA driver’s license and with own reliable vehicle
• 2-5 years overall experience.
• Knowledge of the following will be advantageous:  databases such as GIS, MS Access and SQL/Server Claude.AI and ChatGPT applications, software development experience.
• Problem solving, communication, and technical report writing skills
• Previous asset management experience would be advantageous
• Knowledge of ERP systems would be advantageous

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Role overview

• We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join Zutari’s Project Management Unit and work primarily on Digital Advisory projects. The role is responsible for the structured delivery of multidisciplinary advisory assignments that combine engineering, asset information, digital delivery, enterprise systems and operational requirements into a single, reliable information environment.
• The Senior Project Manager will manage scope, programme, commercial performance, risk, quality, resources and stakeholder interfaces across the asset lifecycle.
• The role does not require the Senior Project Manager to be the technical expert in every digital discipline. It does require a practical working knowledge and understanding of the infrastructure and asset lifecycle, information flows, information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) environments to coordinate specialists, identify dependencies, spot integration risks early and manage interfaces effectively.
• The Senior Project Manager will typically lead several concurrent projects or multi-phase programmes, lead delivery teams drawn from across Zutari and external partners, and play an active role in growing Digital Advisory client relationships and new work.

Role responsibilities

Project delivery and controls

• Lead the day-to-day management of Digital Advisory projects from initiation and planning through delivery, close-out and handover.
• Select and set up the right delivery approach for each project (stage-gated, Agile or hybrid), with the governance, plans, budgets, forecasts, RAID logs and reporting that go with it.
• Plan and manage technology delivery activities, including requirements and backlog management, sprint and release planning, solution design reviews, configuration and build, data migration, environment and deployment planning (cloud, SaaS and on-premise), cut-over and go-live.
• Plan service transition and hypercare so that solutions are handed over to client IT operations with agreed support models, service-level agreements and ITIL-aligned service management processes in place.
• Manage scope, change, dependencies, assumptions, technical and organisational interfaces, and ensure that deviations are identified and addressed early.
• Own project commercial performance, including fees, expenditure, invoicing, work-in-progress, forecast-to-complete and margin.
• Manage software vendors, system integrators and technology suppliers, including statements of work, licensing, contractual deliverables, service levels and change requests.
• Apply Zutari’s project management, governance, quality and commercial requirements consistently.

Multidisciplinary coordination

• Coordinate specialist workstreams such as engineering, BIM and information management, GIS and geospatial, reality capture, data and analytics, enterprise architecture, systems integration, asset management, IT, OT, holding each accountable for its output, dependencies and decisions.
• Translate the overall project scope into clear work packages, responsibilities, interfaces, milestones and dependencies.
• Facilitate coordination meetings and workshops, keep a clear record of decisions and actions, and drive timely closure of outstanding matters.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders, including clients, designers, contractors, technology providers, operators, asset managers and client IT/OT teams.

Information and asset lifecycle management

• Understand at a working level how information assets are created, developed, assured, exchanged and handed over across the infrastructure lifecycle.
• Coordinate project activities so that information produced during planning, design, construction and commissioning supports downstream operational and asset-management requirements.
• Maintain visibility of information requirements, deliverables, acceptance criteria, information dependencies and handover obligations.
• Support the management of interfaces between project information environments and operational systems, without assuming the role of the technical or systems specialist.
• Recognise the importance of information quality, traceability, structured asset information and controlled handover as formal project deliverables.
• Treat data governance, access, cyber security and POPIA and GDPR compliance as delivery requirements from the start.

Client and stakeholder management

• Act as the senior point of contact for client sponsors, IT and digital leads, operations teams and asset managers.
• Prepare clear project reports, dashboards, decision papers and presentations, explaining technical and data matters in business terms, ensuring that decisions, responsibilities and impacts are understood.
• Lead client workshops that define requirements, priorities, governance, implementation plans and delivery roadmaps.

Risk, quality and assurance

• Manage risks specific to digital and data delivery, including data availability and quality, integration and data migration complexity, vendor and technology dependencies, cyber security, user adoption and operational readiness.
• Coordinate system, integration and user acceptance testing, defect management and assurance reviews so that deliverables meet agreed scope, quality and acceptance criteria.
• Keep project records, approvals, decisions, actions and deliverables controlled and auditable.
• Escalate unresolved technical, commercial, programme or governance issues appropriately.

Business development and team leadership

• Shape proposals for new Digital Advisory opportunities, including scope, delivery approach, fee estimates, programmes and resourcing.
• Identify and develop new Digital Advisory opportunities with new and existing clients, working with business development, sector and technical leads to build a qualified pipeline.
• Contribute to bid strategy, win themes, go/no-go decisions and client presentations, and lead the delivery, programme and commercial sections of tenders and proposals.
• Grow client accounts by converting digital strategies, roadmaps and early-phase assignments into follow-on implementation work, and by identifying further client needs during delivery.
• Maintain awareness of market, technology and regulatory trends affecting infrastructure owners, and help position Zutari’s Digital Advisory offering accordingly.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Digital Advisory project delivery methods, templates and project controls.
• Build effective working relationships across Zutari business units and specialist teams and help create an integrated client experience.
• Lead and motivate multidisciplinary project teams, setting clear expectations and holding team members accountable for their contributions.
• Mentor and develop junior project managers and project controllers, and help build the PMU’s digital delivery capability.
• Support the selection, onboarding and governance of external delivery partners and third-party project managers working on Digital Advisory projects.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 10–15 years’ relevant experience, including at least 7 years as the accountable Project Manager on IT, data or digital technology projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing data-centric projects involving multiple disciplines, specialist workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Strong command of project planning, financial management, risk, change control, quality and reporting, across both traditional and Agile or hybrid delivery.
• Proven experience delivering technology implementations across the full delivery lifecycle, from requirements and solution design through build or configuration, testing, deployment and service transition.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex technical and data topics to non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and common project planning, reporting and collaboration tools (for example MS Project, Jira or Azure DevOps, and Power BI).
• Ability to work across several concurrent projects and maintain disciplined follow-through on actions, decisions, deliverables and commercial matters.

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Role responsibilities

• The Lead Project Financial Accountant is the most senior technical and people-leadership role within the Project Financial Accounting function, holding end-to-end accountability for the financial integrity of a portfolio of projects and business units. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the incumbent is the Region or Business Unit's primary authority on project finance, setting the standard for revenue recognition, working capital management, financial reporting and owning outcomes rather than individual transactions.
• The role carries full line management accountability for a team of Project Financial Accountants and Senior Project Financial Accountants, with functional oversight extending to Project Managers and Project Assistants. This spans team performance, capability development, resourcing and succession planning, positioning the Lead Project Financial Accountant as the critical link between operational project finance and senior Business Unit leadership.
• As a trusted advisor to Business Unit MDs and Operational Directors, the incumbent translates complex financial detail into clear, decision-ready insight and acts as the final point of technical review and escalation before matters reach the wider Finance function or external audit.

Key responsibilities

Project Financial Accounting & Revenue Assurance:

• Hold end-to-end accountability for the financial integrity of a portfolio of projects and units, acting as the primary financial advisor to Business Unit MD(s)/Operational Director(s) on meeting monthly targets.
• Direct and quality-control the monthly revenue recognition process across the team, signing off on entries prepared by Project Financial Accountants and Senior Project Financial Accountants, including exception reasons and variance explanations at month end.
• Own the accuracy of the Fee Revenue Forecast and workload across the unit, ensuring project plans and backlog are correctly maintained.
• Provide final sign-off on project opening and closing processes prepared by the team, covering checklist completion, baseline margin reasonableness, DOA approval and billing terms.

Working Capital & Financial Control:

• Take ownership of Working Capital performance across the portfolio, driving down Accounts Receivable ageing and WIP ageing and ensuring timely invoicing across the team.
• Champion consistent implementation of, and adherence to, the Delegation of Authority (DOA) across the team, escalating breaches where required.
• Approve financial transactions on the ERP system (Vantagepoint) beyond individual Project Financial Accountants' limits, including write-offs, provisions, credit notes, receipts and journals.
• Lead the bi-annual Working Capital certification process for the Region/Business Unit, including review of Project Managers indications and WIP approvals ahead of certification.
• Oversee monthly reconciliations, either compiling or reviewing as required.
• Identify and drive process and control improvements in project financial accounting across the team.

Reporting & Business Partnering:

• Compile the monthly financial reporting pack for the Region/Business Unit and present findings to Business Unit leadership.
• Critically evaluate reporting outputs produced by the team before submission, holding the group to a consistently high standard.
• Partner with Business Unit leadership on financial queries, analysis and decision support beyond routine reporting.
• Lead financial reviews of tenders and proposals ahead of submission, assessing cash position, profitability, risk exposure and tax implications to inform bid decisions.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the external audit process, providing information and resolving audit queries on behalf of the team.

Team Leadership & Development:

• Manage a team of Project Financial Accountants and Senior Project Financial Accountants as their direct line manager, including goal-setting, regular performance reviews and day-to-day people management.
• Identify skills gaps and drive structured development plans, building the team's capability and judgement to operate with less day-to-day oversight.
• Provide input into resourcing, recruitment and succession planning for the team.
• Act as the first point of escalation for complex or ambiguous project accounting matters raised by the team.
• Identify and adopt AI and other technology tools that improve the speed, accuracy, or efficiency of project financial accounting and drive their adoption across the team.

Minimum requirements

Qualifications

• B.Com Accounting degree - Essential
• Progress toward, or completion of, a professional qualification (e.g. CIMA, CA(SA)) - Advantageous

Experience

• 7 - 10 years' experience in a project finance environment, including at least 3 years in a supervisory, review or line management capacity.
• Demonstrated experience owning revenue recognition, working capital and reporting outcomes for a multi-project multi-currency portfolio, not just individual projects.
• Experience with Deltek Vantagepoint or a comparable project accounting/ERP system.
• Proficient in MS Excel; working knowledge of Power BI is advantageous

Skills, and characteristics (add if applicable)

Skills

Technical & Reporting

• Project Accounting & ERP Systems  — Expert command of project set-up, revenue recognition, WIP, billing and budget management within ERP system, with the ability to identify and correct errors in others' work.
• Financial Reporting — Able to compile, quality-assure and present monthly financial reporting packs and reconciliations for a Region/Business Unit.
• MS Excel & Power BI — Advanced Excel proficiency for reporting and analysis; working knowledge of Power BI advantageous for dashboard-based reporting.

Financial & Analytical

• Revenue Recognition & Working Capital Management — Deep technical mastery sufficient to resolve complex or ambiguous scenarios and set the standard the team is reviewed against.
• Commercial & Risk Analysis — Able to assess cash position, profitability, and risk exposure on tenders and proposals to support senior decision-making.
• Governance — Applies the Delegation of Authority consistently and identifies control gaps before they become issues.

Interpersonal & Behavioural

• People Management — Sets objectives, conducts performance reviews, and manages the day-to-day output of a team of qualified accountants.
• Influencing & Advisory — Communicates financial insight persuasively enough to shape decisions made by Business Unit MDs and Operational Directors.
• Resilience Under Pressure — Sustains accuracy and judgement across a demanding portfolio and team review workload against firm month-end deadlines.

Competencies

• Ownership & Accountability — Takes full accountability for the financial outcomes of the Region/Business Unit's project portfolio, holding a high personal standard and expecting the same of the team.
• People Leadership & Development — Builds capability in others through coaching and constructive review, with genuine investment in the growth and progression of the team.
• Stakeholder Credibility — Earns the trust of Business Unit MDs and Leaders as a finance partner whose judgement can be relied on without independent verification.
• Sound Judgement Under Ambiguity — Resolves complex or unclear project accounting scenarios in a way that holds up to audit and senior scrutiny.
• Continuous Improvement — Champions improvement in financial processes and controls, including the adoption of new tools and technologies that lift the team's accuracy and efficiency

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Role responsibilities

Facilities Operations Support

• Serve as the first point of contact for facilities operational support requests. This involves liaising with landlords, contractors, employees and other stakeholders regarding maintenance issues, repairs and facilities requests
• Log new requests, assess the nature of the issue and prioritise tasks based on urgency.
• Do regular floor walks to identify Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) activities and ensure calls are logged accurately.
• Schedule all Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) activities and ensure calls are logged accurately.
• Assign work orders to the maintenance team or external vendors (e.g. Electricians, plumbers) and monitor progress.
• Provide timely and clear communication updates to stakeholders on work order status and resolution timelines.
• Conduct Audit checks of calls closed and inspect completed work, signing off job cards when standards are met.
• Ensure all calls logged are closed within SLA.

Vendor and Landlord Management:

• Assisting with managing vendor and landlord relationships, tracking Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and quality service delivery.
• Escalate property and landlord related matters to Facilities Manager and liaise with the landlord representative for resolution and provide needed support to resolve the issue.
• Requesting quotes for contractor/Vendor repairs and operational equipment following the Delegation of Authority for approval.
• Oversee the performance of soft services, including cleaning, landscaping, pest control, security, catering services, internal plants and reception.
• Schedule Soft Services planned preventive maintenance (PPM) activities and log on Zdesk
• Negotiate discounted rates for external parking facilities and maintain agreements
• Monitor and assess the quality of services of contractors to ensure they meet required Service Level Standards (SLA’s)
• Address service failures and implement corrective actions promptly
• Conduct regular inspections of facilities to check cleanliness, safety and compliance.

Client and Stakeholder liaison

• Serve as a point of contact for clients and internal departments and/or stakeholders, addressing requests and concerns.
• Provide regular feedback on service delivery and operational performance.
• Coordinate meeting room set up including the arrangement of furniture and AV equipment 
• Coordinate catering arrangements for internal meetings

Health and Safety Compliance

• Ensure all soft services comply with relevant health, safety, and legislative requirements 
• Maintain accurate OHS documentation and follow up on outstanding checklists.
• Log reported compliance and governance issues as received from Health and Safety representatives, assess the nature of the issue and prioritise tasks based on urgency.
• Conduct regular floor walks to identify Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) activities and ensure calls are logged accurately.
• Coordinate staff parking allocations and maintain accurate records. 

Fleet Coordination

• Schedule and allocate vehicles to staff or departments, ensuring optimal utilisation
• Plan routes for efficiency and cost savings.
• Arrange regular servicing and inspections; track and manage repairs.
• Track fuel usage, reconcile fuel cards, and generate reports on mileage, fuel consumption, and maintenance costs.
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements (licenses, roadworthy certificates).
• Maintain accurate records of insurance, registration, and permits.
• Generate reports on mileage, fuel consumption, and maintenance costs.
• Assign drivers, verify licenses, and communicate schedules.
• Handle accident reports, insurance claims, and escalate to the facilities manager for the implementation of corrective action where applicable.
• Coordinate purchase or lease of new vehicles and disposal of old ones.
• Enforce fleet policies and educate staff on safe driving and vehicle care.

Administration and Reporting

• Maintain accurate records of documentation, compliance reports and certificates.
• Extract and compile reports for security, cleaning and catering services.
• Extracting Data from Z.desk and summarise reports for management.
• Upload OHS documents to the shared drive and ensure timely follow-up on all outstanding checklists.

Adhoc

• Assist at Reception when required
• Assist with Project requests when required
• Support in tasks as requested from Facilities Manager

Minimum requirements

• Grade 12 / Matric or equivalent - Essential
• Tertiary qualification in relevant discipline - advantageous 
• Certifications in Facilities Management - advantageous
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Facilities Soft Services and/or Help desk coordination.
• Knowledge of facilities management and fleet operations applicable 
• Proven experience in Helpdesk systems
• In-depth understanding of Vendor management

Skills

• Ms Office Proficiency - (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Communication skills - Ability to engage effectively with management and employees at all levels.
• Negotiation Skills – Capable of securing favorable terms with vendors and service providers for cost efficiency.
• Facilities Management Systems – Proficient in using tools Helpdesk systems
• Scheduling & Coordination – Skilled in planning preventive maintenance and coordinating work orders with internal teams and vendors
• Vendor Management – Ability to manage contractor performance and ensure compliance with SLAs and contractual obligations.
• Fleet Management – Skilled in scheduling, tracking, and reporting on vehicle allocation, maintenance, and compliance.
• Events coordination- Skilled in organising meeting setups, catering arrangements, and AV equipment for internal meetings. 

Competencies

• Administrative Accuracy – Maintains precise documentation, certificates, and compliance records for all soft services and fleet operations.
• Customer Service Orientation – Maintains a helpful and courteous approach when assisting staff and visitors.
• Data Analysis & Reporting – Extracts and summarizes operational data to provide actionable insights for management.
• Health & Safety Knowledge – Understands legislative requirements and ensures compliance across all soft services and fleet operations.
• Problem-Solving – Quickly identifies service issues and implements effective corrective actions to maintain operational standards.
• Attention to Detail – Ensures accuracy in inspections, compliance documentation, and service quality checks.
• Adaptability – Responds effectively to changing priorities and unexpected challenges in service delivery.
• Collaboration – Works seamlessly with internal teams, external vendors, and management to achieve operational goals.
• Time Management – Prioritizes tasks and allocates time effectively to meet deadlines and service level agreements.

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About this role

• We are looking for a Civil Engineer or Technologist with experience in water infrastructure civil engineering projects to join our industry-leading Water team in Bloemfontein.

Role responsibilities

• Project Management of water related projects.
• Perform complex engineering designs, calculations, and analysis across the full lifecycle of the project, i.e., planning, design and implementation which includes construction and completion.
• Coordinate and integrate the design with other engineering disciplines, development of 3D models, technical drawings and details, technical specifications and associated quantities.
• Produce other key deliverables on projects such as technical and project related reports, specifications and procurement documentation.
• Administration of construction contracts as Contracts Engineer/Employer’s Agent Representative/Principal Agent including associated site supervision and administrative responsibilities, and dealing with construction queries.
• Be a team player that is willing to collaborate across multiple disciplines and across multiple geographies in Africa and internationally.
• Ensure that all work complies with Zutari’s quality control procedures and ensuring that required quality standards are maintained.

Minimum requirements

• BEng/BSc/BTech/Advanced Diploma or equivalent in Civil Engineering. A post-graduate qualification will be advantageous.
• Registered as a Professional Engineer or Professional Engineering Technologist with ECSA or evidence of registration progress (proof of submission required).
• A minimum of 5 years’ post-graduate experience on water and sanitation civil engineering projects, including design. Experience should entail working on projects across their full lifecycle, i.e., planning through to the end of construction.
• Sound knowledge or expertise in engineering design software applicable to the envisaged role e.g. Revit, WaterGEMS, Civil 3D, EPANET, AutoCAD
• ​​​​​​Proficient in MS Office Suite products. Knowledge in MS Projects will be advantageous.
• Project Management and construction related experience in civil engineering projects.
• Construction related experience in water and sanitation projects will be an advantage.
• Sound knowledge and expertise in GCC and FIDIC general conditions of contract. Knowledge of other construction contracts in the field of engineering will be advantageous..

Skills, and characteristics 

• Civil Engineering Design 
• Project Management
• Construction Administration/Management 
• Site Management 
• Report Writing 
• Effective Communicator

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Job Summary:

• The People Business Partner supports the alignment of people priorities within Zutari. The role works closely with leaders, managers, employees, and specialist People teams to implement practical people solutions that improve strategic workforce planning, workforce capability, employee engagement, organisational effectiveness, and business performance.
• The role focuses on partnering, implementation, advisory support, and execution of people initiatives within an established people strategy and governance framework.
• As a trusted partner to business unit leaders, the incumbent provides data-driven insights, coaches leaders on people and organisational matters, and champions a high-performance, values-driven culture.
• The role plays a critical part in building future-ready capability, strengthening organisational agility, and ensuring that business units are equipped to deliver on its strategic ambitions.
• The People Business Partner must demonstrate sound judgement, effective collaboration skills, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to influence leaders and employees without formal line authority.

Key responsibilities:

People Strategy Implementation and Business Alignment

• Managing and supporting the alignment of the company’s people strategy with business strategy. 
• Partner with business leaders and managers to understand commercial priorities, workforce challenges, and people requirements.
• Translate people priorities into practical plans and interventions relevant to the needs of the business area or market.
• Contribute to the implementation of people initiatives that support sustainable business performance and organisational capability.

Employee Relations and Positive Workplace Climate

• Working together with management and employees to solve conflicts and help facilitate positive employee relations, maintain a good working environment, build morale, and decrease unwanted attrition. 
• Facilitate positive employee relations practices that contribute to a healthy working environment, improved morale, and reduced unwanted attrition.
• Provide first-line guidance to managers on people matters, escalating more complex or high-risk cases where required.
• Promote fair, consistent, and values-based treatment of employees in line with company policy and applicable labour legislation.

Workforce Planning and Future Readiness

• Support workforce planning activities to help ensure the market or business area has the right size, structure, skills mix, and agility for future needs.
• Assist leaders in identifying current and future capability requirements, skills gaps, and workforce risks.

Workforce Planning and Future Readiness

• Support workforce planning activities to help ensure the market or business area has the right size, structure, skills mix, and agility for future needs.
• Assist leaders in identifying current and future capability requirements, skills gaps, and workforce risks.
• Contribute to future-readiness efforts by helping business areas assess existing workforce capability against anticipated business demands.
• Provide people insights to support planning for growth, mobility, succession, and workforce sustainability.

Learning, Development and Capability Building

• Identify training and development needs in partnership with leaders and managers.
• Support reskilling and upskilling initiatives aimed at preparing employees for changing technical, digital, and market requirements.
• Work with the Learning experience team and relevant stakeholders to align learning interventions with business objectives and capability priorities.
• Encourage a culture of continuous learning, professional development, and career growth.

Talent and Succession Management

• Support talent review and succession planning processes within the relevant market or business area.
• Facilitate the process of identifying key talent, critical roles and succession risks.
• Work with leaders to support the development of employees with high potential or critical skill relevance.
• Encourage career discussions and development planning to strengthen internal capability and retention.

Performance Management Guidance

• Provide guidance to line managers on the application of performance management processes and good people leadership practices.
• Support managers with their approach to coaching, feedback conversations, development planning, mentoring, and career discussions.
• Support the embedding of fair and consistent performance management practices across teams.
• Leverage available people and performance information to highlight trends, concerns, or areas requiring intervention.

Organisational Design and Team Effectiveness

• Provide guidance and advice to managers on team structures, role clarity, and organisational design principles to support effective team design and workforce planning.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, collaboration, and performance through role or team design.
• Contribute people input into change initiatives affecting structures, roles, and ways of working.
• Ensure recommendations are aligned to business needs, approved frameworks, and practical implementation considerations.

Attraction and Retention

• Collaborate with the talent acquisition team on attraction and recruitment for vacancies within the business units supported.
• Partner with Talent Management and the Rewards team on retention of key talent, relevant to the business needs.
• Support leaders in the identification of retention risks, scarce and/or critical skills concerns, and talent pools within the business unit.
• Contribute to inclusive and practical attraction and retention approaches suited to a consulting engineering environment to ensure that we have the right people in the right role at the right time.

Reward, Recognition and Remuneration Support

• Support the implementation of compensation and benefits practices aligned to broader company remuneration policies and procedures.
• Provide guidance to managers on reward-related processes within approved frameworks.
• Assist with reward and recognition interventions that support employee engagement and reinforce high performance.
• Provide input on market-related talent concerns that may influence retention and reward considerations.

Culture, Engagement, Wellness and Inclusion

• Provide advice and support on culture-related initiatives, including embedding company values, expected behaviours, and codes of conduct.
• Implement or support people interventions focused on employee wellness, diversity and inclusion, and all initiatives supporting Zutari’s social licence to operate.
• Support Leadership in initiatives aimed at strengthening employee engagement and enhancing employee experience aligned to the Employee Value Proposition.
• Support the creation of an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative workplace environment across diverse teams and geographies.

Policies, Processes and Governance

• Provide guidance on people policies, procedures, and processes, ensuring consistent interpretation and application.
• Support the implementation of people practices in line with business requirements, governance standards, and employment legislation.
• Maintain confidentiality and professional discretion in handling employee and business information.
• Identify policy or process improvement opportunities and raise these through appropriate People channels.

People Metrics and Reporting

• Track and report on HR metrics as part of the monthly Management Committee meetings in the respective business units.
• Interpret these people metrics to build insights, identify risks and trends to inform people interventions that support business decisions and outcomes.

Requirements

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration or related field
• Honours Degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration or related field
• SABPP registration

Experience 

• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in human resource management
• With a minimum of 7 yrs experience as a human resource business partner.
• Working knowledge of different human resource disciplines including total rewards, organisational design and effectiveness, talent and performance management and employee relations
• Proven ability and experience in managing conciliation and arbitration processes
• In-depth understanding of relevant employment legislation

Skills 

• Ms Office Proficiency: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Strategic Workforce Planning: Ability to assess current and future workforce needs, identify skills gaps and risks, and support plans that align talent capacity with business growth and operational priorities.
• Employee Relations and Labour Practice: Knowledge of employee relations processes, company policy, and applicable labour legislation to guide managers on people matters and support fair, consistent case handling.
• Performance and Talent Management: Capability to support performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and development conversations that strengthen leadership pipelines and employee retention.
• People Analytics and HR Reporting: Skill in tracking, interpreting, and presenting HR metrics and people trends to generate insights that inform management decisions and targeted interventions.
• Organisational Design and Capability Development: Ability to advise on team structures, role clarity, learning needs, and capability-building initiatives that improve effectiveness, agility, and business readiness.

Competencies 

• Business Acumen: Understands commercial priorities and translates business needs into practical people solutions that support sustainable performance.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Builds trusted relationships with leaders, managers, and employees to influence decisions and drive collaborative people outcomes.
• Communication and Coaching: Ability to engage effectively with management and employees at all levels. Communicates clearly and confidently while guiding managers through feedback, performance, development, and sensitive people discussions.
• Problem Solving and Judgement: Analyses people issues, identifies root causes, and applies sound judgement to recommend balanced, practical, and policy-aligned solutions.
• Confidentiality and Professional Integrity: Handles sensitive employee and business information with discretion, professionalism, and a strong commitment to ethical practice.
• Change Agility: Adapts quickly to changing business, workforce, and market needs while supporting leaders and teams through organisational change.
• Inclusion and Employee-Centric Mindset: Promotes a respectful, inclusive, and positive workplace culture that values employee wellbeing, engagement, and equitable treatment.

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About the role:

• The Senior Manager Treasury & Finance Operations is responsible for the day-to-day management of Zutari's treasury function including cash and liquidity management, banking, funding facilities, guarantees and treasury risk monitoring, together with general financial accounting responsibilities, including general ledger integrity, reconciliation review and financial reporting.
• The role also owns the Group's cash budgeting process, leads a treasury finance team, oversees the payroll department, guides the calculation of cost and charge-out rates, supports the assessment of projects for commercial viability, and acts as a finance business partner to the operational business. Reporting to the Finance Director Group

Reporting & Control, the incumbent manages treasury and accounting operations and controls in line with Group policy and prepares monthly management and board-level reporting.

Key responsibilities: 

Cash, Liquidity and Working Capital Management

• Lead the Group's cash, liquidity and working capital management activities, ensuring adequate funding to support operational and strategic requirements.
• Oversee cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning processes, providing visibility of cash positions, funding requirements and liquidity risks.
• Monitor working capital performance and cash conversion trends, identifying opportunities to improve cash generation and optimise capital deployment.
• Provide recommendations to the Finance Director: Group Reporting and Control on liquidity management, funding utilisation and cash optimisation strategies.

Banking, Facilities and Treasury Operations

• Responsible for day-to-day banking relationships, account structures, signatories, access controls, and online banking platforms; support account rationalisation and periodic banking reviews to ensure competitive pricing and fit-for-purpose solutions.
• Oversee funding facilities (utilisation, drawdowns, repayments, covenant tracking) and the guarantee/bond portfolio (bid, performance, retention, and advance payment guarantees), including issuance, renewals, and releases.
• Monitor facility capacity and guarantee expiry profiles and renewal requirements and support negotiation of new or renewed facilities and guarantee lines with banks.
• Manage treasury operations, systems and controls to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance, and drive continuous improvement of treasury processes, reporting and systems use.
• Drive continuous improvement and digital transformation initiatives across treasury systems, reporting capabilities and cash management processes.

Business Partnering, Team and People Management

• Act as a finance point of contact for operational business units on treasury, cash, and accounting matters, and work closely with Group Finance, tax, and legal.
• Lead, manage, and develop a small team of treasury and accounting staff, including workload allocation, performance management, and succession/cover planning.
• Drive capability development, succession planning, employee engagement and continuous improvement within the team
• Champion operational excellence, standardisation and process improvement across treasury and finance operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or a related field      

Essential

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. CA(SA), ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or treasury-related professional qualification.

Advantageous

• Post graduate qualification in Finance, Accounting or a related field     Advantageous

Experience

• Minimum 10-12 years' experience with at least 3-5 years leading treasury, cash and finance operations teams.
• Experience managing or supervising a team.
• Experience with month-end close, financial reporting and management/board reporting.
• Exposure to budgeting and cash flow planning processes.
• Solid working experience in foreign exchange, interest rate and liquidity risk management.

Advantageous:

• Experience in an engineering, construction, or professional/consulting services environment, including cost/charge-out rate setting and project commercial assessment.
• Payroll oversight experience.
• Exposure to treasury systems and finance ERP platforms.

Skills

• Solid working knowledge of cash management, banking operations, funding facilities, and guarantee instruments.
• Strong general accounting skills, including reconciliations, journals and financial reporting.
• Commercial acumen, with the ability to assess project viability, margins and cost structures.
• People management and team leadership ability.
• Advanced Excel and working knowledge of ERP/treasury/payroll systems.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical ability and sound judgement.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, including preparing reports for senior management and board forums.

Competency 

• Treasury and Cash Management
• Financial Accounting and Control
• Commercial and Cost Rate Awareness
• Budgeting and Financial Planning
• Management and Board Reporting
• People Leadership and Team Development
• Business Partnering and Stakeholder Support
• Governance and Compliance

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Role Responsibilities

Control Systems Strategy, Standards & Governance

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve technical standards, frameworks, and governance for PLC, SCADA, MES, and OT architectures
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to industry standards (ISA, IEC, ISA-88, etc.)
• Drive consistency, quality assurance, and best practices across all control system implementations
• Contribute to enterprise-wide architecture strategies and digital transformation initiatives

End-to-End System Design & Engineering

• Lead the full software and control system lifecycle, from concept and architecture design to detailed engineering and code development

Develop:

• Control philosophies, system architectures, and functional specifications
• PLC/DCS logic, SCADA/HMI applications, and MES integrations
• Design for continuous and batch process environments, including ISA‑88-aligned solutions
• Ensure integration of multi-vendor systems across electrical, mechanical, and IT/OT domains

Systems Integration, Programming & Configuration

• Configure and integrate PLC, SCADA, HMI, DCS, and MES platforms across complex industrial environments
• Implement communication between systems using industrial protocols 
• Develop data integration layers, historian connectivity, and enterprise system interfaces
• Ensure robust interoperability across legacy and greenfield systems

Commissioning, Testing & Handover

Lead and manage end-to-end commissioning of plant or process systems, including:

• Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT)
• System validation, redlining, and defect resolution
• Oversee start-up, operator training, and final client handover
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and stabilization support in live environment

Project Delivery, Commercial Oversight & Client Engagement

• Manage control system project delivery across the lifecycle:
• Scope, schedule, cost, and risk management
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, contractors, vendors, and stakeholders
• Serve as the primary technical interface with clients, ensuring alignment to business and operational objectives
• Support bid development, technical proposals, and solution definition

Engineering Design, Hardware & Network Architecture

Specify and design:

• Industrial control panels, instrumentation, and field devices
• Industrial communication networks and OT infrastructure (LAN/WAN, fibre, segmentation, cybersecurity)

Develop engineering deliverables:

• P&IDs, I/O lists, control narratives, architecture diagrams, and technical documentation
• Ensure compliance with engineering codes, standards, and regulatory requirements

Performance Optimisation & Continuous Improvement

• Analyse plant performance using historian data and analytics tools to identify improvement opportunities
• Perform root cause analysis, loop tuning, and system optimisation
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, reliability, and uptime
• Support modernization, upgrades, and Industry 4.0 initiatives

Leadership, Mentorship & Capability Building

• Provide technical leadership and direction to project teams
• Mentor and coach junior engineers and system integrators
• Plan and oversee site activities, installations, and resource allocation
• Foster a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence

Minimum requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree or BTech in Mechatronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related technical field - Essential
• Registered as a Professional Engineer/Technologist with the Engineering Council of South Africa - Essential
• 8-10 years of hands-on experience as an Automation Engineer or System Integrator within industrial environments.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale automation and control system projects.

Skills, and characteristics 

• PLC Programming: Expert proficiency in major PLC brands, specifically Siemens (TIA/S7), Allen Bradley (RsLogix/Studio 5000), Schneider (Control Expert), Beckhoff and CodeSys.
• SCADA and MES Systems: Extensive experience with Ignition, Wonderware InTouch/System Platform, Siemens WinCC, MES integration and customization, Batch control system, L1/L2/L3 architecture implementation.
• Software & Database Skills: Strong computer programming skills for systems integration, utilizing languages such as C#, Python, SQL (Postgres & MS SQL), and web technologies (REST APIs, JSON).
• Industrial Networking: Advance knowledge of modern industrial protocols and topologies, including ProfiNet, EtherCAT, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, and MQTT.

Competencies

• Problem-Solving & Analytical Thinking: Ability to diagnose complex system issues and design robust solutions
• Project & Delivery Management: Managing timelines, scope, risks across multiple concurrent projects
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Translating technical concepts for clients, contractors, and non-technical stakeholders
• Leadership & Mentoring: Guiding junior engineers and influencing cross-functional teams
• Attention to Detail & Quality Focus: Ensuring accuracy in system design, coding, and documentation