Job Vacancies at Zutari

Role responsibilities

Design and Planning Support

• Assist in the preparation of urban design proposals, concept plans, and visualizations for a range of public and private development projects across scales.
• Apply and integrate sustainability and urban design principles across all projects.
• Develop analysis and design drawings, diagrams, and 3D models using design software
• Assist with presentation compilation and project documentation of project outputs
• Assist with tender compilation and proposals

Sustainability Integration

• Assist with the incorporation of of climate resilience strategies into design solutions, aligning with organisational sustainability frameworks and client goals.
• Integrate sustainability principles and performance criteria across all projects

Research and Analysis

• Conduct site and contextual analyses to inform design decisions.
• Research emerging trends in sustainable urban design and City and place-making practices
• Assist with project specific research ranging from technical design to policy, strategy and best practice investigation.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Support stakeholder consultation processes, preparing presentation materials for workshops and stakeholder meetings.
• Gather and document thorough feedback to ensure designs reflect social inclusivity and cultural/environmental context.
• Assist with consultation reporting (minutes, meetings agendas etc.)

Compliance and Documentation

• Assist in preparing project reports, presentations and any other project documentation.

Collaboration and Teamwork

• Work closely with multidisciplinary team and specialists to deliver integrated multidisciplinary solutions.
• Participate in internal design reviews and contribute to knowledge-sharing within the urban design and sustainability team.

Minimum requirements

• Undergraduate and honours degree in a related profession (landscape architecture, city and regional/urban planning, architecture). - Essential
• Urban Design degree from a recognised institution - Advantageous
• Candidate or professional registration (UDISA/SACPLAN/SACLAP)
• 3 – 7 years relevant experience
• International experience, either work or study, would be advantageous
• Ability to technically apply him/herself to a wide variety or urban design projects.
• Ability to work within tight timeframes and the parameters of individual projects
• Ability to learn and adapt in a dynamic environment
• Willing to travel to African and Middle Eastern countries
• Ability to work both independently and within a larger team setting

Skills, and characteristics 

• Must have excellent drawing skills
• Must have excellent written report writing and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented, adaptable and innovative.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Illustrator), and Microsoft Office Suite is required. Knowledge of Revit, GIS, SketchUp and rending tools would be an added advantage.

Competencies

• Adaptability and Growth Mindset
  Ability to embrace ambiguity and adapt to evolving project requirements, technologies, and sustainability trends. This is critical in dynamic urban environments.
• Collaboration and Communication
  Competence in working within multidisciplinary teams and engaging stakeholders effectively, including community consultation and client presentations.
• Design Thinking and Problem-Solving
  Applying creative and structured approaches to solve complex urban challenges

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Role Responsibilities

Bid Management & Proposal Delivery — Primary Focus

• Lead and coordinate end-to-end bid processes for assigned opportunities.
• Translate RFPs and ToRs into structured, compliant, high-quality proposals.
• Develop proposal outlines, compliance matrices, win themes, and value propositions.
• Drive inputs from technical, commercial, legal, and partner teams.
• Maintain proposal tools, templates, CVs, project sheets, case studies, and standard bid content.
• Ensure proposals are submitted on time and in line with client requirement

Pipeline & Opportunity Management

• Maintain and track the Energy BD pipeline.
• Apply structured qualification criteria to support go/no-go decisions.
• Report on pipeline health, deadlines, risks, values, probabilities, and next actions.
• Support opportunity shaping through research, positioning inputs, and internal coordination.
• Maintain accurate opportunity data in CRM systems and trackers

Client & Market Engagement

• Support client engagement planning, preparation, and follow-up.
• Conduct client, market, competitor, and project research.
• Develop client and project intelligence packs to support BD decision-making.
• Identify new opportunities and log these for review by the Business Development Director.
• Prepare briefing notes, meeting agendas, and follow-up action trackers.

Technical Business Development Contribution

• Contribute to technical positioning by translating client needs into relevant Zutari solutions.
• Support preparation of project references, capability statements, team structures, and CV selections.
• Engage with technical teams to ensure proposal content reflects delivery capability.
• Support client-facing technical discussions where required and under BD leadership guidance.
• Assist with the setup of technical teams for bids and early-stage opportunities.

Commercial & Strategy Support

• Support pricing strategies by coordinating assumptions, exclusions, resource inputs, and commercial information.
• Assist in implementing Energy growth strategies and BD priorities.
• Support preparation of commercial governance documentation.
• Contribute to BD process improvement, tools, templates, and reporting systems.
• Participate in win/loss reviews and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Internal Coordination & Utilisation

• Act as an interface between BD and technical teams to ensure timely information flow.
• Support resource mobilisation for proposals and early-stage opportunities.
• Track actions, responsibilities, deadlines, and dependencies across bid teams.
• Support utilisation through agreed technical, proposal, and business development tasks.
• Coordinate with Sales Enablement, technical teams, commercial teams, and leadership as required.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering – Essential
• Professional registration (Pr Eng/Pr Tech/ Pr Techni with ECSA) - advantageous
• 5–10 years’ experience in energy or consulting
• Experience supporting EOIs, RFQs, and RFP submissions
• Exposure to proposal preparation, document management, and bid processes
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams (technical, commercial, legal)
• Familiarity with CRM systems, tender portals, and proposal tools advantageous

Skills, and characteristics 

• Ability to support coordination of bid and proposal processes
• Ability to interpret RFPs and ToRs and assist in structuring proposal responses
• Skilled in preparing proposal outlines, compliance matrices, and draft content
• Ability to support development of win themes and value propositions
• Strong document management, formatting, and quality control skills
• Ability to coordinate inputs across multiple stakeholders
• Ability to maintain proposal templates, CVs, and project references
• Ability to track and update pipeline and CRM systems
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail and ability to follow structured processes

Bid & Proposal Delivery

• Coordinates bids and proposals with accuracy, structure, and attention to detail.
• Manages multiple concurrent proposal activities and deadlines.
• Produces compliant, high-quality, client-focused proposal documents.

Commercial & Market Support

• Demonstrates awareness of market trends, client needs, and competitor activity.
• Supports opportunity qualification and pipeline reporting.
• Contributes to value propositions, win themes, and commercial positioning.

Client & Relationship Support

• Supports professional client engagement through research, briefing notes, and follow-up.
• Helps translate client needs into relevant technical and commercial responses.
• Maintains accurate records of client and opportunity intelligence.

Collaboration & Communication

• Works effectively across BD, technical, commercial, legal, and partner teams.
• Communicates clearly, follows up proactively, and escalates risks early.
• Builds trust internally by being reliable, organised, and responsive.

Analytical & Operational

• Applies a structured, process-driven approach to bids, pipeline tracking, and reporting.
• Uses CRM, trackers, templates, and proposal tools to support BD effectiveness.
• Identifies process improvements to improve bid quality and delivery efficiency.

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Role Responsibilities

Technical Delivery (core)

• Lead and execute terrestrial ecology/biodiversity specialist studies, including baseline surveys, sensitivity assessments, and impact assessments.

Plan and implement field programmes (flora, fauna, habitats, threatened species indicators, ecological condition), including:

• Survey design and timing/seasonality planning
• Field team coordination
• Data quality assurance and defensible interpretation

Deliver high-quality specialist reports and inputs for EIAs/Basic Assessments and related processes, including:

• Biodiversity specialist reports / ecological assessments
• Biodiversity Management Plans (BMPs)
• Alien Invasive Species assessment and management recommendations
• Rehabilitation/restoration inputs and monitoring plans
• Constraints and opportunities mapping and integration into design
• Apply the mitigation hierarchy (avoid–minimise–rehabilitate–offset/compensate) and translate findings into clear design and construction requirements.

Wetlands/aquatic support (working capability)

• Contribute to and/or support wetlands and aquatic ecology assessments (as part of integrated teams), including field screening, delineation support where applicable, impact identification, and mitigation/monitoring recommendations.
• Coordinate with wetland/aquatic specialists when advanced expertise is required and ensure seamless integration of findings into overall EIA and design.

Construction-phase ecology and implementation

• Provide construction support through the development of method statements and CEMP ecology inputs, site walkdowns, inspections and audits, delivery of toolbox talks and contractor briefings, and support to incident response and corrective action close‑out.
• Ensure ecological commitments are practical, measurable, and auditable.

Multi-sector project delivery

• Deliver ecology services across all sectors (e.g., transport, energy, water, mining/industrial, urban development), tailoring methods and mitigation to each project context.
• Manage ecology scope, programme, and budgets on assigned projects; proactively identify risks, assumptions, and data gaps.

Stakeholder and regulatory engagement

• Engage effectively with regulators, landowners, and stakeholders on ecology-related matters.
• Support public participation processes with clear responses to biodiversity-related comments and specialist findings.

Quality, leadership, and growth

• Maintain high technical standards: internal QA/QC, peer review, defensible conclusions, and consistent report quality.
• Mentor junior ecologists and field staff; contribute to capability development (methods, reporting, field skills, safety).
• Support proposals and business development: approach/methodology write-ups, resourcing, and pricing inputs.

Minimum requirements

• BSc (or equivalent) in Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Conservation Biology, Environmental Science or related field. Essential
• Honours or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline - advantageous
• Professional registration: SACNASP registration (required) and maintained in good standing - essential
• 5+ years relevant professional experience delivering ecological specialist studies (terrestrial focus) for development/infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated capability in producing high-quality, defensible technical reports and advising multi-disciplinary teams.
• Valid driver’s licence and willingness to undertake fieldwork and travel as required.
• Strong working knowledge of wetlands/aquatic assessments within integrated EIA teams - advantageous
• GIS proficiency (QGIS/ArcGIS) and spatial analysis for sensitivity/constraints mapping - advantageous
• Experience supporting construction-phase environmental management and compliance monitoring - advantageous

Skills, and characteristics 

Ecological Assessment & Interpretation

• Demonstrates the ability to design, interpret and quality‑assure terrestrial ecology surveys, biodiversity risk screening and impact assessments to inform sound project and decision‑making outcomes.

Mitigation Planning & Implementation

• Consistently applies the mitigation hierarchy to develop practical, implementation‑ready mitigation measures that can be integrated into design, construction and operational phases.

Monitoring, Rehabilitation & Biodiversity Management

• Applies sound principles of ecological monitoring, rehabilitation and restoration, including invasive species management, to support sustainable project outcomes over time.

Technical Quality & Reporting Discipline

• Maintains high standards of data QA/QC and produces clear, accurate and defensible technical reports and written outputs suitable for regulatory, client and project use.

Behavioural

• Professional Judgement & Client Engagement
• Demonstrates confident, credible client‑facing communication and professional judgement, building trust with clients and stakeholders in complex and high‑risk contexts.

Collaborative Delivery

• Works pragmatically and constructively with engineers, planners and environmental and social practitioners to deliver integrated, fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
• People Leadership & Delivery Focus
• Provides mentorship and technical guidance to team members while effectively planning, prioritising and delivering work to quality and deadline expectations

Skills

• Terrestrial Ecology & Biodiversity Assessment: Ability to plan, lead and deliver terrestrial ecology and biodiversity studies, including baseline surveys, impact assessments, sensitivity analysis and defensible interpretation of findings.
• Field Programme Planning & Data Quality Management: Ability to design and implement ecological field programmes, coordinate field teams, manage seasonality and survey timing, and ensure robust data QA/QC and technical integrity.
• Mitigation & Implementation Planning: Ability to apply the mitigation hierarchy and translate ecological findings into clear, practical and auditable design, construction and rehabilitation requirements.
• Construction‑Phase Ecology Support: Ability to support construction activities through CEMP inputs, method statements, site inspections and audits, contractor briefings, and incident response and corrective action close‑out.
• Multi‑Sector Project & Stakeholder Delivery: Ability to deliver ecology services across multiple sectors, manage scope, programme and budgets, and engage effectively with regulators, stakeholders and project teams to support approvals and delivery.  
• Travel: Periodic travel within South Africa (and potentially regionally) for site visits and field surveys, aligned to seasonal survey windows and project needs.

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Role responsibilities

• Set the engineering strategy, design/shop drawings/quality assurance and control approach, and technical direction for HVAC systems across all project stages.
• Approve and take responsibility for all critical HVAC decisions, ensuring solutions are safe, compliant, coordinated, maintainable, and energy‑efficient.
• Oversee and sign off the discipline’s calculations, reports, schematics, specifications, and design documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement in HVAC engineering methods, standards, technical governance, digital maturity, and risk‑based decision-making.
• Lead design execution, deliverable quality, technical completeness, and integration across HVAC workstreams, ensuring adherence to programme, scope, and budget.
• Coordinate proactively with electrical, Public health, structural, civil, fire, architecture and specialist teams to ensure early interface alignment and a fully integrated design.
• Define and control the HVAC delivery plan, including sequencing, work allocation, stage‑gate reviews, design decisions, and resource utilisation.
• Identify and address delivery risks early (technical, programme, commercial, performance, or interface), escalating appropriately and implementing corrective actions decisively.
• Provide construction-phase oversight, including RFI responses, technical clarifications, design deviation evaluation, site inspections, commissioning oversight (FAT/SAT), and ensuring final installation meets design intent and operational requirements.
• Align discipline delivery with fee budgets, scope boundaries, and commercial assumptions before detailed design begins.
• Enforce change-control discipline, ensuring all scope shifts, risks, or rework drivers are identified, documented, communicated, and commercially managed.
• Forecast and monitor HVAC discipline hours, cost performance, and resource utilisation, ensuring margin protection and avoidance of non‑recoverable effort.
• Support Project Executives in fee proposals, pricing strategies, variation claims, and Mechanical/HVAC‑specific commercial negotiations with clients and contractors.
• Ensure all engineering decisions support commercially viable delivery and do not compromise financial performance.
• Act as the primary Mechanical/ HVAC representative for assigned projects, leading client discussions, workshops, reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Provide clear, structured advice that helps clients understand trade‑offs, technical risks, value‑optimisation options, compliance requirements, and performance outcomes.
• Maintain strong, trust‑based relationships by ensuring transparency, proactive communication, timely decision inputs, and reliable delivery performance.
• Represent Zutari EX with professionalism and authority in all external technical engagements, enhancing client confidence and enabling future work.
• Lead and mentor engineers, technologists, and technicians, ensuring clarity of expectations, disciplined delivery, and strong technical development.
• Assign work effectively based on capability, workload, and risk, ensuring quality and performance standards are consistently met.
• Provide structured technical feedback, support performance reviews, and identify development needs across the team.
• Contribute to recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning to strengthen long‑term Mechnical/HVAC discipline capability.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, accountability, and collaboration across the team.
• Identify future opportunities during project delivery by maintaining strong client engagement and understanding evolving client needs.
• Provide discipline-specific input to bids, proposals, and fee estimates, including design strategies, assumptions, risks, and competitive differentiators.
• Ensure high-quality delivery that strengthens Zutari EX reputation and drives repeat business from satisfied clients.
• Advise discipline and sector leadership on emerging market trends, capability gaps, and opportunities aligned with the business strategy.
• Support early pursuit discussions by providing informed, technically grounded perspectives on feasibility, scope, risks, and value creation.

Minimum requirements

• BSc/BEng, or MSc/MEng in Mechanical Engineering. 
• Minimum requirements: Active professional registration with a certified engineering body 
• Minimum of 10 to 12 years’ experience delivering and leading HVAC engineering design on complex building or infrastructure projects across multiple sectors (e.g., commercial, industrial and healthcare).
• Demonstrated experience acting as the HVAC lead on projects, with accountability for technical integrity, delivery performance, multi‑disciplinary integration, and client-facing coordination.
• Proven experience managing HVAC scope within fee, programme, and quality parameters, including hours forecasting, scope control, and early identification of commercial or delivery risks.
• Proven experience managing three or more proficiently registered Mechanical/HVAC engineers. 
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience mentored and developed junior engineers.  
• Strong understanding of local, international codes and standards, preferably including those applicable to South Africa, Middle East and Europe.  
• Strong technical and view of building services, focussing mainly on Mechanical (HVAC). 
• Strong proficiency in Revit would be an advantage working on your projects. 
• Strong proficiency in mechanical simulation software is highly advantageous. [HAP/IES]
• Being confident, a team player, approachable.   
• Minimum of 1 to 2 years’ experience developing shop drawings

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Role responsibilities

• Managing and supporting the alignment of Zutari’s people strategy with business strategy.
• 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.
• Help business markets become future-ready by focusing on the existing workforce in the market and prepare them for the future.
• Reskilling and upskilling by identifying training needs and assist the LearnX team in aligning training programs with business objectives.
• Strategic workforce planning to ensure the markets workforce has the right size, shape, cost, and agility for the future.
• Succession planning by selecting and develop key talent to ensure there are talents to fill in critical roles.
• Provide guidance on the creation and implementation of people processes and policies.
• Provide performance management guidance to line managers (for example mentoring, career planning, coaching, etc.)
• Reviewing and optimising (where necessary) the market’s organisational design to increase productivity and improve performance of the business.
• Collaborating with people team members on implementing innovative and inclusive attraction and retention strategies.
• Assisting in developing a future-proof compensation and benefits plan for market aligned with wider business remuneration policies and procedures.
• Implementing reward and recognition interventions to support and drive high-performance and employee engagement.
• Provide advice and suggestions for culture-related activities / initiatives, such as embedding of codes and behaviours.
• Implement people interventions on employee wellness, diversity and inclusion, or retention activities.
• Performance management by having the ability to track relevant metrics and goals to drive business results

Minimum requirements

• Bachelors Degree in relevant People / HR field
• Minimum of at least 6 or more years’ experience in Human Resources Management, or as a People Business Partner preferable within a professional or consulting services environment.
• Working knowledge of different human resource disciplines, including compensation  practices, organisational structuring, employee relations, CCMA experience, diversity, performance management and basic project management.
• Lead and / or manage specific HR projects and programmes
• Must have strong ability to build relationship at various levels within the firm.
• Excellent knowledge of S.A Labour law.
• Business acumen in understanding finance principles, risk and reward, and business outcomes.
• Great communication and presentation and problem-solving skills.

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Role Responsibility   

• Lead a team of modelers within a discipline. 
• Execute the 3D digital build with the required authoring software to accurately capture the design and all design related data. 
• Pay careful consideration to the context, relevant interfaces, and buildability of the model elements during the digital build. 
• Ensure that all required metadata not automatically generated is manually added to the digital build elements, demonstrating exceptional attention to detail and a real commitment to data accuracy. 
• Achieve completion of various aspects of the digital build as set out in the TIDP/Drawing register to maintain the agreed cadence of model federation and information sharing. 
• Achieve ongoing project adherence to the BEP/EIRs and communicate opportunities for efficiency enhancement to the BIM coordinator. 
• Pay close attention to quality of outputs.  

Minimum Requirements 

• Grade 12 (Matric) or equivalent and an industry recognised Modelling or Draughting qualification. 
• Minimum of 5 experience as a Mechanical Digital Modeller. 
• Revit for MEP is essential. 
• Be familiar with delivering projects in the global commercial built environment.  As such, you will proactively bring solutions that pushes our accuracy, quality and data richness beyond current industry norms. 
• Have the ability to use initiative to resolve tasks or problems. 
• Familiarity with BIM360 and Autodesk Construction Cloud advantageous.