Jobs at Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa

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About Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa

• Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa is a consulting engineering company that provides services in various sectors, such as aviation, buildings, energy, industry, infrastructure, maritime, urban development, and water. The company has a long history of innovation and excellence, dating back to 1922 when it was founded as SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants in Johannesburg. The company is part of the global Royal HaskoningDHV group, which leverages cutting-edge technology and software to enhance society together.
• Why should you consider Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa?
• Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa offers flexible working hours and allows working from home. This can help you balance your work and personal life, reduce commuting costs and stress, and increase your productivity and satisfaction.
• You will be part of a worldwide engineering, project management and consultancy firm with 140 years of experience and 6000 colleagues in 140 countries.
• You will work on projects that positively impact people, the environment, and the economy in Southern Africa and beyond.
• You will have opportunities to develop yourself in various fields, such as engineering, consultancy, project management, asset management, data science, IT, business development and sales.
• You will be supported by cutting-edge technology and software to enhance society together.
• You will enjoy a working environment where you feel at home and cared for, where you can help, educate, and inspire each other, and where you can flourish as a professional.

About the Role

• We have an exciting opportunity for Junior Architects to join our thriving Architecture teams in the Mission Critical Facilities and Industry Advisory Groups in our Johannesburg / Cape Town / Umhlanga offices of Royal HaskoningDHV.

Job Requirements

Desired Qualifications and Professional Registration

• Bachelor of Architecture Degree (Master of Architecture Degree preferred);
• Registered / eligible to register as a Candidate Professional Architect with SACAP (not Technologist / Draughting person, etc);
• Minimum of 0 – 3+ years relevant experience, preferably within the consulting engineering built environment;
• High level of computer literacy (MS Office including advanced Excel skills);
• BIM and Revit proficiency (advanced level);
• Navisworks, Enscape and Revizto plus Photo-shop capability is an advantage
• Knowledge of Dynamo, Python, and other ways to automate your work are highly beneficial;
• Experience / knowledge of Revizto, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Common Data Environments and other relevant platforms are highly beneficial;
• Autodesk AutoCAD (for legacy projects mainly since primary software is Revit)

Duties and Responsibilities
We will entrust and rely on you to:

• Prepare/assist with Inception reports, concept schematic drawings and architectural packages to support Senior Design Architect;
• Efficiently engineer and model design using technical and 3D/BIM modeling skills;
• Prepare/assist with reports, technical drawings and architectural specifications and tender documentation;
• Measuring and compiling of as built information;
• Perform/assist in site inspections and attending meetings;
• Perform research and investigations;
• Provide technical and administrative support with preparation of bid submissions;
• Assist with components of architectural tasks inherent to the building’s projects on Revit;
• Ensure that all quality system procedures are followed in the production and issuing of designs, costing, drawings and standard details;
• Regular contact and communication with the Senior Design Architect;
• Perform any other work tasks duly assigned by the Senior Design Architect.

Behaviours and Values Required

• Positive regard
• Interpersonal
• Efficiency orientation
• Respect
• Accountability
• Trustworthiness
• Accurate and detail orientated
• Able to meet deadlines and handle pressure 
• Effective verbal and written communication skills 
• Able to work independently as well as in a team 
• Strong analytical focus 
• Good interpersonal skills 
• Good organizational skills and time management (plan and prioritize)
• Digital aptitude 
• Early adopter in software usage

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Job Description

• About Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa
• Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa is a consulting engineering company that provides services in various sectors, such as aviation, buildings, energy, industry, infrastructure, maritime, urban development, and water. The company has a long history of innovation and excellence, dating back to 1922 when it was founded as SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants in Johannesburg. The company is part of the global Royal HaskoningDHV group, which leverages cutting-edge technology and software to enhance society together.
• Why should you consider Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa?
• Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa offers flexible working hours and allows working from home. This can help you balance your work and personal life, reduce commuting costs and stress, and increase your productivity and satisfaction.
• You will be part of a worldwide engineering, project management and consultancy firm with 140 years of experience and 6000 colleagues in 140 countries.
• You will work on projects that positively impact people, the environment, and the economy in Southern Africa and beyond.
• You will have opportunities to develop yourself in various fields, such as engineering, consultancy, project management, asset management, data science, IT, business development and sales.
• You will be supported by cutting-edge technology and software to enhance society together.
• You will enjoy a working environment where you feel at home and cared for, where you can help, educate, and inspire each other, and where you can flourish as a professional.

About the Role

• There is an opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join the Mission Critical Facilities Advisory Group in the Johannesburg / Cape Town / Umhlanga offices of Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa.

Job Requirements

• Desired Qualifications and Professional Registration
• Relevant Built Environment/Project Management Degree.
• Post Graduate Project Management Qualification is beneficial.
• A minimum of 8 years post graduate experience managing multi-disciplinary building projects as a consultant and preferably in the private sector.
• Professional registration with a relevant body required (SACPCMP / PMI / ECSA / PrArch / PrQS / similar) required.
• Demonstrable experience on multidisciplinary design coordination, preferably on data centre / industrial building projects.
• Fundamental knowledge and experience in greenfield and brownfield data centre / industrial building projects.
• Good understanding of industry practices, trends, processes and standards as well as their impact on project activities.
• Ability to liaise with relevant stakeholders on all levels and through-out the life cycle of the project.
• Commercial/design/project management competencies/experience, comfortable with playing central role in both project acquisition, design and execution, with excellent communication skills.
• Practical management experience having led a project team.
• Competent report writing skills and excellent communication ability.
• Computer literacy in MS Office and Project, Common Data Environments & other platforms at an advanced level i.e. ACC, ASITE, Revizto, etc.
• Consulting background/knowledge/skills.

Duties and Responsibilities
We will entrust and rely on you to:

• Manage complex, multi-disciplinary building projects from inception to completion, leading diverse technical teams
• Execute building projects successfully by meeting stakeholder expectations, maintaining commercial excellence, achieving quality outputs and driving team cohesion and satisfaction.
• Execute cross border building projects & manage cross border teams.
• Budgetary and financial responsibility for building projects.
• Project tendering and preparation.
• Project resource management, including management of project resources over multiple locations.
• Client relationship management during project execution.
• Business development and client liaison at project level.
• Growing market position within existing client groups through quality project execution.
• Growing and managing new and existing client relationships through quality project execution.
• Engage clients, determining their needs, qualify opportunities, developing custom solutions and compiling proposal documents.
• Negotiating and concluding new assignments with Clients.
• Developing, reviewing and executing project contract documents.
• Contribute to strategic growth of the Data Centre AG PM Team.
• Contribute to the skills development of the PM Team in wider South Africa.
• Other project and operational support as required.

Behaviours and Values Required

• Positive regard
• Interpersonal
• Efficiency orientation
• Respect
• Accountability
• Trustworthiness
• An energetic and enthusiastic team-player who is prepared to work across business units in the company.
• Commercially astute with a strong marketing, growth and profit orientation.
• Results orientated and target driven.
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines and handle pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and management skills.
• Client centric approach.