Job Title: Senior Engineer
Location: Johannesburg
Type: Civil
Experience: 15 or more years in an engineering consulting firm.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (B. Eng or B.Sc. Eng).
Registrations: Registration with ECSA as a Professional Engineer (Pr. Eng) (Non negotiable)
Duties:
- Promoting and applying employee engagement practices and concepts, especially in relation to recognition, empowerment, supportive feedback, partnering, expectations, consideration, and trust.
- Performing all work in accordance with the Company’s Quality Management System (QMS), Policies and Standards.
- Providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior staff.
- Signing off designs and/or drawings as a responsible professional engineer.
- Client liaison, feasibility studies, options analysis, and master planning.
- Developing Scope of Work for projects in consultation with the Client or independently.
- Providing engineering expertise and collaborating with consultants/specialists in major technical support areas.
- Representing the Business Unit on local industry groups, where required.
- Implementing standardization, planning, and best practice initiatives in line with global and regional engineering practices.
- Establishing design tools, software, relevant codes, and standards to be used on the project.
- Assigning work tasks to individuals and continuously monitoring progress and quality.
- Scheduling, coordinating, and participating in engineering design reviews.
- Promoting and maintaining the application of ethical and professional practices in the execution of engineering work.
- Participating in staff development through mentoring and development of training material, conducting training seminars, and performance appraisal input and counseling.
- Ensuring that Quality Assurance policies are applied.
- Providing input to contract negotiations and business plans.
- Working closely with the design teams during design and procurement and post-award procedures to ensure timely completion of designs to meet budget and program.
- Working closely with the construction monitoring teams and contractors' representatives during the construction phase of projects to ensure timely completion of construction to meet budget and program.
- Preparing and/or managing the preparation of technical reports, designs, cost estimates, procurement documentation, bills of quantities, and technical specifications, and contract documentation, as-built drawings, and operation and maintenance manuals related to designs produced by the project team.
- Attending site visits/meetings.
Skills:
- Advanced project management skills, including project finance and administration skills.
- Good planning, organizing, and analytical skills.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Excellent leadership abilities and ability to delegate and direct staff.
- Excellent understanding of engineering design procedures and processes.
- Specialist skills in one or more specific fields, gained through experience and/or further studies/research.
- Advanced understanding of engineering concepts and application of knowledge.
- Computer literacy: MS Office.
- Excellent understanding of industry codes and standards.
- Excellent understanding of relevant legislation and regulations, including the HS Act and Construction Regulations and Environmental Management Act.
- Good understanding of at least two of the four primary General Conditions of Contract (GCC, FIDIC, NEC, JBCC).
- Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, management, clients, contractors, visitors, etc.
- Excellent technical report writing skills.
- Ability to manage and direct multiple design teams.
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