Position: Professional Civil Engineer/Technologist
Location: Western Cape, Cape Town
Are you a passionate Engineer with a vision for shaping the future through innovation and ground-breaking solutions? Your journey in engineering excellence begins right here, at SMEC South Africa, where we're on a mission to engineer a brighter, more sustainable world. We're looking for engineering trailblazers to join our dynamic team and redefine what's possible.
The key responsibilities for this role are to:
- Assist in budgeting, resource allocation, and outsourcing decisions within the section
- Enhance design capabilities and overall quality
- Prepare technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational standards
- Offer technical solutions and develop an understanding of their implications
- Take responsibility for reviewing and ensuring the quality of others' work
- Effectively present and represent their technical work, as well as promote service offerings to potential clients and showcase technical work at technical conferences
- Draft responses to straightforward bids, with assistance as needed for commercial aspects
- Develop knowledge of the commercial aspects of project management
- Delegate tasks to others
- Successfully identify and pursue leads for additional work opportunities on projects they are involved in
- Develop an understanding of Functional Unit technologies and markets
- Cultivate specialized technical expertise, with a focus on niche skills within relevant software tools or non-standard software tools
- Supervise a small team of Engineers
- Oversee Engineers or Technicians in conducting checks and inspections of constructed works to ensure compliance with design and specifications, including proposing corrective actions
- Ensure quality assurance throughout the project life cycle
- Support business development efforts by selling services to clients, contributing to marketing material development, identifying key partners and technologies for SMEC services
- Provide assistance to the Contracts Engineer (C&P specific)
- Collaborate with management staff
- Manage sub-consultants
- Engage in communication with clients on general matters
- Handle multiple projects/contracts simultaneously
- Prepare and implement Works Authorizations/Variation Orders
- Assess Contractor's claims and draft recommendations/rulings/determinations
Recommended Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor of Engineering degree/higher degree from accredited university/college
- Minimum 3 years of practical experience
- Experience in Bridge and Structural Engineering
- Advantageous to have experience in pedestrian bridges, highway structures and rail structures
- Clear understanding of local functional business technologies and markets
- Knowledge of basic project management and the use of project management software
- Professionalism
At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!
About Us
SMEC is a global engineering, management and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions for our clients and partners. Leveraging our 70-year history of delivering nation-building infrastructure, we provide technical expertise and advanced engineering services to resolve complex challenges across major infrastructure and energy projects.
SMEC has a long and proud history which dates back to Australia’s iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949, one of the largest and most complex hydroelectric schemes in the world. Headquartered in Australia, we have offices across more than 35 countries in Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Americas. Together with our clients and partners, we deliver projects that directly contribute to improving health, quality of life and development outcomes for communities and neighborhoods around the world. Driven by innovation, ingenuity and skill, our people have shaped these outcomes in some of the world’s most remote and challenging environments.
Since 2016, SMEC has been a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, an Asia-based global powerhouse of over 16,000 employees. Through our network of global specialists and by collaborating with local partners, we connect clients with the best teams and capabilities to deliver sustainable solutions.
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