Senior Engineer Water Services

SENIOR ENGINEER OR ENGINEER: WATER SERVICES, EAST LONDON

Reporting directly to the Lead Engineer: Water and Sanitation

BACKGROUND: We wish to appoint either a Senior Engineer (professionally registered as a Pr Eng) or an Engineer (< 12 months from obtaining professional registration as a Pr Eng) to join the Water and Sanitation division in our East London office. The job title will depend on the successful incumbent’s professional registration status. Candidates registered as a Professional Technologist / Professional Technician / Candidate Technologist / Candidate Technician will not be considered for the vacancy.

Qualifications and registration:

Recognized BSc / BEng in Civil Engineering.

Registered as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) with ECSA is preferred and will be considered as a Senior Engineer: Water Services.

Candidates with the required experience and who are close (less than 12 months) to submitting their professional registration application as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) will be considered as an Engineer: Water Services.

Experience as set out below, in a private consulting practice in RSA.

Additional qualifications / memberships, which are advantageous:

i. Masters degree in Civil Engineering.

ii. Active member in CESA/SAICE/WISA.

iii. NQF7 (labour based construction).

iv. PR CPM and/or PMP.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 8-10 years’ experience in the water and sanitation field, extensively involved in detail design with experience working in a design team.

• Sound experience and technical capacity in municipal projects specifically in the evaluation, planning, design and construction of pump stations, water reticulation, sewer reticulation, bulk pipelines, canals and storm water management.

• Competency in using MS Office suite and MS Project.

• Project management and construction monitoring experience.

• Proficient in various water, sewer and stormwater computer aided design packages such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, iDAS (or Civil Designer), HEC-RAS, EPANET.

• Must be able to work independently with limited supervision, supervise juniors, mentor and work in a design team.

• Good interpersonal, communication, presentation and report writing skills.

• Additional experience, which will be advantageous:

i. Preparation of construction tenders and contracts.

ii. General knowledge of water and wastewater treatment plants.

iii. Working knowledge of GCC, FIDIC or NEC.

iv. Experience in PPP projects.

v. Previous experience of working with international funding agencies such as EU, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, EBRD and/or experience of working with NGOs.

vi. Experience in hydrology and determination of flood lines.

vii. Knowledge and ability to operate ArcGIS, StormCAD, WADISO, and Sanitary Analysis (SSA).

viii. Using Pipe2000 and WaterCAD.