Infrastructure Specialist - Transport

Our prestigious client in the Public Sector has an opportunity available for an Infrastructure Specialist in the Sandton area. This is a fixed term contract for 36 months.Requirements:Honours Degree in Engineering or Economics degree, or equivalent (related to the transport sector).Registration/Membership with the relevant bodies, recognized in South Africa will be an added advantage.Stakeholder Management skills8-10 years industry/sector(s) specific experience in senior management role/position in the transport sectorKnowledge and experience in analyzing all technical and marketing aspects of a deal/project – due diligenceKnowledge and experience on working in a project management environmentKnowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluating infrastructure projectsKnowledge and understanding of monitoring major infrastructure projects in implementationKnowledge and understanding of legislation, which includes (but not limited to) the Infrastructure Development Act, the Public Finance Management Act, Municipal Finance Management Act, Intergovernmental Relations ActKPAs:Contributing to the development of transport infrastructure projects to increase the rate and quality of investment in the countryCoordinating all transport Strategic Integrated Projects that are gazetted as such.Providing information, analyzing and synthesizing towards the development of strategies for the transport sector, in consultation with relevant government departments and State-owned CompaniesEngaging with national departments, state-owned entities, provinces, municipalities, external forums and private sector to collect information on energy projects and conduct special investigations/reports, with specific recommendations to improve all aspects of transport infrastructureConducting economic and sector studies, such as the identification and analysis of transport sector development trends and economic analysis for regional and local sector specific studies.Reviewing SIP reports, with a special emphasis on transport projects across all the SIPs.Unblocking issues causing implementation delaysDeveloping pragmatic systems engineering and project management processes and techniques to deploy infrastructure projects successfully.