Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and guidance to peers and other functional groups within the level of your expertise
• Provide technical leadership in a multi-disciplinary team
• Identify and provide solutions to challenging engineering problems
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients
• Ensure that appropriate technical standards and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements are adhered to
• Apply a deeper understanding of engineering principles to devise and deliver practical and economical solutions to problems
• Plan and resource projects
• Prepare client reports and designs, as well as tender/contract documentation inclusive of BoQs and specifications.
• Assist in the management and training of staff including mentoring
• Contribute to the overall management and profitability of the discipline
• Supervision of drawing, project specifications and contract documentation production for assigned tasks in accordance with SMEC procedures and appropriate technical standards
• Be a member of multi-disciplinary team in project delivery
• Prepare expressions of interest and tender submissions
• Strictly adhere to SMEC’s Management System (MS), quality standards and HSE procedures
• Keeping abreast of latest techniques
• Maintaining contact with wide local and international network of persons with similar interests
• Publish papers or articles on projects or developments in the field of expertise
• Be involved in relevant initiatives via the Innovation Hub
• Share knowledge with (junior) colleagues, clients, students through the facilitation of workshops, lectures etc.
• Mentoring and coaching, both informal (e.g. project based), and formal (e.g. ECSA registration, supervising students)
• Assist Finance Manager as requested

Recommended Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering degree/higher degree from accredited university/college
• Professional Registration with ECSA
• Relevant professional memberships
• Minimum 10 years of practical experience in the relevant discipline
• Extensive knowledge of engineering design issues and analysis methods
• Ability to identify and provide solutions to challenging engineering problems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Project management and leadership skills
• Ability to use analytical tools including commercial software
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively within a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary environment
• Knowledge of obligations under the current SMEC MS
• Sound knowledge of Quality Assurance (QA)
• Extensive knowledge of engineering materials and their applications
• Knowledge of contractual matters pertaining to construction
• Sound knowledge of OHS and environmental regulations

STRONG ANALYTICAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE IN DESIGN

• Water, sewer, stormwater, roads and related civil infrastructure design (including solid waste)
• Structural engineering knowledge would be beneficial
• Municipal and building engineering projects (Private and public clients)
• Contract management
• Labour intensive construction