East London: Senior Engineer Water Services

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Engineer or Engineer with expertise in water services to join our team in East London. The successful candidate will report directly to the Lead Engineer: Water and Sanitation and will be responsible for leading detail design, coordinating technical drawings, and managing tender processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Detail design of water and sanitation projects

• Coordinate and supervise the production of technical drawings, design, and reporting inputs by supporting staff

• Carry out, oversee, evaluate Preliminary and Detailed Design for water supply, urban and rural water reticulation systems, pump stations rising mains, and pipework for reservoirs

• Prepare, oversee, and evaluate Tender and Contract Documents including detailed Specifications, Special Conditions of Contract, and Bills of Quantities

• Manage tender processes, conduct tender evaluations, and report to the client

• Undertake hydrological investigations, reports, and determine flood lines

• Preparation of requests for proposals, expressions of interests, panel applications, and tenders and generate work for the Company

• Manage, train, and mentor technical staff

• Check all drawings, designs, reports, and documents produced in accordance with the Company’s Quality Management System’s requirements

• Contract administration and inspection as well as construction monitoring, as necessary, and management of site staff as appropriate

• Attend meetings and write minutes, notes, and reports

• Produce progress reports

• Financial management of own projects and monitoring of performance and profitability

• Participate in professional organizations for marketing, industry recognition, and networking

• Assist line manager with marketing and business development initiatives

• Complete research and write technical papers for publication or presentation at industry-related conferences

• Marketing and project-related liaison with clients

Requirements

• 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 stormwater 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

• Ability to work independently with limited supervision, supervise juniors, mentor, and work in a design team

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

Qualifications

None specified.