Mokopane: Senior Resident Engineer

About the Role

The Senior Resident Engineer position is a critical role in our construction team, responsible for overseeing the quality assurance and management of large civil infrastructure projects, including mine development and brownfield projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in construction supervision, monitoring, or management, with a proven track record in monitoring greenfield or brownfield mine development or large civil infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of resident engineers, assistants, and other site staff responsible for quality assurance, design verification, environmental control, etc.
• Coordinate resources and facilitate efficient stakeholder communication
• Liaise with the design team to ensure any design deviations are clearly identified, recoded, and communicated, and that the appropriate action recommended by the designers is implemented
• Manage all on-site construction supervision activities
• Ensure compliance with approved designs, specifications, contracts, and statutory requirements
• Review and give input to the contractor’s Quality Control Plan, ensuring that activities and milestones align with the project’s design intent and minimum requirements stated by the design engineer
• Enforce QMS and QA/QC procedures
• Review and respond to RFIs, TQs, material approvals, shop drawings, and method statements in consultation with designers
• Inspect materials and workmanship, review and approve testing results
• Manage and record all non-conformances and deviations through to close-out
• Assist the consultant’s contracts manager with relevant contract administration activities
• Monitor contractor performance against programmes and milestones
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly progress reports
• Maintain up-to-date and accurate site records, correspondence, and variations throughout the project
• Attend and document site and stakeholder meetings
• Provide input on work completed for interim payment certificates and verify that quantities claimed align with progress achieved
• Support commissioning, snagging, and final handover
• Manage the project close-out process, including facilitation of data pack collation, redline drawing mark-ups, and contribute to as-built documentation

Requirements

• Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or Building Technology
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in construction supervision, monitoring, or management
• Professional registration with ECSA or SACPCMP
• Proven track record in monitoring greenfield or brownfield mine development or large civil infrastructure projects
• Extensive experience in construction quality assurance processes and systems
• Understanding of standard form construction contracts like NEC, FIDIC, GCC, etc.
• Experience in earthworks, concrete structures, structural steel, pump and pipeline, as well as mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation installation coordination
• Previous exposure to projects regulated by the Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996
• Valid SA driver’s license

Qualifications

• Formal education/certifications (Bachelor’s, LLB, Matric, etc.) not specified in original description.