PrEngineer or Pr Technologist Civil

ob Purpose

The Professional Civil Engineer or Professional Engineering Technologist will manage the planning, design, implementation, monitoring, and completion of civil engineering and infrastructure projects. The incumbent will provide professional technical oversight, ensure statutory and contractual compliance, manage multidisciplinary teams, and deliver projects within approved scope, budget, quality, and programme requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, design, manage, and oversee civil engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Prepare and review feasibility studies, concept designs, detailed designs, technical specifications, drawings, calculations, and bills of quantities.
• Provide professional oversight and sign off engineering designs, reports, drawings, and completion documents within the limits of professional registration.
• Manage projects involving roads, stormwater, water, sanitation, sewer systems, earthworks, concrete structures, and municipal infrastructure.
• Conduct site inspections, technical assessments, condition assessments, and construction monitoring.
• Review contractor method statements, material submissions, shop drawings, programmes, and quality-control documentation.
• Administer construction contracts and ensure compliance with project specifications and conditions of contract.
• Manage project scope, budgets, programmes, risks, variations, claims, and progress payments.
• Prepare tender documentation, technical proposals, cost estimates, evaluation reports, and bid submissions.
• Attend and chair technical, progress, site, and stakeholder meetings.
• Prepare progress reports, inspection reports, design reports, snag lists, and close-out documentation.
• Coordinate civil engineering work with structural, electrical, mechanical, environmental, and other professional disciplines.
• Liaise with clients, municipalities, government departments, contractors, consultants, communities, and regulatory authorities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, municipal standards, engineering codes, environmental requirements, and occupational health and safety regulations.
• Mentor candidate engineers, technologists, technicians, graduates, and interns.
• Provide technical support during construction, testing, commissioning, handover, and the defects-liability period.
• Maintain accurate project records and professional documentation.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering for the Professional Engineer role; or
• BTech, Bachelor of Engineering Technology, or equivalent recognised qualification in Civil Engineering for the Professional Engineering Technologist role.
• Current professional registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa as either:
• Professional Engineer – Pr Eng; or
• Professional Engineering Technologist – Pr Tech Eng.
• Minimum of five years’ relevant post-qualification civil engineering experience.
• Proven experience in the design and implementation of civil or municipal infrastructure projects.
• Experience in construction monitoring, contract administration, and project management.
• Knowledge of applicable SANS standards, municipal specifications, COLTO/COTO requirements, and relevant engineering legislation.
• Knowledge of recognised construction contracts such as GCC, NEC, FIDIC, or JBCC.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, or other relevant civil engineering design software.
• Strong Microsoft Office and technical-reporting skills.
• Valid South African driver’s licence.
• Willingness to travel and work at project sites.

Preferred Experience

• Roads, rehabilitation, and stormwater infrastructure.
• Water-reticulation and bulk-water infrastructure.
• Sewer networks, pump stations, and wastewater-treatment works.
• Municipal infrastructure and public-sector projects.
• Tender preparation and evaluation.
• Project and contract management.
• Experience working with government departments, municipalities, or state-owned entities.

Required Competencies

• Strong civil engineering design and technical-review skills.
• Project planning and contract-administration ability.
• Sound commercial and financial awareness.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent technical writing and reporting skills.
• Effective leadership and team-management ability.
• Strong stakeholder and client-management skills.
• High level of professional ethics and accountability.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple projects.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality and safety.

Key Performance Areas

• Quality and accuracy of engineering designs and technical documentation.
• Delivery of projects within approved budgets, programmes, and scope.
• Compliance with engineering, contractual, safety, and statutory requirements.
• Effective management of contractors, consultants, and project teams.
• Timely preparation of reports, certificates, payment recommendations, and close-out documents.
• Resolution of design, construction, and contractual issues.
• Client and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Development and mentoring of junior technical staff.

Pay: R267 788,35 - R505 239,99 per year

Work Location: In person