Job Description

• Kickstart your engineering career with SMEC South Africa: Where innovation meets opportunity!
• Ready to embark on a journey of innovation and excellence?
• Your next chapter as a Graduate Engineer begins at SMEC South Africa.

Position : Professional Civil Engineer/Technologist

Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Are you a passionate Engineer with a vision for shaping the future through innovation and ground-breaking solutions? Your journey in engineering excellence begins right here, at SMEC South Africa, where we're on a mission to engineer a brighter, more sustainable world. We're looking for engineering trailblazers to join our dynamic team and redefine what's possible.

The key responsibilities for this role are to:

• Assist in budgeting, resource allocation, and outsourcing decisions within the section
• Enhance design capabilities and overall quality
• Prepare technical reports of acceptable technical and presentational standards
• Offer technical solutions and develop an understanding of their implications
• Take responsibility for reviewing and ensuring the quality of others' work
• Effectively present and represent their technical work, as well as promote service offerings to potential clients and showcase technical work at technical conferences
• Draft responses to straightforward bids, with assistance as needed for commercial aspects
• Develop knowledge of the commercial aspects of project management
• Delegate tasks to others
• Successfully identify and pursue leads for additional work opportunities on projects they are involved in
• Develop an understanding of Functional Unit technologies and markets
• Cultivate specialized technical expertise, with a focus on niche skills within relevant software tools or non-standard software tools
• Supervise a small team of Engineers
• Oversee Engineers or Technicians in conducting checks and inspections of constructed works to ensure compliance with design and specifications, including proposing corrective actions
• Ensure quality assurance throughout the project life cycle
• Support business development efforts by selling services to clients, contributing to marketing material development, identifying key partners and technologies for SMEC services
• Provide assistance to the Contracts Engineer (C&P specific)
• Collaborate with management staff
• Manage sub-consultants
• Engage in communication with clients on general matters
• Handle multiple projects/contracts simultaneously
• Prepare and implement Works Authorizations/Variation Orders
• Assess Contractor's claims and draft recommendations/rulings/determinations

Recommended Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering degree/higher degree from accredited university/college
• Minimum 3 years of practical experience
• Experience in Bridge and Structural Engineering
• Advantageous to have experience in pedestrian bridges, highway structures and rail structures
• Clear understanding of local functional business technologies and markets
• Knowledge of basic project management and the use of project management software
• Professionalism

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

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