Job Description

ELIGIBILITY



Suitably qualified candidates



CLOSING DATE



29.09.2025



REFERENCE NUMBER



WS 177/25



SALARY



R 532 737.00 per annum



DEPARTMENT



Distribution Services



DIRECTORATE



WATER AND SANITATION Professional Officer



Requirements



B Tech, B Eng or BSc Eng Candidate Engineering Technologist Min of 3-5 years relevant experience in Water and

Sanitation, project management and contract Administration



Computer literacy Code B Drivers Licence Own transport would be advantageous Prepared to work outside normal working hours when required

and must be physically fit



Key Performance Areas



Identifies, defines and undertakes immediate, short and long

term planning associated with Water & Sanitation



infrastructure and project implementation.



Conducting investigations and working in conjunction with

the Planning and Design Section and Operations in



completing conceptual designs and project briefs for



new/upgraded/ refurbished infrastructure.



Analysing and evaluating research data and other

information collected from a variety of sources, perhaps



also from outside the City Council, and applying this to



projects, systems, and policy and procedure development



for the Department/ Branch.



Provides inputs to the utilization, productivity and performance

of personnel within the section of Reticulation Branch.



Prepares capital and operating estimates within a planned

project, and controls expenditure against the approved project



budget allocations.



Establishing and setting monthly capital expenditure targets,

monitoring actual monthly expenditure, and reporting on variances



from predicted expenditure.



Management of minor works multi-disciplinary project teams and

serving on major works multi-disciplinary project teams for



investigations, design, project management, contract



administration, construction supervision, commissioning



and hand-over of future infrastructure, upgrades of present



infrastructure and operational driven technical projects.