Engineer Production Grade A-C REF NO: 111024/02 at Department of Water and Sanitation

REQUIREMENTS:

• An Engineering degree (B Eng/ BSc Eng) in Civil Engineering.
• Three (3) years post-qualification civil engineering experience required.
• Compulsory registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a Professional Engineer.
• Disclosure of a valid unexpired driver’s license.
• Sound knowledge of integrated water resource management and water resource protection.
• Knowledge and understanding of the water sector: relevant legislation (NWA, CARA, NEMA, MPRDA) together with the related policies, regulations, principles, guidelines, tools, and procedures.
• Experience in policy development, implementation, and monitoring.
• Skills and experience in the management of human resources.
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal, report writing, and presentation skills.
• Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Willingness to work abnormal hours, under pressure, and to travel countrywide.
• Proven liaison and networking skills, particularly in cooperative governance and stakeholder engagement.

DUTIES:

• Review integrated water use license applications in terms of law, water resource engineering, water resource management, and socio-economic, environmental, and ecological concerns.
• Study, participate in discussions, and provide comments on all reports and submissions related to water use license applications.
• Integrate legal-engineering aspects of water use regulation with water resource engineering projects, programmes, strategies, regulations, functions, policies, and law amendments of the Department and other government programmes.
• Ensure legal-engineering effectiveness and consistency of departmental measures and those of other water management institutions in authorising the taking and storing of water and managing compliance with authorisations.
• Participate in post-authorisation litigation processes.