Senior Manager: Water Services Asset
Senior Manager: Water Services Asset
Based at Nahoon Dam
Operations Division
Total Guaranteed Package: R 1,206,476.25 - R 1,621,830.00
Requirements
- Relevant Engineering degree (Mechanical/Civil) – NQF 7
- Registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (i.e., Professional Engineer)/PrTech
- At least 10 years management experience in general maintenance and engineering design
- 5 years’ experience in Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM)
- Sound knowledge of the implementation and management of an IMS system
- Sound knowledge of asset management
- Valid unendorsed drivers’ licence
Preferred Qualifications:
- Post graduate qualification in Mechanical/ Civil Engineering - NQF 8
- Government Certificate of Competencies (Factories) as per Commission of Examiners in terms of regulations E5 (2) of the regulation published under Government Notice R.929 of 28 June 1963
Key Outputs:
Reporting to the Executive Manager: Operations, the appointee will:
- Direct the maintenance of plant, equipment, buildings and property within the operational regions
- Assign major repairs and maintenance to all equipment, buildings and facilities by daily liaison with the Senior Technicians to ensure optimum efficiency
- Liaise with contractors and service providers for specialised maintenance services
- Direct the planned maintenance system to ensure optimum efficiency of all equipment, plant and buildings within the operational regions
- Oversee the execution of specialised allocated work by visiting works, providing high-level technical expertise and assessing the quality of completed work
- Ensure the design of new schedules for plant not included in a planned maintenance system to ensure optimum efficiency of all equipment
- Provide technical and engineering support to the organisation
- Provide technical and engineering support to the Operations, Planning and Development Divisions
- Review and maintain design applications and software of the Operations Division in conjunction with others
- Control specialised material requirements of maintenance within the operational regions
- Oversee stock levels of specialised spares and equipment to minimise plant outage time
- Ensure that accurate stock control measures are applied in order to minimise wasteful expenditure
- Ensure all operations meet the statutory requirements to minimise accidents and incidents by monitoring of an adequate safety regime within the operational regions
- Ensure that all statutory requirements are implemented and executed as defined in the OHSACT 85 of 1993 by performing the GMR 2.1 functions for the 16.1 appointee
- Ensure all Amatola Water staff are adequately trained with respect to applicable safety regulations
- Control the Financial Resources of the operational regions
- Oversee prioritisation of major projects and refurbishments to ensure correct work allocation
- Prepare and motivate with MANCO the annual OPEX and CAPEX budgets for accurate cost control
- Oversee Human Resources within the operational regions
- Manpower planning in order to ensure correct staff compliments within regions
- Appraise and counsel staff as required for increased performance outputs
Other requirements needed:
- Computer literacy
- Good dam safety knowledge
Extensive knowledge of all diverse engineering fields, i.e. civil, mechanical, electrical, radio & telemetry, air-conditioning, carpentry, planned maintenance and safety.
If you have not heard from us within 60 days after the closing date, you may regard your application as unsuccessful. These appointments will be finalized in accordance with Amatola Water’s Employment Equity Plan and Recruitment Policy. Preference will be given to suitably qualified persons from designated groups. Amatola Water reserves the right not to make appointments. Lobbying of members of the Board and/ or the Executive/ Management and Supervisors to treat any application, at any level, more favourably than any other for the same vacancy, will disqualify a candidate from selection. Applicants to submit a detailed CV, certified copies of academic certificates, & certified ID copy of not older than 6 months and two most recent and relevant references to the Human Resources Manager, Amatola Water, Private Bag X3, Vincent, 5217 or telephone (043)7073700 or e-mail recruitment@amatolawater.co.za. Closing date: 25 April 2024
