Senior Manager: Water Services Asset needed at Amatola Water
Job title : Senior Manager: Water Services Asset
Job Location : Eastern Cape, East London
Deadline : April 25, 2024
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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
How to Apply for this Offer
Instructions:
- 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 [email protected].
