Junior Geometric Engineer

apartmentHR Genie placePretoria calendar_month 
Areas of Responsibilities
  1. Business Development and Support
  • Build relationships with key clients to secure new business.
  • Market the transport engineering capability for the Cape Town location.
  • Provide specialist technical advice to clients.
  1. Internal Project Management, Health and Safety, Administration and Quality Management Procedures
  • Comply with Company procedures and processes in terms of project registration and risk analysis.
  • Comply with Quality procedures by ensuring auditable trail of actions during full life cycle of project delivery process all in accordance with company Quality Management Procedures.
  • Comply with and embrace Health and Safety requirements in the workplace as well as on construction sites.
  1. Project Delivery
  • Provide specialist geometric direction, advice and control on transport (roads) projects. Key performance and knowledge areas include, Geometric Road Design (rural roads, interchanges, intersections and roundabouts), Transport Planning,
  • Traffic Flow Theory, Intelligent Transport Systems, Road Safety Engineering, Road Safety Audits, Transport Economics, Transport Planning Methodologies, Transport System Capacities, Public Transport Systems, Non-Motorized Transport, Contract Documentation and Administration of Civil Engineering Contracts, and Project Management.
  • Prepare and evaluate specialist geometric designs, prepare technical reports and cost estimates and liaise with other professionals, both internally and externally.
  • Develop and implement discipline specific technical practices, specifications and procedures.
  • Facilitate and assist with the tender and adjudication process leading up to contractor appointment and site hand over.
  • Plan, coordinate and manage the design, procurement and construction of discipline specific projects.
  • Responsible for the commercial and technical execution and delivery of medium and large-scale projects. Cooperate with project teams to achieve strategic objectives.
  • Develop and promote cost reduction and productivity enhancing initiatives.
  • Ensure effective resource management on projects.
  • Assist with technical design reviews when requested on projects for the Transport Engineering Department.
  • Contribute to the drafting of tenders and assist with multi-disciplinary tender
  1. Training and Mentoring
  • Participate in continuous professional development training in order to maintain professional registration.
  • Mentor, coach, train and provide technical leadership to team members and candidate Engineers/Technologists/Technicians
  1. Leadership and Relations
  • Build and maintain good working relations with all stakeholders, both internal and external to the company.
  • Provide supervisory and technical leadership on projects.
  • Manage project teams to control risks and to achieve targets on time and within budget.
  • Assist with the compilation and review of discipline specific technical standards, templates and technologies.
Education, Language & Qualifications
  • Relevant Degree in Engineering
  • Professional Registration
Experience
  • +8 years experience in a similar field.
  • Key experience includes the geometric design of urban- and rural roads and infrastructure, interchanges,
  • intersections, traffic calming measures, road safety improvements and modern roundabout design, railway alignments, non-motorised transport (NMT) planning and implementation, universal access design, road signs and markings, transportation economic evaluations, highway capacity analysis, road safety audits, (GCC2010, COLTO & SANS1200) contract documentation and -administration; and Project Management
  • SANRAL and Western Cape Government roads experience
Knowledge
  • Conversant with Civil 3D, Bill, MS Word & MS Excel
  • Knowledge of Civil Designer, Autoturn, Trasoft, MS Projects, AutoCad and HDM-4 will be an advantage.
  • A specialist knowledge of the fundamental requirements of the discipline, and the basic requirements of other disciplines
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