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POSITION INFO:
CHIEF ENGINEER: LAND FREIGHT (TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES) Post Level – OSD - Salary Scale (All-inclusive per annum) – R1,042,827.00 – KING WILLIAMSTOWN HEAD OFFICE
Minimum Requirements: National Senior Certificate; Bachelor’s Degree (NQF level 7 as recognized by SAQA) in Civil Engineering; Minimum of 10 years in Civil Engineering (6) years of which should be in the Traffic Engineering sub-field; Valid driver’s license.; Registration with the Engineering Council of SA (ECSA) as a Professional Engineer/Technologist or eligible to be registered; A post-graduate degree in Civil Engineering (with specialization in Transport Planning or Traffic Engineering) will be an added advantage.
Essential Knowledge required of Traffic engineering principles, protocols and standards.
Proven experience and extensive working knowledge of; Abnormal load permits, applications & processes;
land-use management applications; Performance-Based System; TrafSoft application/software; Wind farm processes and procedures; and Exposure or relations to traffic engineering forums and professional bodies.
The following will be an added advantage: Departmental service delivery principles, Departmental strategic planning, Departmental Annual Performance Plan, Transport Policies and Procedures, Government Programmes, National Land Transport Strategic Framework (NLTSF), Provincial Land Transport Framework (PLTF), Provincial Freight Strategy, National Transport Master Plan (NATMAP2050). Knowledge of the Eastern Cape Roads Act. Understanding of Roads and Ribbon Development Act.
KPA’s:
Traffic Engineering: Administer the Eastern Cape Roads Act; Administer the Roads and Ribbon Development Act;
Analyze and approve requests for abnormal loads permits; Analyze and provide comments on land-use change applications; Conduct and oversee traffic plus transportation investigations; Conducts traffic counts for roadways and intersections; Direct and monitor entire traffic engineering, signal plus signs operations; Ensure compliance to all standards; Head responsibility for traffic engineering as well as sub-program needs of division; Instruct and train subordinate engineers, technologists as well as engineering technicians; Participate in meetings as well as provide reports to all Departmental sessions; Participate to plan long and short-term goals, budget and operations;
Plan, design and supervise construction of varied types and aspects of traffic engineering projects; Recommend and provide reports to entire Department on pertinent engineering issues; Recommend traffic safety enhancement projects on basis of respective studies; Record data as well as findings as per standards established by national Department of Transport or various transportation organizations; Represent the Department as liaison with national and state agencies plus public; Reviews plans as well as highway permits as needed by Department; Signal design; Transport/traffic modelling.
Freight planning and analysis: Ensure alignment of Provincial policies and strategies with national policies; Ensure linkage with the Strategic Freight Development Corridors Initiative; Update a Provincial Freight Plan; Update existing policies on overload control.
Traffic Engineering and Freight planning implementation: Implement policies and regulations for control and elimination of overloading. Oversee progress in the Construction of provincial weighbridges. Ensure that weighbridges are run efficiently and effectively. Establish, Coordinate and Manage the Provincial Freight Logistics Forum. Compile a Freight Databank. Promote intermodalism and other sustainable methods for the carriage of cargo. Facilitate the compilation of innovation proposals to ensure validity and adherence to organizational principles.
Governance: Allocate, control, monitor and report on all resources. Compile risk logs and significant risk management. Provide technical consulting services to minimise possible engineering risk. Manage and implement knowledge sharing initiatives e.g., short-term assignments and secondments within a cross operations, continuously monitor the exchange and protection of information between operations and individuals.
Financial Management: Management of funds to meet the MTEF sub-directorate objectives; Allocate, control and monitor expenditure according to budget.
People management: Empowering employees to make purposeful contributions, allocating relevant resources and solving problems. Maintain high standards by ensuring that the team produces quality work. Problem resolution. Delegate functions to staff and afford staff adequate training and development opportunities. Ensure timeously development of job description and implementation of Work Plans and PDPs. Manage daily employee performance and ensure timely Performance Assessments of all subordinates. Ensure management, maintenance and safekeeping of assets.
Application Process: E-mail recently updated comprehensive CV as well as certified copies of all qualification(s); ID-document and Driver’s license to solutions@workafrica.co.za, ensure you Reference – DOT01/10/2021. CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12th NOVEMBER 2021
NOTE: All applications MUST be submitted on a Z83 Form obtainable on the internet at https://www.statssa.gov.za/vacancies/Z83/Z83.pdf
Non-RSA Citizens/Permanent Resident Permit Holders must attach a copy of his/her Permanent Residence Permit to his/her application. Should you be in possession of a foreign qualification, it must be accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Failure to submit all the requested documents will result in the application not being considered. Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within three (3) months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.Â
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