Water Engineer

Minimum requirements:

• B Tech (Civil)/B Eng (Civil) or B Sc Engineering (Civil)
• Pr. Eng. / Pr. Tech (added advantage)
• Minimum of 5 years working on municipal water projects, water demand and conservation, revenue management, metering, water distribution and reticulation.
• Must have a valid driver license EC1 and own vehicle is an advantage.
• Expected to work long hours from time to time and expected to travel.

Duties & responsibilities:

• Inspection / Quality Assurance for water metering activities and / or contractor tasks
• Input data about customer consumption – Identify notable deviations and investigate reason and provide recommendations
• Assess problematic utility meters identified during the month to ensure the device is working properly and free of mechanical problems.
• Provide advice and training where the meter readers lack understanding of tariffs, device operation and calculations for billing.
• Inspect and verify customer metering and associated devices to reconcile consumption and charges as per tariff structure
• Lead meter audits and meter installation standards and operations.
• Report inoperable and malfunctioning devices or unauthorized changes to the meter
• Investigate water meter tampering.
• Resolve Metering disputes.
• Compile reports of audits, inspections, and deviations with recommendations for corrective action and mitigating of incorrect billing.