Senior Engineer / Senior Technologist

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Senior Engineer / Senior Technologist

Apply locations Johannesburg time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id JR106925

• Global engineering consultancy with great career opportunities

• Opportunity to work on a variety of interesting projects both locally and internationally

• Friendly working environment across the business

ABOUT SMEC

• South Africa is part of the SMEC Group and joined forces with Surbana Jurong to provide global engineering and consultancy expertise in urban, infrastructure, and management advisory services. Our new partnership has created a talent pool of 16,500 dedicated people working across a network of 120 offices in 40 countries.

• employs passionate and innovative people who are driven to deliver exceptional outcomes and who want to feel valued in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

• are committed to developing our people. We encourage them to see things differently, to be creative, to push boundaries, and to work on a broad range of projects that help build a better future.

• recognized for technical excellence and design innovation, SMEC continues to receive industry awards and accolades from around the world. Engineering News-Record (ENR) currently ranks SMEC in the top 24 of the ‘2021 Top 225 International Design Firms’.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Engineer / Senior Technologist to join our Urban Development team, Pretoria or Randburg Office. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing professional services on projects within the Functional group, including design management and design delivery for projects and managing professional teams of medium/large projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the general management of medium/large projects

• Responsible for the project management and coordination of multi-disciplinary project teams

• Look after budgets, resourcing and outsourcing of project work within the section, as well as agree project budgets with other sections on large projects comprising multi-disciplinary project teams

• Author competent technical reports, contract documentation including BoQ’s and specifications of acceptable technical and presentational quality

• Check work of all those in the project team and take responsibility for their work 

• Present / represent their technical work

• Draft successful responses to bids

• Clear knowledge of work procedures and ability to brief project team on them

• Assign work to others

• Regular client contact under direction of more senior manager

• Build relationships with clients

• Successful in identifying and following through on leads associated with additional work prospects on the projects they are involved with

• Clear understanding of local functional business technologies and markets

• Discuss in detail with clients the business technologies and markets

• Train others in respective functional field and build a team

• Market technical capability

• Supervise Engineers or Technicians in undertaking checks and inspections of constructed works for compliance with design and specifications, including monitoring and proposing remedial actions

• Development and/or improvement of function group specific design procedures

• Plan and coordinate investigations and surveys

• Coordinate work between functions

Recommended Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering degree/higher degree from accredited university/college or Bachelor of Technology degree

• Relevant Professional Registration with ECSA

• Minimum 8 years of professional experience

• Knowledge of QA and OHS requirements

• Knowledge of the commercial aspects of project management

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to effectively write reports as well as contract documents

• Courteous and business orientated manners when communicating with stakeholders to foster and promote good working relations

• Co-operative and flexible work style to work in a team environment

• Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure

• Ability to make technical decisions which are outcome driven

STRONG ANALYTICAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE IN DESIGN

Water, sewer, stormwater, roads and related civil infrastructure design (including solid waste):

• Multi-use developments

• Municipal services

• Commercial and recreational facilities

Water, sewer, roads, and stormwater

• Network modelling

• Network design and clash detections

• Documentation, BoQ, measurements, specifications

• Design software, drawing software

• BIM and digital delivery

Contract management

• Must be able to mentor and manage a team

• The ability to manage the team’s performance and ensure that the right steps are taken to grow a team

• The ability to communicate clearly across all project disciplines

• The ability to develop and foster good client relations

How to Apply

All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click on the "Apply Now" link below and follow the prompts.

To find out more about SMEC, please visit our careers page at

Please note that if you have not heard from us in the next 8 weeks consider your application unsuccessful.

All recruitment activities go through our Recruitment & Talent function and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resume directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!

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SJ is a diverse collective of problem solvers for the built environment, continually reimagining ways to create a smart and sustainable future.

Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 in its member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, CHIL, KTP, Prostruct, Robert Bird Group, SAA, SMEC and Surbana Jurong, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers, facilities managers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to shape a better future.

Its technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors including transportation, water, aviation, healthcare, hospitality and renewables.

A global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery, SJ has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans in more than 60 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally.

SJ is #23 in Engineering News-Record’s 2023 Top 225 International Design Firms, #14 in World Architecture 100 2024, and Asia Pacific FM Technology Provider of the Year 2022, awarded by International Facility Management Association.

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