Technical Specialist/Senior Pavement Engineer

at  Surbana Jurong Private Limited

• 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 currently seeking a Technical Specialist/Senior Pavement Engineer in our Construction and Pavement Section in our Pretoria office. The person will need to apply their technical expertise to generate innovative, economical, and practical solutions that will strengthen the business through project implementation and delivery, research and development and business development.
  With a track record of achievement in a similar role, you will have gained your experience in an engineering design consultancy and have a passion for building trusted relationships to drive positive change and win new work.

Suitable applicants will be able to:

• SMEC’s brand regionally & Nationally as a leading consultant with a strong reputation for innovation, technical excellence, quality, and project delivery
• the Regions to achieve sustainable growth of the group through targeted client relationship management and business development activity
• required, provide project governance, at project manager level, of project management in the group to achieve reliable project performance in terms of sophistication, timeliness, and quality
• functional management to provide leadership to the employees in the group to ensure cohesion, optimal performance, resourcing, retention, and professional development

The Key responsibilities for this role are to:

• Provide technical support and guidance to peers and other functional groups within the level of your expertise
• Provide technical leadership in a multi-disciplinary team
• Identify and provide solutions to challenging engineering problems
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients
• Ensure that appropriate technical standards and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements are adhered to
• Apply a deeper understanding of engineering principles to devise and deliver practical and economical solutions to problems
• Plan and resource projects
• Prepare client reports and designs
• Assist in the management and training of staff including mentoring
• Contribute to the overall management and profitability of the discipline
• Supervision of drawing, project specifications and contract documentation production for assigned tasks in accordance with SMEC procedures and appropriate technical standards
• Be a member of multi-disciplinary team in project delivery
• Prepare expressions of interest and tender submissions
• Strictly adhere to SMEC’s Management System (MS), quality standards and HSE procedures
• Keeping abreast of latest techniques
• Maintaining contact with wide local and international network of persons with similar interests
• Publish papers or articles on projects or developments in the field of expertise
• Be involved in relevant initiatives via the Innovation Hub
• Share knowledge with (junior) colleagues, clients, students through the facilitation of workshops, lectures etc.
• Mentoring and coaching, both informal (e.g. project based), and formal (e.g. ECSA registration, supervising students)
• Perform quality audits for sites as and when required, specifically the engineer’s team on site, including the improvement of current quality procedures on construction sites.
• Assist Finance Manager as requested

How to Apply
All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click the “Apply Now” link below and follow the prompts.
To find out more about SMEC, please visit our careers page at www.smec.com/careers
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 resumes 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

• Provide technical support and guidance to peers and other functional groups within the level of your expertise
• Provide technical leadership in a multi-disciplinary team
• Identify and provide solutions to challenging engineering problems
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients
• Ensure that appropriate technical standards and Quality Assurance (QA) requirements are adhered to
• Apply a deeper understanding of engineering principles to devise and deliver practical and economical solutions to problems
• Plan and resource projects
• Prepare client reports and designs
• Assist in the management and training of staff including mentoring
• Contribute to the overall management and profitability of the discipline
• Supervision of drawing, project specifications and contract documentation production for assigned tasks in accordance with SMEC procedures and appropriate technical standards
• Be a member of multi-disciplinary team in project delivery
• Prepare expressions of interest and tender submissions
• Strictly adhere to SMEC’s Management System (MS), quality standards and HSE procedures
• Keeping abreast of latest techniques
• Maintaining contact with wide local and international network of persons with similar interests
• Publish papers or articles on projects or developments in the field of expertise
• Be involved in relevant initiatives via the Innovation Hub
• Share knowledge with (junior) colleagues, clients, students through the facilitation of workshops, lectures etc.
• Mentoring and coaching, both informal (e.g. project based), and formal (e.g. ECSA registration, supervising students)
• Perform quality audits for sites as and when required, specifically the engineer’s team on site, including the improvement of current quality procedures on construction sites.
• Assist Finance Manager as requeste