WATER QUALITY SPECIALIST (Source Water)

at  Rand Water

JOB ADVERT SUMMARY

The purpose of the job is to provide cutting-edge catchment management services on a commercial basis.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• NQF 8 - science
• NQF 6 - general management education
• 8 years of post-graduate experience in the science
• 5 years of post-graduate experience in the water industry, particularly Catchment management
• 3 years experience in managing science staff
• Code 8 driver’s licence
• Proven commercial business management experience

KNOWLEDGE

• Industry science knowledge
• Catchment management
• Marketing and sales
• General business management

SKILLS

• Entrepreneurial skills
• Science or engineering skills
• Problem-solving ability
• Ability to think out of the box
• Ability to focus on the big picture
• Ability to focus on the long term
• Ability to continuously link activity with financial impact
• Networking ability
• Persuasive
• Persistent
• Creative
• Decisive
• Leadership skills
• Ability to plan, organise and control activities
• Good communication (verbal and written) skills in English
• HR management skills
• Budgeting, procurement and expenditure management skills

The following are the primary duties of the position:

• Transform the operating model of the section from a corporate-funded cost centre into a profit-making commercialised business unit
• Developing, optimising, and implementing a business strategy for the section (the incumbent needs to decide on the cutting-edge catchment management services to be provided and market segment to be targeted so that the section activities are commercially viable)
• Ensure the financial viability of the section at all times
• Conducting marketing/sales activities and contracting customers for supply of services
• Developing and establishing processes to supply services to the contracted customers
• Managing operation of the service supply processes
• Conducting research and development activities on cutting-edge catchment management services, market service needs and operational processes to deliver those services
• Providing leadership to the section
• Planning, organising, implementing, and controlling section work (projects, project programmes)
• Managing section human resources, including staff temporally seconded from other sections
• Managing section finance and procurement
• Managing SHEQ aspects for the section