An exciting career opportunity exists in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal for an office manager (structural engineer) within a consulting engineering environment. If you have the following behavioural competency and experience, we look forward to receiving your application.

Behavioural competency:

• Emotional resilience and assertiveness
• Good interpersonal skills
• Integrity
• Willingness to grow
• Innovation and initiative orientated
• Loyalty and enthusiasm
• Maintaining high-performance standards
• Conscientiousness
• Team-orientation
• Trustworthy (handling confidential information)
• Motivator
• Professional attitude and appearance

 Duties include the following, but not limited to:

• Driving profitability targets for the Office
• Managing the optimisation of resources
• Understanding the business management policy and procedures
• Managing division risk and quality improvement programmes.
• Efficient people and financial management
• Maintaining discipline standards
• Developing and applying professional expertise in project, portfolio, programmes and facilities management
• Strategic planning: Adapting and Innovating
• Taking accountability for the Effective Running of the Regional Office
• Communication and managing diversity
• Policy co-ordination and advisory support
• Representation and administration
• Working knowledge of various Forms of Contracts, viz. JBCC, NEC, FIDIC, etc.
• Implementing Statutory and Industry Standards in Project Management
• Business management
• Implementing Strategic Decisions.
• Managing ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Standards
• Manage teams and external consultants
• Develop and interpret financial reports and business/strategic plans
• Compiling WIP Reports
• Basic Financial, Human Resources and Office Management

 Requirements:

• Relevant built-environment Bachelor’s degree augmented by a post-graduate qualification
• Professional Registration as a Professional Engineer with ECSA
• Minimum 10 years as a Structural Engineer
• 10 – 15 years of relevant experience in Consulting Engineering, of which five to seven years were in a senior managerial role
• Private and public sector stakeholder management
• Strong track record of achieving results in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to grasp a range of complex issues, to prioritise, plan and exercise initiative
• Proven work experience in a similar role
• PrCPM would be an advantageous
• Driver’s License
• Desired Education Level: Honors – Engineering

Salary: Market Related

Vacancy reference no: BFN000024  

Closing date: 15 November 2019 

To apply for the above-mentioned position and more information visit www.intelligentplacement.co.za/vacancies

If you don’t hear from us within three weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Posted on 25 Oct 14:35