34009434 - Chief Technologist

eThekwini · Durban

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Manages, controls and monitors the performance and conduct of staff.

• Manages and controls finances by preparing and motivating for acceptance of the division’s maintenance and housekeeping budgets, monitoring costs, taking corrective action where necessary.

• Undertakes administration and liaison functions in accordance with Batho Pele principles e.g. ensuring completion of all necessary documentation including I.O.D. forms, insurance claims, incident reports etc.

• Plans and organises the systematic maintenance and repairs of all steel reticulation, trunk mans, and reservoirs and pump stations.

• Monitors all work to ensure that it is completed in accordance with contract drawings and specifications.

• Provides engineering expertise for all site maintenance and emergency work.

• Reviews and makes recommendations for improving work methods and specifications.

• Liaises with other engineering bodies to exchange technical ideas and information.

• Deputises for Manager: Construction.

Competencies:

• Planning.

• Attention to detail.

• Organisational awareness.

• Design.

• Project management.

• Construction.

• Service delivery orientation.

• Communication.

• Cognitive ability.

• Learning orientation.

• Accountability and ethical conduct.

• Coaching and mentoring.

The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. To manage the overall function of the Division and undertake responsibility for the professional interpretation and analysis of the various aspects and requirements of civil engineering work within the Division.

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