Job Summary
You will be responsible for strategic leadership and managerial oversight of the Engineering and Technology direction with the objective of enabling the Business to deliver on its primary mandate. You will provide oversight of engineering contracts, external service providers and contractual obligations taken on and drive staff retention and employment equity through targeted recruitment, succession planning and career progression planning for Engineering and Technology Development.
Duties include but not limited to:
- Developing and delivering the strategic plans for the engineering division and will be accountable for ensuring that the organisation meets key performance indicators related to the entire engineering division and roll-out of projects.
- The incumbent will be a professional specialist with a high level of expertise, a substantial degree of independent professional responsibility and discretion, working to broad parameters and policy guidance.
- Work will include significant professional expertise and/or experience to develop and implement revised or new administrative/technical/ professional policies and processes in order to effectively manage the engineering division.
- Responsible for the long-term planning (timescale of years/decades) and is therefore responsible for the structure and development of the engineering division.
- Ensure that programs are effectively planned/structured and that projects are effectively executed from inception through to fully functional handover to operations and are therefore required to set quality and professional standards and manage service delivery - i.e. portfolio management.
- The work includes developing and implementing longer-term plans for the area to fit with broader organizational and strategies by defining the long term engineering strategic plan.
- Programs managed are of strategic importance to the organization for an expected timescale of 20 or more years.
- Implementation and management of activities in support of agreed to processes and procedures (including providing inputs to and approval of Project Management Plans; System Engineering Management Plans, Quality Assurance Management Plans, Integrated Logistics Support Plans)
Minimum Requirements:
- M.Eng OR PhD in an engineering discipline with 10+ years’ experience in leading and managing complex engineering and large scale high-technology projects with a proven record of delivery;
OR
- BSc(Eng) with 15+ years’ experience in leading and managing complex engineering and large scale high-technology projects with a proven record of delivery
AND
- PMP (or equivalent); OR Pr Eng registration
- Broad domain understanding of technologies and methodologies relevant to Radio Astronomy (Mechanical Structures, Digital Electronics, Digital Signal Processing, Radio Frequency Electronics, Cryogenic and Vacuum systems, Digital Data Networks, High Performance Computing, Telecommunications, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Metrology, Civil Construction, Systems Engineering, Configuration Management, Integrated Logistics Systems, Quality Assurance).
- Extensive domain knowledge of at least one of the technologies that is fundamental to Radio Astronomy (Mechanical Structures, Digital Electronics, Digital Signal Processing, Radio Frequency Electronics, High Performance Computing).
- Systems Engineering/ Product development processes
- Configuration Management and Maintenance of Product Configuration
- Participate and oversee in PDR/CDRs on programs/projects in the engineering division
- Monitor and report on financial, schedule and technical status of projects
Should you meet the above requirements, please upload your CV onto our website www.hslabour.co.za. [CV’S VIA EMAIL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED]
Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful
