Design Officer (Engineer/Technologist/Technician)

SUMMARY:
Vacancy: Design Office Technologist/Technician – Gauteng (Edenvale Office)

A client of mine is seeking a skilled Design Office Technologist/Technician to join their growing team. The successful candidate will report directly to the Senior Project Manager/Senior Technologist and will play a key role in delivering high-quality civil engineering design solutions

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities:

· Site earthworks modelling for property developments, mining and infrastructure
· Utilities modelling (sewer, water, stormwater) – Bulk services and site services
· Major and minor road corridor modelling, including intersections, roundabouts and interchanges (using corridor modelling techniques and NOT site modelling or feature line modelling techniques)
· Guide, mentor and train digital engineering team members. Carry out investigations, surveys, design, engineering calculations and preparation of working drawings and estimates for highways projects.
· Review overall project design and suggest technical and design improvements
· Monitoring project construction and acceptance including site visits and commissioning supervision
· Detail oriented with strong skills in Infrastructure analysis
· Mentor and supervise junior engineers including reviewing, checking and approving work output of junior Technician 
· Generating Civil 3D models by using surface and corridor creation tools and should be considered as advanced in Civil 3D.
· Produce and guide team on 2D CAD output to local, provincial and national authority standards (CoJ, CoT, GDRT, SANRAL, etc)
· Aiding civil engineers, technologists, and technicians on all draughting and design aspects relating to civil projects within our global design center
· Ensuring that you are kept up to date with new innovative draughting technologies
· Excellent interactive working capabilities within a multidisciplinary environment
· Conversant with Civil 3D, Bill, MS Word & MS Excel
· Knowledge of Civil Designer, and MS Projects, will be an advantage

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

· BSc/B. Eng/B-Tech Civil Engineering or equivalent.
· 3 to 4 years’ experience post experience 
· Registration with ECSA or in the process of registration as a professional engineer or technologist will be an added advantage.
· Experience working on civil infrastructure.
· Extensive experience with Civil 3D (AutoCad) design suite software 
· Experience working on infrastructure development projects