Job Description

The purpose of the job is to provide scientific and engineering water quality assurance services across the entire drinking water supply, from raw water to point of supply to consumers.
Minimum Requirements

• NQF 8 - in science, water quality engineering or chemical engineering
• NQF 6 - General management education
• 8 years of post-graduate experience in the science and or engineering industry
• 5 years of post-graduate experience in the water industry
• 2 years of post-graduate experience in project management
• 3 years experience in managing science or engineering staff
• Code 8 drivers licence
• Competent in WORD, EXCEL, PowerPoint, pro-ADOBE, Outlook, etc.

OTHER DESIRABLE NEEDS

• NQF 6+ in project management
• NQF 5+ digital technology including:
• Water supply system digital modelling
• Artificial Intelligence
• Experience in:
• Water supply system digital modelling
• Artificial Intelligence
• Quantitative risk assessment

Primary DutiesThe overall duty of the job is to assure the supply of safe and acceptable quality drinking water to consumers produced from raw water sources such as:

• surface water,
• groundwater,
• domestic wastewater treatment plant effluent,
• industrial wastewater treatment plant effluent,
• mine wastewater treatment plant effluent, or
• saline water.

The following are the specific duties of the position: * Conducting long-term water quality risk assessments on raw water sources and determining the suitability of water treatment infrastructure to continuously produce safe and acceptable quality drinking water.

• Assuring capability of water supply system infrastructure (treatment plants and distribution networks) to produce safe and acceptable drinking water supplies, including:

• Comment and participate in the development and establishment of new water supply system infrastructure
• Reviewing and optimising of existing water supply system infrastructure
• Developing, optimising, and implementing Water Quality Management Systems (Water Safety Plans) for Rand Waters current, and potential new water supply systems.
• Troubleshooting and optimising/commenting on water quality operations for the entire water supply system.
• Conducting consumer quantitative water quality risk assessments / epidemiological studies
• Conduct department services to commercial projects
• Conducting ongoing assessment and optimisation of all outputs/services provided by the department
• Incorporating digital technologies (modelling, AI, etc) in all the department outputs/services
• Providing leadership to the section

• Planning, organising, implementing, and controlling section work (projects, project program)
• Managing section human resources, including staff temporally seconded from other sections
• Managing section finance and procurement

Managing SHEQ aspects for the section
Knowledge

• Water industry water quality science and treatment engineering technology
• Project management and project programme management technology
• Risk assessment technology
• Digital technology
• General business management

Skills

• Water industry water quality science and treatment engineering skills
• Project management and project programme management skills
• Ability to create/identify projects with a customer (entrepreneurial skills)
• Digital skills (water system modelling, Artificial Intelligence )
• Quantitative risk assessment skills
• Problem-solving ability
• Ability to improvise (work with imprecise / missing information and under uncertain conditions)
• Ability to focus on the holistic big picture
• Ability to focus on the long term
• Ability to continuously link activity with financial impact
• Networking ability
• Persuasive
• Persistent
• Decisive and non-procrastinating

Attitude

• Mindset of service excellence / customer is the king
• Inquisitive and willing to experiment
• Risk tolerant and welcomes management of risks rather than avoiding it
• Adaptable/flexible
• Self-starter and ability to take the initiative / work independently
• Not averse to working outside standard office hours
• Focus on completing tasks rather than on achievements

Rand Water