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SENIOR PAVEMENT ENGINEER

Job Purpose:
The Senior Engineer is required to perform professional engineering work involving considerable independence in approach, demanding a high degree of originality, ingenuity and judgment, and knowledge of more than one field of, or expertise in a particular field of professional pavement engineering.

Key Accountabilities:

The Senior Engineer:
• Manages and carries out pavement inspections and surveys; plans pavement testing requirements, manages subcontractors and carries out analysis and interpretation of deflectometer, visual, laser, skid, coring and GPR data; undertakes the design and management of pavements and develops the most economic solutions including specifying pavement materials, and liaises with the client.
• Initiates or participates in short-range or long-range planning and makes independent decisions on engineering policies and procedures within an overall program;
• Gives technical advice to management and operating departments;
• May take detailed technical responsibility for product development and provision of specialized engineering systems, facilities and functions;
• Coordinates work programs;
• Directs or advises on use of equipment and material.
• Engineering Consulting – 65%
• Prepare technical reports ranging from pavement design, investigations, road asset management plans, network modeling and budgetary forecasting;
• Prepare technical papers for submission to industry conferences;
• Undertake client training sessions and attend industry steering committees as required.
• Project Leadership and Client Liaison – 35%
• Supervise and mentor supervising and project engineers to ensure the smooth running of projects to ensure compliance with contract specifications regarding data quality and technical standards;
• Report to client on project progress and discuss technical aspects of projects with the client;
• Develop and foster client relationships and expand product offering to client where identified.

The Senior engineer makes responsible decisions not usually subject to technical review, decides courses of action necessary to expedite the successful accomplishment of assigned projects, and may make recommendations involving large sums or long-range objectives.

Duties are assigned only in terms of broad objectives and are reviewed for policy, soundness of approach, accomplishment and general effectiveness.
The Senior engineer supervises a group or groups including professional engineers and other staff, or exercises authority and technical control over a group of professional staff, in both instances engaged in complex engineering applications.

The company is entitled to request that the professional engineer perform such other duties as are within the skill, competence or training of the engineer and are reasonably requested in order to meet the requirements of the company.

Desired Accountabilities:
• Respond to customer requests in a professional, courteous and helpful manner, and in accordance with customer service guidelines.
• Demonstrate openness to acquiring new skills and developing new product/service activities, in support of business development initiatives and improved operational effectiveness.
• Contribute to staff welfare and a safe and healthy workplace through:
• Ensuring awareness and understanding of, and compliance with, standard operating procedures in respect of emergency and evacuation procedures, security, accident and incident reporting, hazard reporting and 'self-reporting';
• Taking all practicable steps to ensure own health and safety at work, and the safety of others in the workplace.
• Understand and Grow the Business: Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of customer service on business performance and profitability. Takes personal responsibility for developing knowledge and understanding of the client’s products and services. Where there is personal development requirement, these will be communicated in order to deliver on Key performance Indicators (KPI) and Business Performance Indicators (BPI).
• Service Orientation: Takes personal responsibility for developing knowledge and understanding of the customer service requirements. Responds to customer requests in a courteous and helpful manner, and in accordance with Fugro guidelines. Treat all internal staff as customers.
• Rational Decision Making: Quickly assimilates and analyses information in order to make decisions. Takes responsibility for own actions/decisions. Shows rational decision making in alignment with Quality documented processes and where required, submit to an audit of decision making processes
• Accountability for Results: Takes responsibility for achieving results. Recognises opportunities for improvement. Self-determination in raising awareness of limited personal knowledge, skills or ability in order to deliver required results.
• Communicating and Influencing: Communicates in a clear and concise manner. Uses appropriate channels to communicate and keep people informed in a timely manner. Seeks to influence the thoughts and feelings of others, while valuing and respecting the input of others. Effectively communicates to others when there are matters that need addressing or where assistance is required.

Qualifications Required:
• Tertiary level Civil Engineering Degree from an approved institution;
• Minimum of 5-years of experience working as a professional pavement engineer;
• Chartered Engineer and/or able to be recognised by a professional Engineering body;

Required Competencies:

Unique Knowledge and Technical Capabilities:
• Working knowledge of pavement design and maintenance including knowledge of pavement design techniques, tools and principles;
• Experience in the characterization of pavement materials and the ability to relate this to the pavement design process;
• Experience in the operation of a pavement management software systems;
• Experience with pavement deterioration modeling and the ability to develop robust pavement deterioration models using condition data;
• Ability to carry out complex mathematical and engineering analyses;
• Understand documented quality procedures;
• Project management experience;
• Strong business writing skills;
• Ability to provide quality tender submissions in timely manner;

Skills / Attributes:
• Strong communication skills - verbal and written;
• Superior computer skills with extensive experience working with Microsoft Access;
• Knowledge of GIS software packages;
• Good organizational skills;
• Good interpersonal skills; must be a team player;
• Ability to motivate self and others