Knight Piesold Southern Africa
Knight Piésold Southern Africa is an international engineering and environmental consulting company providing services mainly to the mining, water supply and civil engineering industries. We currently require a Lead Civil Engineer to join our dynamic Kitwe Office.
Minimum Requirements:
- BSc Eng (Civil) with professional registration with EIZ is required.
- More than 15 years experience in geotechnical, tailings, dams or hydropower engineering.
- Knowledgeable and experienced with civil designs and construction, associated earthworks, and geotechnical investigation programmes.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to set priorities, collect and document project requirements, and successfully handle multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong written & verbal communication skills.
- Be willing to travel as needed to manage projects effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
- Excellent project management skills.
- Excellent client management skills.
- Ability to write good proposals and engage with new and existing clients.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects.
- Ability to lead junior to senior technical staff in-office or on-site as required.
- Business development, networking and company/technical presentations.
- Ability to secure new work through networking and technical platforms.
- Good project finance knowledge.
- Ability to travel to clients, and project sites locally and within Africa.
If you possess the above requirements and, are looking to work with an exceptional technical team, please send your detailed CV and motivation letter to our HR Director, Mevashnee Naidoo, at [email protected].
Due to the expected volume of applications, we will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
Our Employee Value Proposition
When recruiting talented professionals, we want to ensure that we align to your personal values and career aspirations through our employer brand. We offer you:
- A 103-year-old global company which speaks to the values we have upheld for over a century and our hunger for continued success.
- A hands-on leadership team with a strong vision and a big focus on execution.
- A team of about 220 people – large enough to beat our competition yet small enough to know each other’s names.
- Team members in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, DRC, Madagascar and Lesotho.
- Continuing professional development through training and development and conference opportunities.
- Merit-based promotional structure.
- Opportunities to learn and lead engineering projects in Africa and internationally.
- Latest use of technology and software programmes.
- Interesting and challenging project work to align with your career aspirations.
- A hybrid working model in most operating countries, which supports flexibility and autonomy.
- Attractive remuneration packages aligned to experience and the industry.
- A high-performance work culture – high effort leads to high reward.
- A highly lucrative performance bonus system.
- A fun and meaningful rewards and recognition system to suit your lifestyle.
- A hands-on approach to corporate wellness focussing on employee wellbeing and mental health.
- Healthy brunches and lunches coupled with sports and socials so you can work hard and play hard.
- Annual leave coupled with an annual shutdown period in December to fully recharge.
- Fully equipped offices that allow for quiet time or teamwork.
To apply for this job please visit knightpiesold.com.