About the Role
The Professional Engineering Services department is looking for a dedicated Engineering Technician Production Grade A to C to join their team based at the Karl Bremer Hospital estate in Cape Town. This role is essential to ensuring that the engineering infrastructure within the healthcare environment remains compliant and operational, directly impacting the quality of healthcare services provided to the community. By managing and delivering engineering projects from conception to completion, you will play a crucial part in fostering a safe and effective healthcare system for the people of the Western Cape.
In this role, you will collaborate with various stakeholders, ensuring that project requirements are met and that timelines are adhered to. Your contributions will not only enhance the engineering capabilities at Karl Bremer Hospital but also help maintain essential services that affect the lives of many South Africans. Your work will resonate throughout the community, making a significant difference in public service.
About the Department
The Professional Engineering Services department is committed to providing high-quality engineering support within the healthcare sector. Its mission revolves around maintaining and improving the standards of engineering practices in hospitals and healthcare facilities across the region. Working here means being part of a team that prioritizes patient safety and operational efficiency, ensuring that medical staff have the necessary infrastructure to deliver excellent healthcare.
This department is instrumental in upholding the Occupational Health and Safety Act and other regulations that govern engineering practices. By joining the team, you contribute to a culture of safety, compliance, and excellence, making your role not only a job but a meaningful vocation in public service.
What You’ll Do
- Compile specifications and tender documentation promptly and accurately.
- Manage engineering projects from inception through to completion and close-out.
- Liaise with stakeholders to discuss project requirements, progress, and deliverables.
- Prioritize work according to operational needs to ensure continuity of maintenance schedules.
- Ensure compliance of engineering infrastructure, plant, and equipment with relevant health and safety regulations.
- Conduct inspections of buildings and related engineering infrastructure and machinery.
What You’ll Need
- An appropriate National Diploma in Engineering (Electrical) or equivalent.
- Registration with ECSA as a Professional Engineering Technician (Electrical).
- For Grade A: 3 years post-qualification experience; Grade B: 14 years; Grade C: 26 years of relevant experience.
- Willingness to work overtime, travel throughout the Western Cape, and assist other institutions as needed.
- Valid Code B/EB driver’s licence and the ability to physically inspect engineering infrastructure.
- Strong knowledge of specification compilation and tender documentation.
- Familiarity with contracts, quality management, risk analysis, and legal compliance related to electrical and electronic installations.
How to Apply
All applications must be hand delivered at: 389 Sophie De Bruyn Street, Pretoria.
Requirements
Minimum educational qualification: An appropriate National Diploma in Engineering (Electrical) or equivalent, Registration with a professional council: Registration with ECSA as a Professional Engineering Technician (Electrical).Experience: Grade A: 3-years post qualification experience.
Grade B: At least 14 years’ appropriate/recognisable experience in the area after obtaining the qualification.
Grade C: At least 26 years’ appropriate/recognisable experience in the area after obtaining the qualification.
Inherent requirement of the job: Willing to work overtime, stay away and travel throughout the Western Cape Province, often at short notice.
Willing to assist in other institutions and directorates.
Physically fit and able to inspect buildings and related engineering infrastructure and machinery.
Valid (Code B/EB) driver’s licence.
201 Competencies (knowledge/skills): Knowledge in the compilation of specifications and tender documentation.
Contracts and quality management skills.
Knowledge of risk analysis and risk mitigation strategies and prioritisation.
Conversant with OHSA and regulations pertaining to Electrical and Electronic installations.
Conversant with legal compliance such as SANS 10142-1, SANS 60439, SANS 10139, etc.
Conversant with NEC contracts especially the Short-, Term service- and Framework agreement forms of contracts.
Computer literate (MS Word.
Auto CAD and Excel).
Knowledge and experience in computer aided design of engineering infrastructure in the health care environment.
Sound interpersonal and good verbal and written communication skills.
Job Duties
Compile specifications and tender documentation within prescribed timeframes.Manage and deliver projects from inception through to completion and close-out.
Liaise with stakeholders regarding project requirements, information, progress and deliverables.
Ensure continuity of maintenance schedules by prioritising work in accordance with operational requirements.
Ensure that engineering infrastructure, plant and equipment comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993 and its relevant regulation, built- environment legislation, regulations, standards and prescripts within the healthcare environment.
