DEPUTY DIRECTOR GRADE 4: ENGINEERING SERVICES – Hardap Regional Council 10 views

Key Responsibilities

• Provide input for establishing, reviewing and amending national policy, standards and guidelines regarding technical planning and design, technical contract administration, works inspection and maintenance/renovation.
• Advise on policy matters, standards and guidelines regarding technical planning and design, technical contract administration, works inspection and maintenance/renovation.
• Provide technical input in Directorate and Divisional operational planning ensuring that outcomes support the strategic plan.
• Facilitate implementation of plans within defined time and resource limits.
• On a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, review progress against individual and divisional plans and against budgets.
• Facilitate Technical Services’ Divisional and sub-Divisional operational planning within the framework of the overall strategic and development plan of the Regional Council and the plans of line ministries/offices/departments.
• Participate in the establishment of policies for regional technical planning and design, technical contract administration, works inspection and maintenance/renovation.
• Oversee collection of regional infrastructure development needs and combination thereof into a regional infrastructure plan.
• Co-ordinate regional field investigations to identify needs for infrastructure, existing facilities, population distribution, available resources and conditions of land to produce regional infrastructure plans.
• Guide and oversee the collection, evaluation and processing of data on infrastructure needs.
• Writing planning and design proposals for GRN or donor funded technical infrastructure projects and programmes.
• Oversee establishment and maintenance of an infrastructure database for the Region.
• Prepare, recommend, control and account for all technical projects of the Regional Council.
• Monitor and guide improvement to -, construction of -, maintenance – and minor renovations to infrastructure within the tender guidelines.
• Monitor and guide inspection of infrastructure repaired, rehabilitated or constructed.
• Oversee the compilation of town planning- and amendment schemes in the region.
• Recommend applications for rezoning for submission to the Minister MRLGHRD.
• Oversee that assistance and advise is provided to local authorities with township establishment and determination of title conditions.
• Monitor conformance to town planning scheme regulations and title condition.
• Oversee the investigation and present evidence in cases where scheme provisions and title conditions have been infringed upon.
• Decide on procedures for the compilation and safekeeping of development and planning records.
• Ensure adherence to relevant policies and procedures.
• Monitor and evaluate annual work plan and report progress to the Council.
• Carry out any other official duties assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• A B. Degree at NQF Level 7 plus 9 years’ appropriate experience.
• Candidate must be in possession of a valid Driver’s license.

Salary

N$ 543,055 – N$ 570,914 per annum

How to Apply

Vacancy Circular No: PSM CIRCULAR NO. D OF 2026