Executive Manager Water Services and Business Development

The successful candidate will lead the Waterworks System, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer responsible for water services supply and infrastructure. He/she will be required to strategically lead and manage the following Core Technical Areas:

• Master Planning: Ability to develop and review a Water Infrastructure Master Plan that aligns regional demand projections with resource availability over a 25-year horizon.
• Bulk Potable Water Provision: Expert oversight of high-volume abstraction, treatment, and transmission, ensuring 100% compliance with SANS 241 water quality standards.
• Reliability & Resilience: Implementing preventative and predictive maintenance strategies to ensure 99.9% reliability of supply and minimizing unplanned downtime in critical bulk pipelines.
• Industrial Reticulation: Technical knowledge of specialized water requirements for industrial zones, including high-pressure systems and recycled water greywater integration.
• Non-Revenue Water NRW Mitigation: Mastery of the IWA Water Balance framework to identify and reduce apparent and real losses leaks, theft, and metering inaccuracies.
• Smart Meter Management: Overseeing the rollout and management of automated meter reading AMR and advanced metering infrastructure AMI to ensure billing accuracy.
• Asset Lifecycle Management: Moving beyond "break-fix" to a sophisticated
• O&M strategy utilizing ISO 55000 standards.
• SCADA & Telemetry: Leveraging real-time data to monitor reservoir levels, flow rates, and pump station health across a vast geographic footprint.
• Implementing Agent Excellence : Experience acting as an Implementing Agent, managing the full project lifecycle for National Water Infrastructure projects, including grant funding compliance RBIG/WSIG. As the Executive, you will oversee a multi-million Rand portfolio.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• BSc Engineering or Engineering degree, preferably in a relevant engineering area/water, with a recognized ECSA professional registration as a Professional Engineer.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in systems and team management within Water / Municipal / Processing / Production environment/water resource management, and minimum 5 years in a senior management role.
• Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of the Water Services Act Act 108 of 1997 and the National Water Act Act 36 of 1998.
• Excellent negotiation skills, report writing, presentation and personal mastery.
• MSc Civil Engineering will be an added advantage.
• We require: Contract Management: Proficiency in FIDIC, NEC3/4, and JBCC contract suites specifically within the context of civil engineering and water works.
• Financial Probity: Deep understanding of the PFMA Public Finance Management Act and CIDB regulations to ensure transparent and audit-clean procurement.
• Risk Mitigation: Identifying geological, environmental, and socio-political risks that impact pipeline servitude and construction timelines.
• Strategic Leadership: Advise the CEO on the evaluation and feasibility of new business strategies. Appraises the Entity's operational performance and position.