Superintendent: Parks & Open Spaces [T12]

• Job Purpose: Co-ordinates and manages the operations of the section, inclusive of monitoring and implementing procedures, establishing resource requirements, planning and scheduling maintenance programmes and evaluating outcomes, monitoring and attending to deviations in productivity and performance and attending to specific administrative and information reporting requirements and processes.

Duties

• Providing input to the immediate superior on operational needs for consideration during the preparation of the annual budget.
• Preparing resource allocation schedules cost, material and time spread and priority programmes for execution, attending and participating in departmental meetings and/or conducting briefing sessions with supervisory personnel and/or contractors, explaining requirements and outcomes.
• Assessing the adequacy of procedures, systems and controls associated with vehicle, plant, equipment and material availability and utilization.
• Inspecting vehicles, tools, plant, facilities and surroundings, managing assets through laid down planned maintenance and control systems, and arranging for defects and/or maintenance requirements to be attended to.
• Monitors and evaluates progress with regards to repair, installation and maintenance work irrigation systems, parks, trees, opens spaces, etc. by: Communicating, liaising and providing information to residents/general public on activities and work sequences associated with parks and cemeteries maintenance programmes.
• Communicating with service providers/contractors and technical departmental personnel.
• Participating in project handover inspections and verifying scope of contract against actual outcomes prior to confirming approval/ acceptance.
• Communicating to the immediate superior through the verbal and written mediums statutory and procedural requirements for adoption and compliance.
• Inspecting work sites and/or conducting observations of work sequences and determining extent of awareness and/or the need for corrective/remedial measures.
• Monitoring/reviewing capital and operating expenditure of the Section and implementing various checks and balances with a view to identifying, investigating and notifying the immediate superior/line manager of variances and outcomes.
• Leading and managing staff in the Section to ensure that they meet their career objectives and the Directorate's objectives in line with Council's requirements and resource constraints.
• Coordinating processes and practices associated with the verification of invoices for completed works submitted by service providers.
• Collating information from field reports, inspections and contractual documentation for inclusion into management reports.
• Ensure all staff adhere to standard operating
• A caring valley of excellence procedures and instructions when utilizing equipment.

Minimum Requirements

• National Diploma in Horticulture
• Valid Code B Drivers' license
• 3 years relevant experience
• Computer literacy MS Office Applications
• Good supervisory, human relations, interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in at least two 2 of the three 3 official languages of the Western Cape