Chief Engineer: Special Maintenance

About the role

The Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport (Mpumalanga) is hiring a Chief Engineer: Special Maintenance, based in Head Office. This is a permanent post, paying R1,317,108 – R1,504,797 a year. How to apply: Applications must be submitted online through the link erecruitment.mpg.gov.za Reference number to quote: CE/SM/HO/11 Closing date: 30 October 2026 at 12h00 Use the new Z83 form and attach a detailed CV.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional engineering leadership in the investigation, design and evaluation of road pavements for new construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance.
• Ensure that pavement solutions are safe, durable, costeffective and appropriate to traffic loading, material availability, environmental conditions and the department’s road asset management objectives.

Requirements

• A recognised Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)/Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering.
• Compulsory registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) as a Professional Engineer (Pr.
• Eng).
• At least 10 years’ relevant post-qualification engineering experience in road infrastructure, including substantial experience in pavement investigation, pavement design, materials engineering and rehabilitation design, including at least 06 years’ post-professional registration experience.
• Demonstrated experience in preparing and reviewing pavement designs, technical specifications, tender documentation and engineering reports.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and managing complex infrastructure programmes, consultants and contractors.
• A valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel to project sites, including remote locations.
• Experience in labour-intensive construction, contractor development and Expanded Public Works Programme implementation will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge.
• Skills and Competencies:
• Flexible and rigid pavement design principles, pavement deterioration mechanisms and rehabilitation methods
• Mechanisticempirical analysis, traffic loading estimation, and design traffic assessment
• Subgrade characterisation, geotechnical investigations, material testing and interpretation of laboratory and field results
• Granular, stabilised, asphalt and concrete pavement materials, including recycled materials
• Pavement drainage, moisture sensitivity, climatic influences and construction variability
• Pavement evaluation methods, including visual assessment
• The South African Pavement Engineering Manual, applicable TRH and TMH guidance, COTO specifications and departmental design standards
• Lifecycle costing, economic evaluation, constructability and sustainable pavement design
• Infrastructure procurement, engineering contract administration, quality assurance and construction supervision
• Applicable public finance, occupational health and safety, environmental and professional engineering requirements