KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Implement the Region’s Operational Plan with oversight from the Operations Manager.
• Monitor and report on progress and incorporate new delivery requirements into operational planning.
• Ensure effective delivery against the Region’s Operational Plan in terms of routine road infrastructure maintenance.
• Oversee the implementation of the road signs and markings objectives for the region.
• Oversee the provision of monitoring and compliance services that ensure adherence to regulations and civil construction standards when damage is repaired, or alterations are made to roads infrastructure.
• Ensure that internal stakeholders (staff, managers, union and other maintenance managers and JRA officials) are informed and included in issues relevant to them.
• Analyse and leverage production statistics to maximise production output.
• Manage and work proactively to improve depot staff work ethic and deal quickly and decisively with failure to meet reasonable work targets and other disciplinary matters.
• Guide the implementation of the approved operational plan.
• Translate operational feedback into strategic recommendations.
• Guide the implementation of the approved operational plan.
• Identify, update and manage the strategic and operational risks of the unit and make inputs to the Operational Risk Register.
• Ensure that assessments of the quality of the assurance are conducted through interaction with the assurance recipients, for the unit.
• Drive talent management for the reporting line in terms of recruitment, development and retention.
• Prepare monthly expenditure reports on the budget.
• Provide the Operations Manager with critical information/feedback that will facilitate management decisions. 

REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION CRITERIA

• BSc degree in Civil Engineering or relevant NQF level 7 equivalent.
• 8 years’ Civil Engineering experience, inclusive 5 years in a middle management position.