NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (INSTITUTIONAL OFFICE)

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING

FINANCE AND FACILITIES

PEROMNES: P8

VACANCY: SENIOR TECHNICIAN

POSITION NUMBER: IM09216

Responsibilities:

Determine project scope

Concept planning

Preliminary budgets

Detail planning

Master planning

Planning of project management

Minimum requirements:

A four-year degree in Town Planning or Architecture

A formal project-management qualification in a planning environment, at least NQF6

Three years project-management experience in the planning of physical infrastructure

Three years experience in a construction environment

One years involvement in the master development planning of estates

One years experience in liaison with clients in order to formalise a project scope
Other competency requirements:

The ability to coordinate cost estimates for potential infrastructure developments

Advanced knowledge of infrastructure-planning processes and tender processes

The ability to prepare project schedules with measurable intermediate goals

The ability to apply project-management principles during the planning cycle

The ability to function within a team environment

Advanced written and oral communication skills

The ability to work independently without supervision

Advances computer literacy in MS Excel, computer literacy in MS Word, Groupwise

Demonstration of language proficiency in order to function optimally in the various multilingual environments of
the NWU
Recommendation

A completed course in land surveying

ENQUIRIES:

Mr PJ Joubert, 018 299 2751

CLOSING DATE:

5 May 2015

COMMENCEMENT OF DUTIES:

1 June 2015

BENEFITS:
FOR APPLICATION FORMS:

Attractive study benefits as well as normal fringe benefits apply.

Contact the Human Capital Department at tel. 018 299 4961, or send an email
to recruithr@nwu.ac.za. Application forms are also available at Room G25 or
G27, C1 Building, Institutional Office. Completed application forms must either
be handed in at the Human Capital Department on the campuses as specified
on the application form, or sent via email to recruithr@nwu.ac.za, or faxed to
087 231 5515.

The University subscribes to and applies the principles of the Employment Equity Act and is committed to transformation.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment. If you are not contacted within two months from the closing date of this
advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

Original details: SHARE/3.1 Recruitment and Selection/3.5.3 Advertisement for vacant position
Date: 24.04.2015
File reference number: 3.5.3/Position number: IM09216