Facilities Manager Kzn Public Works

FACILITIES MANAGER
Salary: R221 058 per annum (Level 9) (Ref. SR 60/2011)
Southern Regional Office (Pietermaritzburg)

Requirements: • Accredited 3-year National Diploma/degree or recognised qualification in Building Management, Project Management, Quantity Surveying or Civil/Structural Engineering with appropriate, relevant experience, including supervisory experience • Computer literacy • Valid driver’s licence (minimum Code B).

Duties: • Undertake and coordinate conditional surveys of buildings • Prepare an estimate of costs • Prepare cyclical maintenance plans as per the property life cycle • Prepare user and custodian asset management plans in line with GIAMA • Ensure that vacant sites are secured from vandalism and illegal occupation • Undertake life cycle analyses of all fixed plant • Undertake office planning and investment analysis • Review as-built plans and the safekeeping thereof • Manage the resources of the Division.

Recommendation: Candidates should display good communication (written and verbal), liaison and decision making skills.

Enquiries: Ms N Zikalala, tel. (033) 897-1324

Note to applicants: The Provincial Administration of KwaZulu-Natal is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Females and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Applications must be submitted individually on the prescribed Z83 form, obtainable from any Public Service department, and must be accompanied by a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae together with certified copies of qualifications, skills or competencies to substantiate compliance with/adherence to the appointment requirements plus a clear and legible, certified copy of the valid South African bar-coded ID (passports will not be accepted) and valid South African driver’s licence. Copies of copies OR copies certified on the blank side of the copy will not be accepted. Faxed or electronic copies will not be considered.

Direct your application, quoting the reference number of the post you are applying for and the name of the publication in which you saw the advertisement, to: The Senior Manager, Department of Public Works, Southern Region, Private Bag X9153, Pietermaritzburg 3200, for attention Mrs P Singh. Alternatively, applications can be dropped off in the box provided at the Southern Regional Office, No 10 Prince Alfred Street, Pietermaritzburg.

Candidates are also advised not to send their applications through registered mail, as the Department will not take responsibility for non-collection thereof. It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications assessed for equivalence by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

Applications that do not comply with the above-mentioned instructions will be disqualified. Please note that, due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged. Recommended employees will be subjected to vetting prior to an offer of appointment being made. Candidates are expected to be available on the date set for the interviews or they may be disqualified. Should you not have been contacted by this office within 3 months of the closing date of the advertisement, kindly consider your application unsuccessful. Appointment to this post is subject to appointed candidates signing a performance agreement. The filling of posts will be guided by the Department’s Employment Equity targets.

Closing date: 2 December 2011