(SURVEY) DRAWING OFFICE MANAGER

Job Advert Summary

Rand Water is currently looking for the Survey Drawing Office Manager in the Design Office to manage the production and efficiency of a multidisciplinary drawing office ensuring that drawings produced are according to the Drawing Office Drawings Procedure. Manage the renewal of any software and hardware required to ensure that the Design Office Information Management System of Technical Information is kept up to date. 

Portfolio

Primary Duties

• Manage the production and efficiency of the Multidisciplinary Drawing Office (Automation, Architecture, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Process, and Pipelines)
• Investigate, compile, obtain, approve and maintain specifications.
• Liaise with all internal disciplines and external contractors.
• Keeping abreast with latest drawing technology.
• Evaluate and advice on purchase of hardware and software required to meet Design Office needs.
• Evaluate other software products to suit the needs of a Multidisciplinary Drawing Office.
• Compilation and control of a manual and or electronic G.I.S. systems, all servitude, drawing and project documentation.
• In conjunction with the Land and Rights Section compile and distribute Property Schedule (Wayleaves) notices to all Statutory Bodies.
• Ensure that contractors and consultants drawings adhere to Rand Water standards.
• Accepting responsibility of accuracy of tasks especially in the compilation of quantities from drawings.
• Provide cadastral information to internal and external clients
• Dealing with Surveyor General and Deeds Registry office regarding cadastral and property details
• Distribution, filing of all Design Office Packages (Specification, Engineering Reports, Geotechnical Reports, Surge studies, BOQ’s, models, Drawings, As Built drawings, services detection reports, etc.).
• Electronic backup of all Design Office Packages.
• Ensure that all revisions are backed up using AutoCAD Vault.
• Liaising with IT Department to renew all software Licenses for the various disciplines.
• Liaising with the Technical Information Centre.

Knowledge

• Map Projections
• Cadastral plans and diagrams
• DTM grid data extraction (creating 3d drawings)
• In depth knowledge of data conversions to ensure that XYZ coordinates, distance and areas are correctly transformed indicated and depicted.
• Knowledge of two (2) volume calculation methods, to accurately calculate volumes of materials to ensure correct billing.
• Computer Literacy

Skills

• Ability to provide accurate depiction of Critical information used to decide sensitive situations e.g. illegal buildings in flood lines or servitudes.
• Storage of historical and present data for future reference.
• Accurate utilisation of map projections indicated or shown to avoid cost, time and legal implications
• Ensure servitude areas are correctly calculated and depicted to enable valuators to accurately determine compensation for usage of servitude areas crossing property boundaries.
• Ensure accurate and precise drawings e.g. Hydraulic pressure envelopes design calculations to ensure new and renovated pipelines pressurise.
• Timeous delivery of tasks within project scope and program. (Digital or hard copy information

Attitude

• Conceptual thinking
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Quality orientated
• Deadline and results orientated
• Customer focused
• Self-motivated
• Proactive

• Tertiary qualification NQF 5-NQF 6 - National Diploma in Multidiscipline Draughting
• Ability to manage information using AutoCAD Vault
• 5-10 years’ experience in:
  • Civil Pipeline Design software
  • Digital Terrain Modelling
  • Pipeline long sections
  • Hydraulic design
  • Volume calculations
• Desired Education
  • B Eng. in Civil Engineering with experience in the use of Built Environment software
  • I.S. Diploma
  • Knowledge Management