Graduate / Candidate Engineer

Execustaff; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Execustaff seeks a Graduate / Candidate Engineer (Civil, Mechanical, Chemical or Environmental) with 0–4 years' experience for a Pretoria-based role. The position runs along an ECSA Candidate Engineer pathway, starting with fieldwork and data collection across water infrastructure projects.

You will draft report sections, assist design work, and participate in site inspections and mentor reviews. A drive for systems-level water understanding is essential.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical or Environmental discipline.
• ECSA Candidate Engineer registered or eligible immediately.
• 0–4 years' consulting or infra experience; practical counts acceptable.
• Structured technical writing abilities with shareable sample.
• Strong academic record with transparent repeats context.
• Interest in water infrastructure at systems level.

Responsibilities

• Execute water-audit fieldwork to our standard after supervision.
• Draft structured report sections that survive review.
• Support design work: drawings coordination and calculations under supervision.
• Site inspections and progress meetings participation.
• Register as ECSA Candidate Engineer with current logbook and mentor reviews.
• Own one improvement to water data workflow or validation.

Skills

Structured technical writing

Systems thinking

Strong academic record

Driver's license

Site travel willingness

ECSA Candidate pathway interest

Education

BEng / BSc in Civil Engineering

Mechanical / Chemical / Environmental Eng (accredited)

Job description

A water resilience consultancy based in Pretoria is seeking a Graduate / Candidate Engineer: Civil, Mechanical, Chemical or Environmental / 0-4 yrs / ECSA Candidate pathway.

The role:

Candidate starts where every strong consulting engineer should: on real sites, with real data, inside a structured review pyramid.

Candidate's First Year:

• Execute water-audit fieldwork to our minimum standard — after supervised passes — with capture-error rates measured and falling.
• Draft structured report sections that survive review with diminishing red pen.
• Support design work: drawings coordination, calculations under supervision, site inspections and progress meetings.
• Register as an ECSA Candidate Engineer (if not already) with your logbook current from month one and quarterly mentor reviews on record.
• Own one improvement to the capture workflow — a validation rule, a checklist, a schema suggestion that makes the data better.

Must Have:

• Engineering degree. BEng / BSc in Civil, Mechanical, Chemical or Environmental Engineering from a recognised institution.
• ECSA pathway. Candidate Engineer registered or immediately eligible.
• 0–4 years' experience in a consulting or infrastructure environment — strong vacation and practical work counts.
• Structured technical writing. A report, thesis chapter or practical write-up you authored and can share.
• Strong academic record. Expected at this level; any repeated subjects declared upfront with context - declared repeats are considered, undeclared ones are disqualifying.
• Systems curiosity. You want to understand water infrastructure at systems level, not just the component in front of you.
• Driver's licence and own transport. Site travel across Gauteng and nationally is part of the role.

Strongly preferred:

• Water or treatment exposure (labs, plants, projects); CAD/Revit basics; spreadsheet or scripting ability (Excel to pivot level, Python a plus).
• A genuine, articulable interest in water in South Africa.