Senior Manager Technical Services (Readvertisement)

The South African Weather Service; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Job summary

The South African Weather Service is seeking a Senior Manager for Technical Services in Centurion. This role involves optimizing and maintaining meteorological infrastructure, managing projects, and leading a technical team. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in electronic maintenance and a relevant engineering degree.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years' experience in an Electronic Maintenance and Support environment.
• Experience in hardware and software Research and Development.
• At least 3 years people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal functionality and reliability of meteorological infrastructure.
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, and annual Infrastructure Performance Reports.
• Lead and manage the technical team to deliver on the SAWS mandate.

Skills

Stakeholder relations management

Project Management

Education

Engineering or related Degree

Job description

Job title : Senior Manager Technical Services (Readvertisement)

Job Location : Gauteng, Centurion Deadline : June 23, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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Key Performance Areas :

• Optimized and delivery-enabled Technical Infrastructure
• Responsible for the development and the implementation of the organisation’s infrastructure Sustainability plan.
• Maintain the SAWS’ Meteorological infrastructure and ensure optimal functionality, availability, and reliability e.g., Radar, LDN Infrastructure, Upper air sounding systems,
• Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and Automatic Rainfall Stations (ARS) etc.
• Develop pro-active and engineered solutions for corrective actions where needed such as failure mode analysis, incident investigations and reporting as well as mitigations implementation.
• Prepare and submit monthly / quarterly and annual Infrastructure Performance Reports
• Ensure business continuity by ensuring sustainability of SAWS Meteorological
• Infrastructure through healthy power supply and auxiliary support systems and infrastructure.
• Maintain a healthy infrastructure performance in line with contracted performance levels.
• Ensure innovative approaches that enable sustainability of meteorological infrastructure within limited resources including continuous assessment efficiencies and cost benefits analysis of current resources, business processes and Technical Service structure / organogram.
• Keep abreast of industry and international trends or innovation to ensure that the SAWS’ infrastructure is relevant and up to date.
• Develop or source new technology to improve productivity or service delivery and constantly look at continuous improvement.
• Project Management
• Manage the procurement, installation, and commissioning of the organisation’s technical

Infrastructure.

• Manage the roll out of the SAWS’ technical infrastructure projects and support all improvements of the infrastructure performance.

Governance, Risk and Compliance

• Responsible for the implementation of governance, risk, and compliance frameworks for the department, in line with the overall risk management framework.
• Ensure that the SAWS’ Meteorological infrastructure meets the WMO standards and obligations
• Manage and maintain the departmental contracts and service level agreements ensuring that they are concluded in term before they lapse.
• Maintain the SAWS ‘infrastructure database
• Manage the department’s Opex and Capex budgets

People Management and Leadership

• Effectively lead and manage the department by maintaining a motivated team to deliver on the SAWS mandate within the allocated resources
• Ensure that the technical team is trained and up to date with the relevant
• Technically related regulations and that they have the personal development plans where applicable
• Ensure skills transfer and the development of the team members within the department
• Promote a culture and practices that reflect the SAWS values.
• Mentorship and Coaching of Technical Staff toward professional registration and compliance with industry regulations.
• Participate and Lead Knowledge Sharing in the Technical Team Cross Functional

Stakeholder Engagement

• Management of both internal and external auditing finding and maintenance of CAPA registers.
• Maintain effective relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders to deliver on the mandate of the department.
• Drive inter-departmental alignment

Minimum Requirements and Attributes :

• Engineering or related Degree
• At least 10 years’ experience in an Electronic Maintenance and Support environment.
• Experience in hardware and software Research and Development
• Knowledge of the PFMA and Treasury Regulations
• Stakeholder relations management
• At least 3 years people management experience
• Experience in a public sector would be an added advantage
• Professional Registration with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) will be added advantage.