Senior Wet Utilities Engineer

Zutari: Co-creating an engineered impact.

Zutari is a well-established, management-owned engineering firm with almost 90 years’ of experience. As human-centered engineering consultants and advisors, we are trusted by our clients, business partners, communities, and other stakeholders across Africa and the Middle East.

We co-create engineering solutions that have a positive impact and improve people’s lives. Zutari values inclusion and recognises the importance of a diverse, talented workforce, believing that people need other people to succeed.

What kind of talent do we pursue?

We employ high-performing talent with the right attitude and a positive mindset, who are motivated by doing the right thing, getting things done, and share a sense of urgency. People who have an impact on our teams and the broader community. People who think differently and connect with those around them to co-create new opportunities and leave a meaningful legacy.

About the Role:

As a Senior Engineer-Wet Utilities, you would be involved in creating designs for various projects related to wet utilities. Working within a multidisciplinary team of designers and engineers, you’ll provide professional design services to clients.

Responsibilities will include:

Key Qualities and Skills:

• Strong technical skills
• Good report writing and presentation skills; a good communicator
• Strong and developing project leadership skills
• Understanding of business and financial drivers
• Achievement and action-orientated; solutions focussed.
• Good relationship and interpersonal skills; a strong collaborator
• Ability to adapt style to work effectively across geographic and cultural boundaries

Role Specific Skillls:

• Strong infrastructure engineering background with previous experience in infrastructure projects
• Working on the delivery of multidisciplinary projects, with technical inputs from numerous disciplines, including transport, energy, sustainability, and building engineers
• Preparing designs, drawings, technical reports, specification, and schedules.
• Ability to work on multidisciplinary projects, collaborate with other disciplines as well as having excellent communication and presentation skills
• Design gravity and pressure networks for masterplan, transportation and highway projects
• Design right of way cross sections for all utilities
• Produce reports, drawings, calculations and presentations
• Submit designs to local authorities and follow up to obtain approvals
• Use AutoCAD, MicroDrainage, EPANET, Infoworks-ICM, Civil3D HecRAS and Microsoft office
• Interface with the wider Zutari infrastructure and MEP teams, architects, masterplanners, stakeholder

Qualifications and Experience:

• BEng / BSc (Hon) in Civil Engineering or equivalent discipline with minimum of 10 years post-graduate experience
• MEng / MSc (Hon) is preferred although not essential.
• Member of an associated Professional body
• Experience and proven ability to manage projects and coordinate with multiple disciplines.
• Experience of MS Office Suite of Programmes, SharePoint, ProjectWise etc.
• Comprehensive experience of technical design and associated discipline software

The remuneration package includes a competitive salary, performance bonus, 5-day work, generous annual leave, medical insurance, and other benefits.

If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding position in a forward-thinking organization, and you feel you have the relevant skills required, please apply your detailed resume with current and expected salaries.

We believe that a diverse workforce is key to our business success. We seek the best people for our jobs based on their skills, qualifications and experience. We embrace the principle of equal opportunity in employment and work towards eliminating all forms of unlawful discrimination in our employment practices.