Chief Engineer Grade A REF NO: ECHEALTH/ARP/NTSG/CENG/NMAH/01/10/2026

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**Overview** This is an advertisement for a Chief Engineer Grade A position within the Eastern Cape Department of Health, based at Frere Tertiary Hospital in Buffalo City Metro. The role involves overseeing all engineering functions, ensuring statutory compliance, managing maintenance and assets, controlling budgets, and leading technical staff within the hospital environment. The salary ranges from R1 137 108 to R 1 505 797 per annum, an all-inclusive package structured according to Middle Management Service guidelines. **What you will do** * Statutory Compliance: Formally accept the written GMR 2.1 appointment to oversee all machinery maintenance and safety requirements as per the OHS Act regulations and standards. * Engineering Governance: Enforce occupational health and safety standards, lead incident investigations, conduct safety risk audits, and liaise with the Department of Employment and Labour inspectors. * Maintenance & Asset Management: Develop, manage, and audit preventive, corrective, and predictive engineering maintenance systems to maximize plant and equipment uptime. * Budgetary & Project Control: Control Capex and operational budgets, manage site services, maintenance projects and coordinate Maintenance & Repair shutdowns. * People Leadership: Supervise technical staff, manage workplace discipline, and monitor performance and development. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * National Senior Certificate, Degree in Mechanical Engineering B Eng/BSC Eng or relevant qualification. Six 6 years post qualification experience required as a registered professional Engineer. Compulsory registration with ECSA as Professional Engineer. Statutory Certification: Valid Government Certificate of Competency GCC Factories is highly mandatory for plants exceeding 3000 kW / 10000 kVA. * Competencies: Programme and project management, Engineering design and analysis knowledge, Research and development, Computer-aided engineering applications. Knowledge of legal compliance, technical report writing, Creating high performance culture, Professional judgment, Networking. Strategic capability and leadership, Problem solving and analysis, Decision making, Team leadership, Creativity, Financial Management, Customer focus and Responsiveness, Communication, Computer skills, People Management, Planning and Organising, Conflict Management, Negotiation skills, Change management. Comprehensive knowledge of the Public Service Act, PFMA, and the OHS Act. * Strong engineering risk evaluation, root cause analysis, and strategic logic. Exceptional technical report writing and professional communication skills. A valid Driver’s licence. Computer literate. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate is a qualified Mechanical Engineer with a National Senior Certificate, a B Eng/BSC Eng or relevant qualification, and 6 years of post-qualification experience as an ECSA-registered Professional Engineer. They must hold a valid Government Certificate of Competency (GCC Factories) for relevant plant sizes. The candidate should possess strong competencies in programme and project management, engineering design and analysis, research, and computer-aided engineering applications. Essential attributes include knowledge of legal compliance, technical report writing skills, the ability to create a high-performance culture, professional judgment, and networking capabilities. Leadership qualities such as strategic capability, problem-solving, decision-making, and team leadership are crucial. Financial management, customer focus, communication, people management, planning, organizing, conflict management, negotiation, and change management skills are also required. A comprehensive understanding of the Public Service Act, PFMA, and OHS Act is mandatory. The applicant must demonstrate strong engineering risk evaluation, root cause analysis, strategic logic, exceptional technical report writing, and professional communication skills, along with computer literacy and a valid Driver’s licence. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/chief-engineer-grade-a-ref-no-echealth-arp-ntsg-ceng-nmah-01-10-2026-eastern-cape-department-of-health Source: myjobmag

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• At least 6 years of experience.

• Project management
• Health and safety (OHS)
• Driver's licence

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