33 Water Treatment jobs in South Africa

• Minimum 2 4 years experience in servicing of water treatment systems
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills are essential
• Excellent written, verbal, and client-facing communication skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Must have a valid drivers license

• Conducting routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on water treatment systems, including filtration, softening, reverse osmosis systems, and chemical dosing.
• Performing system inspections and assessments to ensure optimal performance.
• Recommending solutions for system improvements.
• Installing and commissioning new water treatment equipment as required.
• Providing technical support to customers and ensuring high-quality service delivery.
• Preparing accurate quotations for service work.
• Identifying potential service opportunities and upselling maintenance plans or service upgrades.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers.
• Working towards achieving service sales targets.
• Completing and submitting job cards.
• Procurement of service components and consumables.
• Handling purchase order and invoice requisitions.
• Maintaining accurate records of work performed, forecasting, and service scheduling.
• Ensuring compliance with customer site and safety requirements.

Ecowize is looking for a Technical Service Technician to ensure that satellites are fully operational through performing preventative maintenance as per service schedule.

Continuously identify opportunities for improvement to optimize resources (manpower, energy and water), that includes utilization of industrial washing systems and time-study activities.

• Internal Customer Focus on regular, meaningful interactions to drive an inclusive partnership which will ensure optimal working order of satellites. Ensure Maintenance Report is submitted accurately and timeously.
• Financial Focus by ensuring expenses fall within budget, reported accurately and timeously. Ensure all replacement parts are invoiced correctly to sites.
• People Focus on empowering, developing, and motivating teams and individuals to perform at their best through training initiatives to enhance service delivery.
• Compliance Focus to ensure that all regulatory measures are consistently applied, in terms of Health and Safety, Food safety, Audit Standards and Compliance regulations.
• Company Values and Teamwork in accordance with the company’s values and required behaviours.

• Ensure that customer needs are meet by providing technical expertise to site manager, cleaning team, technical sales consultant, and customer.
• Manage, resolve complaints, and advise internal / external stakeholders on corrective action.
• Managing of the budget and ensuring that maintenance and cost are kept as low as possible, this includes asset management and driving of efficiencies and innovation.
• To ensure that application of audit procedures conform to the clients quality standards
• To determine the precision and accuracy in chemical verification
• Managing of Health and Safety, this includes ensuring that service is carried out in full compliance with the health and safety together with the environmental requirements.
• Compliance to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Ensure the safeguarding all personal information and password access to information on site in line with company POPI Compliance Policy.
• Provide effective solutions to address site pain points from a maintenance perspective.
• To provide routine maintenance for chemical dosing pumps and to keep the system functioning.
• Provide onsite assistance and training to the chemical division.

• Must have a tertiary qualification in a technical or water-related field, or relevant trade certification
• Minimum two years work experience, ideally in the water treatment or related industries will be required
• Knowledge of and experience in water treatment technologies, systems and principles would be a distinct advantage
• Good communication skills, with the ability to interface with internal and external stakeholders of all levels, are important
• Must have a valid drivers license and be willing and able to travel extensively within South Africa and occasionally into Africa
• Must be willing and able to work outside normal hours during breakdowns or service requirements
• The ability to manage own workload and plan all activities is essential for this role

• Providing field service and technical support to existing customers in the field of water treatment.
• Installing, repairing, upgrading, moving, and maintaining all onsite solutions designed and supplied to customers.
• Carrying out high quality site installations, site inspections, repairs, preventive maintenances or troubleshooting at customer site without supervision and within project timescales.
• Assisting dealer technicians in installing, commissioning, and troubleshooting faults.
• Carrying out, without supervision, corrective maintenance, within acceptable timescales, escalating any solution problems if required and maintaining ownership of the problems until the customer is satisfied.
• Attending to service calls and providing telephone support.
• Overseeing emergency corrective maintenance.
• Generating parts and service RFQs from end users or through dealerships.
• Leading company installation personnel on site when required.
• Providing feedback and reporting on any ongoing problems, including reliability or under performance to management.
• Completing and submitting the relevant reports and documentation for installations.
• Engaging with the end users and represent the company in a professional and positive manner.
• Providing input on product development needs and opportunities to the Sales Manager, Executive Director and OEM.
• Assisting the sales team in promoting and sale of upgrades and parallel projects on site.
• Identifying and implementing improvements that enhance customers interactions.
• Traveling in and around Sub Saharan Africa, including surrounding countries and international travel.

Ecowize is looking for a Technical Service Technician to ensure that satellites are fully operational through performing preventative maintenance as per service schedule.

Continuously identify opportunities for improvement to optimize resources (manpower, energy and water), that includes utilization of industrial washing systems and time-study activities.

High-level Job Objectives:

• Internal Customer Focus on regular, meaningful interactions to drive an inclusive partnership which will ensure optimal working order of satellites. Ensure Maintenance Report is submitted accurately and timeously.
• Financial Focus by ensuring expenses fall within budget, reported accurately and timeously. Ensure all replacement parts are invoiced correctly to sites.
• People Focus on empowering, developing, and motivating teams and individuals to perform at their best through training initiatives to enhance service delivery.
• Compliance Focus to ensure that all regulatory measures are consistently applied, in terms of Health and Safety, Food safety, Audit Standards and Compliance regulations.
• Company Values and Teamwork in accordance with the company’s values and required behaviours.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that customer needs are meet by providing technical expertise to site manager, cleaning team, technical sales consultant, and customer.
• Manage, resolve complaints, and advise internal/external stakeholders on corrective action.
• Managing of the budget and ensuring that maintenance and cost are kept as low as possible, this includes asset management and driving of efficiencies and innovation.
• To ensure that application of audit procedures conform to the clients quality standards
• To determine the precision and accuracy in chemical verification
• Managing of Health and Safety, this includes ensuring that service is carried out in full compliance with the health and safety together with the environmental requirements.
• Compliance to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).  Ensure the safeguarding all personal information and password access to information on site in line with company POPI Compliance Policy.
• Provide effective solutions to address site pain points from a maintenance perspective.
• To provide routine maintenance for chemical dosing pumps and to keep the system functioning.
• Provide onsite assistance and training to the chemical division.

Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 12.
• Technical Qualification / Certificate will be an advantage.
• Chemical Engineering background will be advantageous.
•  Technical training IWS
• Management and delegation of tasks
• Operations and Service
• Project Management
• Total Quality Management System

The successful incumbent must have the following skillsets:

• Customer centric to drive operational excellence.
• Ability to work in a dynamic work environment and meet deadlines.
• High work standards, energetic and driven.
• Good communication skills.
• Stock management
• Numeracy skills
• Management of Staff
• Attention to detail.

When applying for this position, please ensure that you have the minimum job requirements. 

The Company is committed to complying with legislation and to meet its strategic goals regarding to employment equity.

Your privacy is important to us. By submitting your personal information, you agree that this information will be handled in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (4 of 2013). The closing date for internal applications is 10 February 2025 .  Remember to inform your direct line manager should you be interested in this opportunity and apply directly on our job portal.

Requisition #

ENG-L8.47

Job title

Category

Contract type

Permanent (Employee)

Full Time

Description

Zutari: Co-creating an engineered impact.

Zutari is a well-established, management-owned engineering firm with almost 90 years’ experience. As human-centred 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 in 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.

We are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced engineering Lead Engineer to join our Water Treatment team, based at our Tshwane or Cape Town offices.

Role Responsibilities

• Business development in the water treatment space.
• Assist in preparing and coordinating tenders/bids and contribute to winning work initiatives.
• Contractual and commercial acumen and assist in the management of construction contracts.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects, within scope and budget.
• Establish a clear understanding of the project goals and stakeholder expectations, specifically, managing client expectations and ensuring that delivery meets expectations.
• Lead and coordinate small, medium, and integrated projects including management of delivery teams, and reporting on budgets and schedules, and maintaining team morale.
• Perform highly complex engineering designs, calculations, and analysis of industrial water/wastewater treatment as well as in pharmaceutical, food and beverage industry, with key contributions in heat and mass balances, basis of designs, schedules, project estimates as well as 3D models, technical drawings and details.
• Proficiency in risk assessment processes such as HAZOP, FMEA, HACCP, LOPA etc.
• Produce other key deliverables on projects, such as technical reports, specifications, and bills of quantities.
• Be a team player that is willing to collaborate across multiple disciplines and international geographies.
• Design integration of teams and disciplines on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Establish initial project schedules and regularly maintain project schedules
• Act as senior project-level point of contact for clients
• Resolve project level issues independently
• Motivate the project team towards the determined objectives, by generating enthusiasm for the project, and by maintaining continued personal interest in achieving set targets.
• BSc /BEng/BTech degree in Civil/Chemical/MechanicalEngineering. A postgraduate degree in a relevant engineering discipline would be an advantage.
• Professional Engineer (PrEng) or Professional Engineering Technologist (PrTechEng) with ECSA (minimum of 5 years post registration).
• A minimum of 10 years’ engineering related experience which includes but is not limited to:
  • Water treatment experience with a very strong project management, contractual and commercial background
  • Five (5) years’ experience in design, construction and commissioning of industrial water related infrastructure
  • Five (5) years’ experience in process design/ analysis and modelling experience in municipal and/or industrial water treatment
• Usage of other software:
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite
  • MS Project or similar scheduling tool capability will be an advantage
• Experience as a Project Manager in the client space (as the client’s representative or representing the consultant at the client) – PMP/ PrCPM or similar equivalent will be an advantage.
• Willing to travel for projects (local and international).

Key Attributes

• Ability to multitask and work on several projects at once.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, conflict management, and negotiation, skills.
• Solution orientated with strong problem-solving skills.

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 we work towards eliminating all forms of unlawful discrimination in our employment practices. In support of diversity and the equal opportunity principle, preference will be given to individuals from designated groups within South Africa.

GIBB’s multi-award-winning Integrated Infrastructure Sector provides the roots for communities using innovative and sustainable engineering design, urban planning, and advisory services. Here you will find an environment conducive to helping you make the most of your abilities and skills.

This Sector is looking for another talented professional to complement their team, in the form of a Senior Engineer : Wastewater and Water Treatment.

We welcome your application if you believe you meet the requirements for this position.

The below-listed responsibilities and requirements will be assessed during the interview stages and will further be confirmed with the relevant professional references that you currently are or have reported to in your previous two positions.

Core Purpose

Lead and deliver professional consulting engineering services related to water and wastewater treatment infrastructure.

Deliver innovative and sustainable solutions, including water reuse and reclamation, to address growing water scarcity challenges.

This includes feasibility studies, planning, design, procurement, construction supervision, commissioning and project close-out for water and wastewater treatment works as well as tertiary treatment for reclamation across South Africa and Africa.

Also included are :

• Develop, maintain and manage client relationships.
• Support marketing initiatives through presentation of papers at conferences and writing articles for publication.
• Mentoring of junior staff within multidisciplinary project environments.
• Provide technical leadership in stated fields of water and wastewater treatment.

Key Performance Areas

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following :

• Leading or supporting water and wastewater treatment projects from concept to commissioning.
• Develop and implement water reuse strategies for municipal, industrial, or agricultural applications.
• Evaluate and design advanced treatment technologies for reuse, including membrane filtration, UV disinfection, ozonation, and advanced oxidation processes.
• Provide technical support for the permitting, design, and implementation of water reclamation systems.
• Stay abreast of national and international standards, policies, and best practices related to water reuse.
• Conducting feasibility assessments and process evaluations for treatment systems.
• Develop design reports, operating philosophies, produce process flow diagrams, P&IDs, and specifications.
• Oversee preparation of drawings and tender documentation for treatment works.
• Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies and treatment methods.
• Provide technical support during procurement and construction.
• Monitor contractor performance and ensure adherence to specifications and quality.
• Perform process commissioning and optimisation.
• Interface with clients, attending progress and technical meetings.
• Prepare project budgets and manage scope, time, and cost performance.
• Compile technical reports, proposals, and bid documents.
• Review and approve design documentation by junior staff.
• Contribute to business development and client engagement.
• Support knowledge transfer and the development of young professionals.
• Develop profile of self and GIBB as industry experts through writing and presentation of papers and writing of articles.
• Ensure adherence to health, safety, and environmental standards.

• Fridge Plant and Water Treatment Plant Operator with Ammonia experience essential