Roads Engineer Role in Mahikeng at Zutari – Apply Now!

📍 Company: Zutari
📍 Address: Mahikeng, North West, South Africa, 2745
🏢 Work Model: Full-Time | Permanent
🆔 Requisition ID: ENG-L8.62

🔎 Job Overview

Zutari, a leading engineering consultancy with nearly 90 years of delivering human-centered solutions, is looking for an experienced Roads Engineer to join their Mahikeng office. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker and technical specialist who thrives in both leadership and business development environments.

As a Roads Engineer, you will play a key part in shaping transportation infrastructure across South Africa, overseeing complex design projects, building client relationships, and guiding multidisciplinary teams. Zutari values innovation, collaboration, and impactful engineering—making this a strong career opportunity for an engineer ready to influence major infrastructure outcomes.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

• Drive business development efforts, including identifying opportunities, preparing proposals, and maintaining strong client relationships.

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary engineering teams focused on roads and transportation infrastructure.

• Oversee full project lifecycle management, including scope planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and delivery standards.

• Ensure high-quality technical outputs across design and construction phases of road infrastructure projects.

• Build and maintain professional relationships with government and private sector clients.

• Provide strategic direction and contribute to securing new engineering projects.

• Develop innovative engineering solutions using advanced digital workflows and optimisation tools.

• Undertake complex roads and transportation engineering tasks, analyses, and investigations.

• Execute geometric and pavement design for roads and highways.

• Develop stormwater and drainage designs for road infrastructure.

• Prepare detailed engineering reports, tender documentation, and technical specifications.

• Administer contracts and oversee project implementation activities.

• Mentor junior engineers, technologists, and technicians through structured guidance.

• Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams across multiple regions.

• Ensure adherence to Zutari’s quality control procedures and engineering standards.

🎓 Minimum Requirements

• BEng / BSc (Eng) / BTech in Civil Engineering.

• Professional Registration with ECSA (PrEng / PrTechEng).

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in roads and transportation engineering.

• Proven experience working with government and private sector clients.

• Strong strategic planning and decision-making ability.

• Demonstrated design expertise in roads, highways, and transportation projects.

• Excellent time management and organisational skills.

• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously.

• Direct client engagement experience, including relationship management.

• Experience in financial management and invoicing for government projects.

• Valid driver’s licence.

💡 Advantageous Competencies

• Experience managing P&L on engineering projects.

• Master’s degree or postgraduate qualification in transportation engineering.

• Advanced proficiency with digital road design tools and modelling software.

• PrCPM (SACPCMP) and/or PMP (PMI) certification.

• Demonstrated success in business development for engineering projects.

🤝 Diversity & Inclusion

Zutari is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All applications are assessed based on qualifications, experience, and merit. Zutari actively promotes equal opportunity and works to eliminate all forms of discrimination.

📝 CV Tips for Applicants 

• Highlight experience in roads, highways, pavement design, and transportation engineering prominently.

• Emphasise ECSA registration and include your registration number.

• Use a project-focused CV structure, detailing project scope, budget, responsibilities, and results.

• Showcase your business development contributions, including proposals and client engagements.

• Clearly list technical competencies: geometric design, stormwater design, pavement design, contract administration, digital modelling tools.

• Include leadership experience—managing teams, reviewing designs, guiding junior staff.

• Mention experience with government sector projects, invoicing, and compliance processes.

• Add quantifiable achievements (example: “Delivered R120M roads upgrade on schedule”).

• Keep the formatting clean, professional, and easy for scanning.

• Tailor your CV for engineering roles by using keywords like transportation infrastructure, design optimisation, multidisciplinary coordination, project delivery.