Principal Researcher: Pavement Design

14 hours ago

Pretoria, South Africa Fempower Personnel Full time

**Requirements**:

- A Masters’ degree in civil engineering, a PhD in civil engineering is preferable
- 10 years civil engineering experience specialisation in pavement design
- A track record in attracting and securing funding to support a team and formulating strategies
- Lead the research conducted by the group in areas such as performance modelling of road construction materials; pavement design; road rehabilitation design and analysis methods; and monitoring performance of roads
- Registration with a relevant professional body
- Good understanding of the transport sector in South Africa
- Ability to continuously disseminate research outputs in the form of technical papers
- Must have good communication, presentation and writing skills
- Must have the ability to work accurately, efficiently and independently as well as in a team
- Must be computer literate as well as have the ability to understand and use domain specialised software
- Demonstrated track record of the ability to work accurately, independently and efficiently

KPAs:

- Provide technical and strategic leadership to staff in the Pavement Design and Construction (PDC) research group
- Lead research in the structural design of road pavements
- Networking ability both nationally and internationally, and proven networks within all aspects of transport infrastructure design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation
- Proven contract and project management experience on medium to large-scale projects, preferably involving multi-disciplinary research and development, both in South Africa and internationally

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