Website South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) is a state-owned company responsible for the management, maintenance, and development of South Africa's national road network.
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) is a state-owned company responsible for the management, maintenance, and development of South Africa’s national road network. As a state-owned entity, it operates under the authority of the Minister of Transport, who serves as its sole shareholder. SANRAL was established in 1998 by an Act of Parliament to oversee the country’s national roads system.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/ REQUIREMENTS:
- NQF6 National Diploma in Civil Engineering, Town & Regional Planning, Surveying, or an equivalent qualification.
- 5 years relevant working experience.
- Relevant working experience on Traffic Impact Assessment / and Development Planning. Further relevant working experience in a statutory control / development/ access management environment is required.
ADVANTAGEOUS
- Degree or BTech in Transportation or Town & Regional Planning or Surveying
- Registered with relevant professional body
- Experience on GIS will be advantageous
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
Domain Expertise (Traffic & Transportation, Spatial Planning, Survey):
- Provide expertise in reviewing Traffic Impact Assessments, Development Applications, Land Acquisition requests, Road Reserve Declarations, etc. including setting conditions for approval;
- Tracking implementation of conditions of development applications;
- Liaison with Project Managers to ensure that conditions of development applications are considered in the project design process;
- Liaise with Municipal planners to ensure that SANRAL interests are taken into account in the development of statutory documents such as SDF, LAP and IDP;
- Liaison with stakeholders regarding traffic impact assessment and SPLUMA application issues;
- Liaison with Regions and Head Office regarding traffic and transportation, land administration and survey issues and attend cluster / focus group meetings (Traffic & Transportation, Survey, & Land Administration);
- Negotiate effectively with developers with regards to alternate solutions to ensure compliance with the SANRAL Traffic and Transportation Handbook and SANRAL’s policy;
Statutory Control Administration
- Manage statutory control applications in terms of the South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Acts (Act No. 7 of 1998);
- Coordination of approval of service crossing/parallel to National Road (Encroachments); Electronic communication service providers/Water/Electricity/Sewer/Gas and others;
- Management of sub-division of land in rural and urban areas affecting National Roads and imposition of title deed conditions;
- Coordinate and manage applications for advertising on National roads and removal of illegal advertisements;
- Manage and coordinate trading/illegal trading alongside National roads;
- Management of applications and approvals of brown facility signs;
- Assist Project Managers/ Route Managers with statutory control information, regulations, guidelines and road reserve information & declarations;
- Assess impact of developments on National Roads;
- Deal with developments requiring direct access to National Roads (Direct Access Service Centers);
- Liaise with local authorities in terms of SPLUMA applications
Land Matters
- Research on Land Ownership including verification of Road Reserve Declarations;
- Ensure timely attendance to public queries on maintenance of SANRAL land outside road reserves;
- Attend Regional land matters meetings and National managements meetings between Property Service Providers and the Region;
- Advise and give input on sale of SANRAL land;
- Manage land portfolio including land acquisition on all construction projects and survey requirements on projects
Liaison & Risk Management
- Liaison with external service providers and stakeholders with regard to statutory control issues;
- Liaison with Regions and Head Office with regards to statutory control issues and attend cluster / focus group meetings (Statutory Control, Land Administration and Survey);
- Negotiate effectively with applications with regard to alternate solutions to ensure that it is in line with statutory requirements and SANRAL’s policy;
- Public liaison regarding land issues
- Identify, assess and manage regional risks with regard to statutory control, land and survey issues;
- Adhere to procedural guidelines related to mitigation of risks.
Communication Management
- Maintains good working relationships with all colleagues in all regions and areas of expertise.
- Cultivates and maintains good working relationships with key stakeholders, consultants, and contractors.
- Ensure internal collaboration and co-operation.
- Promote aims and objectives of SANRAL.
