Statutory Control Officer (2823) at The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

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.