Maintenance Engineer – CSC

VACANCY: MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

Applications are invited from qualified candidates for appointment to the above posts in the Civil Service tenable in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILL AND EXPERIENCE

The candidate must have all of the following qualifications:

• Must have done and acquired Level/GCSE/SGCE/EGCSE or equivalent certificate.
• Must have Bachelor’s degree in Architecture/Building Engineering/Building Services or equivalent plus Master of Science (M.Sc.).
• Must have Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Facilities Management or Building Services Engineering.
• Must have professional registration, active, certified member of a recognized, relevant professional engineering or architectural body.
• Must have a minimum of five (5) years of verifiable, progressive working experience in large-scale building maintenance, structural engineering, or public infrastructure management.
• Sober character and computer literature.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• To organize and oversee all electrical maintenance works and static plant maintenance operations across the government asset portfolio.
• To manage up-to-date registries detailing architectural assets, electrical system installations, and comprehensive static plant service schedules.
• To conduct technical surveys and structural inspections to pre-emptively diagnose maintenance liabilities and in fracture degradation.
• To coordinate regional energy integration by aligning government facility expansion plans with the Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) Rural Electrification programs.
• To review and appraise complex designs, blueprints, and technical drawings prepared by external engineering and architectural consultants.
• To draft technical Terms of Reference (ToR) for the procurement, engagement, and contract management of consulting firms.
• To design specialized electrical installations and structural modifications for existing public infrastructure or new developments.
• To conduct feasibility studies and load requirement analyses to determine necessary modifications for building services.
• To supervise engineering personnel including the Electrical Engineer, Draughtsman, Clerk of Works, and Inspectors of Works to optimize daily performance.
• To maintain strict workplace discipline and ensure compliance with public service regulations among all subordinate staff.
• To enforce technical standards and strict adherence to architectural, civil, and electrical engineering codes during all project phases.
• To direct and evaluate work quality executed by internal teams and thirty party contractors to guarantee alignment with government standards.
• To develop the annual maintenance budget based on data-driven lifecycle cost estimations and structural health priority rankings.
• To establish work priorities using a risk-matrix approach to balance urgent reactive repairs with planned preventative maintenance.
• To allocate departmental resources efficiently, optimizing personnel deployment, fleet utilization, and material distribution.
• To procure specialized engineering materials and technical components following national public procurement frameworks.
• To perform any other duties as assigned by immediate Supervisor and Head of Department.

SALARY

The basic salary is on Grade E3: E 559,101.00 rising to E 605,189.00 per annum.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Hand deliver your application letter together with your Curriculum Vitae, ID and certified copies of Tertiary Certificates to the office of the Executive Secretary, Civil Service Commission Office No. 4. Foreign qualifications FOR ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR FINAL INTERVIEW must be verified by the Eswatini Qualifications Authority (Education). Candidates who do not possess the above qualifications should not apply as their applications will not be considered.

NB:

If you do not receive a response in a month’s time, it would mean that your application was not successful.
Vacancy is open to all qualifying candidates.

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CLOSING DATE: 19^th October, 2026