The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) invites interested and appropriately qualified applicants to apply for the role of General Workers in permanent jobs.
POSITION: General Workers: Region A – G Depots, Traffic Signals and Traffic Markings, Resurfacing Depot, Fleet and Plant Depot, Motorways Depot, Asphalt and Laboratory.
REFERENCE NUMBER: 01/2025/01
SALARY: R 132 056.87 – R 198 058.31 Per Annum Basic Salary
JOB TTYPE: Permanent
CIRCULAR 01: DATE: 19 JANUARY 2025
CLOSING DATE: 29 January 2025
REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION CRITERIA
- Grade 10 or NQF equivalent.
- Six (6) months’ experience in handling road construction maintenance and/or building machinery or equipment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Direct traffic around hazards or work taking place on the road, setting out temporary road signs, traffic cones, and barricades at work sites in line with standard operating procedures.
- Build and/or repair concrete kerbing that forms an edge between the pavement and the roadway.
- Work on building and/or repairing stormwater Kerb Inlets (KIs).
- Assist the crane operator/s in pulling concrete slabs when necessary. Ensure
that KIs are cleaned and unblocked when required. - Clear the earth channel/open channel. Clean appropriate tools.
- Complete all other activities in the inspection sheet.
- Respond to citizen concerns and complaints at job site.
- Perform manual labour as instructed by standard operating procedures including but not limited to the following: dig ditches; clean and install culverts; remove debris from roadway and shoulders; repair potholes and /or cracked and broken pavement for patching.
- Install stormwater pipes and work on building and/or repairing road manholes
where necessary. Building and/or repairing speed humps. - Repairing potholes and footways. Working on tarred and/or gravel surfaces
etc. using relevant tools and machinery. Resurfacing. - Deep patching and skin patching. Road marking. Crack Sealing. Trim trees,
shrubs, and other plants; mow, cut, stack, and chip vegetation; haul vegetation and other debris; load and apply sand and gravel a to roads. - Load and move road materials; excavate dirt and other materials, dig ditches, rip asphalt, install culvert pipes, back fill trenches, cut road grade, clear brush and debris and widen roads; spread paving materials, smooth and level gravel roadways, remove slides and contour roadways; spread rock chips for roadbed; road sealing.
Closing Date: 29 January 2025
The JRA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, and all appointments will be made in accordance with the Company’s Employment Equity Plan to promote its
representativity (race, gender, and disability).
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
“All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and will be considered. The Johannesburg Roads Agency applies the principles of employment equity as per National legislation and policy guidelines and will consider designated groups in line with these requirements.
Preference will be given to previously disadvantaged groups including those with disabilities.
Appointments will be made in accordance with the approved Employment Equity Plan to promote its equitable representation in terms of race, gender, and disability.”
Please note that should you not be contacted within thirty days after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. Johannesburg Roads Agency reserves the right not to appoint.
Applications requirements:
- Complete the online job application form and attach all relevant and updated documents (6 Months Certified Qualification/s/Certificates, ID, and CV).
- Applicants should take note that they can be required to provide proof of original documents during the selection process.
- You will be requested to provide a brief description of your work experience relating to the vacancy.
- Applicants with membership to professional bodies need to provide a membership number and expiry date.
- If you are an internal applicant, your employee number will be required.
- Applicants are advised to use Google Chrome when applying for JRA positions.
HOW TO APPLY
Please take note that only online applications will be considered. Please apply by using the following link below:
APPLY HERE: General Workers – Region A – G