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Construction Engineer / Manager

Closing: Mar 9, 2023

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Published: Feb 26, 2023 (23 days ago)

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QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree, Diploma or equivalent in construction engineering or related technical field from an accredited program.


EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential Creteria:

 

  • At least three years for BSc and five years for Diploma of work experience in construction sector including community managed physical structures at least three year’s in the local or international NGOs or government
  • Must have 3 – 5 years of experience managing large scale NGO construction projects
  • Proven and significant experience in national and international procurement and contract management, including an ability to review procurement demands and trends, and to develop strategies to fill identified gaps.
  • Knowledge of South. Sudan and international construction laws and regulations.
  • Field level experience in logistics for international development and emergency programmes
  • Understanding of and experience in the project implementation techniques, participatory planning, implementation and monitoring basic practices;
  • Proven skills on managing changes, achieving results, ensuring quality, team and capacity building.
  • Ability and willingness to work under pressure as part of a professional team.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and negotiating skills.
  • Demonstrated planning and organizational skills;
  • Spoken and written fluency in English
  • Computer literate and operational knowledge of MS office, Photoshop, email/internet and other Engineering-Software (AutoCAD, AutoDesk Revit, Premavera and Sap2000)
  • Excellent in writing periodic reports
  • Ability to work independently, take personal initiative, and multi-task including strong facilitation skills in an ever changing, dynamic environment
  • Mathematical Skills
  • Willingness to travel to field offices within the communities
  • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.

 

Desireable

  • Knowledge of the area, socio-culture and local language where the post is located as an added advantage
  • Practical experience in implementation of community managed infrastructures / facilities


Responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree, Diploma or equivalent in construction engineering or related technical field from an accredited program.


EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential Creteria:

 

  • At least three years for BSc and five years for Diploma of work experience in construction sector including community managed physical structures at least three year’s in the local or international NGOs or government
  • Must have 3 – 5 years of experience managing large scale NGO construction projects
  • Proven and significant experience in national and international procurement and contract management, including an ability to review procurement demands and trends, and to develop strategies to fill identified gaps.
  • Knowledge of South. Sudan and international construction laws and regulations.
  • Field level experience in logistics for international development and emergency programmes
  • Understanding of and experience in the project implementation techniques, participatory planning, implementation and monitoring basic practices;
  • Proven skills on managing changes, achieving results, ensuring quality, team and capacity building.
  • Ability and willingness to work under pressure as part of a professional team.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity, assertiveness and negotiating skills.
  • Demonstrated planning and organizational skills;
  • Spoken and written fluency in English
  • Computer literate and operational knowledge of MS office, Photoshop, email/internet and other Engineering-Software (AutoCAD, AutoDesk Revit, Premavera and Sap2000)
  • Excellent in writing periodic reports
  • Ability to work independently, take personal initiative, and multi-task including strong facilitation skills in an ever changing, dynamic environment
  • Mathematical Skills
  • Willingness to travel to field offices within the communities
  • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.

 

Desireable

  • Knowledge of the area, socio-culture and local language where the post is located as an added advantage
  • Practical experience in implementation of community managed infrastructures / facilities


  • Conduct feasibility and environment assessment, design and preparing BOQs and drawings for specific construction works planned through the project
  • In coordination with supply chain and other relevant project team, responsible for preparing, reviewing and administering contracts and infrastructure related components of the project.
  • Develop and review of technical design documents of the project and recommend relevant modifications, if required, and also ensure that the project plans, drawings or sketches are well understood by the implementating contractors/teams, provide implementation guidelines and give feedback as appropriate.
  • Ensure that all construction related procurement plan are carefully developed and submitted to procurement unit and procurement requests (PR) are submitted in time as per the procurement plan.
  • Conducts construction site handing over, make regular supervision to all construction project sites and evaluate the progress
  • Checking the contractors work schedule, crew formation and material delivery program and commenting on its effectiveness with regard to timely completion of the work without any logjams.
  • Notifies any omissions, fault or deviation to the contractor and other concerned bodies so as to take timely measures
  • Prepare daily duties/schedule in detail in the order of their complexity and supervise the construction works at all critical stages.
  • Checking the quality of materials and workmanship for conformity with the requirements of the contract and provide site instructions as required
  • Approving of the contractor’s work to proceed from one stage to another.
  • Checking, correcting and approving contractors Take-Off Sheet and Payment Request based on the measurements taken and submit to his supervisor/logistics unit
  • Taking responsibilities for the construction work and administration of the contract.
  • Checking site daily dairies and schedules and evaluating weekly plans of the contractor.
  • Take measure if the contractor performs his work less than the schedule as per the contract agreement
  • Carry on Recording, Documentation and Reporting of attainments and encounters on daily, monthly, quarterly bases as needed.
  • Organize meeting with the contractor’s staffs on regular basis (weekly, monthly and quarterly).
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual progress report and conduct provisional acceptance for completed projects
  • Visit and assess proposed construction sites in project areas and make decisions based on consultation with the national Construction Manager, communities and concerned government officials as required.
  • Work with the procurement team in outsourcing and contract administration for all the construction activities implemented by the project in different counties.
  • Examine and process payment requests for construction works in the project area.
  • Keep record of federal and regional standard designs for Education, Health and WASH and other rural infrastructure activities and adopt them as required
  • Establish a contract management database and keep updated record of progresses, also coordinate and supervise construction works in order to assure quality of construction.
  • Work closely with procurement unit to ensure that contract values are within the available budget limit, and also keep record of payables (retentions) and receivables (advances) and inform all concerned timely for release and/or recovery.
  • Ensure that the project plans, drawings or sketches are well understood by the implementation contractors/teams, provide implementation guidelines and give feedback as appropriate.
  • Identify and organise procurement of locally available construction materials in close collaboration with the Field Office procurement team.
  • Ensure effective and efficient use of all SC’s financial and material resources in order to keep costs to the lowest possible
  • Ensuring the materials and procedures employed by the workers are in accordance with the industry regulations.
  • Prepare action plans jointly with project staffs and local government and other stakeholder for monitoring, review and periodic project reporting.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, intermediate and final reports and submit to the supervisor
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor


Review, Follow up and assessment

  • Review technical design documents for construction works and fully participate in the preparation and analysing tendering and contract administration processes.
  • Follow up on planning and implementation of all construction undertakings and also review  and monitor the performance of construction companies for compliance with the contract  agreements they entered into with Save the Children
  • Review and examine construction payment requests
  • Review the status and progress of SC’s construction projects, including  assessment of  the construction work quality  including design,  and implementation processes
  • Actively participate in the construction projects management Processes (Planning phase, Design phase, Bidding phase, & Construction phase and Post construction phase)
  • Provide technical advice, training and support to community based structures where relevant to ensure that activities are carried out on timely manner and used sustainably.
  • Ensure work plan relates closely to the regular updated project work plan guiding the project implementation and progress towards completion.


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