Construction Company Site Manager Job in Murang’a, Kenya

Mar 17, 2016

Job Vacancy: Site Manager

Location: Murang’a

Reporting to: General Manager, Director

Our client, a construction and engineering company, is seeking a site manager.

Job Profile: Will be responsible of planning, managing, coordinating and budgeting activities carried out at the site.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Allocate/assign work to various people in the site. 


• Ensure work is done efficiently guaranteeing effective quality control.


• Review daily site attendance register and division of labour work and sign off.


• Review and be accountable for daily equipment, tools, protective clothing and other materials.


• Ensure cost control mechanisms are put in place at all times.


• Prepare material requisition and submission to the procurement officer.


• Ensure all safety regulations, practices are observed at all time in the site which includes; wearing the required attire and appliance of safety, daily safety assembly and briefing about safe working environment.


• Authorize any purchase for area of responsibility.


• Ensure that requisition books, goods received note is filled and signed off for all materials bought and delivered at the site.


• Review work program and ensuring it is followed by letter


• Provide overall leadership of the site team thus undertake execution, supervision and leadership of the team


• Brief the head office on the projects progress, key material and resources requirements


• Manage day to day operations and administrative issues related to the project


• General project management and site supervision including time and quality control


• Ensure health, security and safety of the site staff as well as security materials and other resources


• Supervise other components leads/supervisors to ensure that each of them is on top of the issues and no part of the project suffers or lags


• Oversee the various components of the project to ensure concurrent project progression


• Liaise with client representatives at every stage of the project and brief them on the milestone issues


• Inspect all materials going into the project, workmanship and practices of contracts and crews engaged in construction


• Assist in interpreting provision of contracts, plans, specifications and designs


• Ensure that construction work schedules are maintained


• Responsible for continuous inspection during construction and ensure adherence to all building codes, plans, specifications and allotted budget


• Monitor the continuous inspection of workmanship, materials and method


• Provide daily, weekly and monthly report to the director and general manager


• Advise the head office of the salient site issues


• Attend various meetings and submit written progress reports


• Review requests by architects and contractors for changes in the plans in accordance with delegated authority

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 4+ years experience of the full life cycle of a number of commercial, building projects, involving the supervision of the project and the staff working on it


• Thorough product knowledge of building materials, construction background.


• Substantial technical awareness in overseeing civil engineering projects from inception to completion


• Basic computer skills


• Mature and self-driven with planning and organizing abilities

How to Apply
 

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their online application on or before 22nd  March, 2016 at http://goo.gl/T8sryH