Construction Project Officer Job in Kenya

Construction Project Officer

Reporting to: Operations Director
Company Profile: Our client is a leading real estate firm in the country.

Main Purpose of the Job

• To provide management oversight for all phases of construction projects, including coordinating workers, materials, and equipment, ensuring that specifications are being followed, and work is proceeding on schedule and within budget.
• The incumbent is responsible for overall project planning and scheduling, resource allocation, project accounting, and control, while providing technical direction and ensuring compliance with quality standards

Main Responsibilities

• To develop a cost-effective plan and schedule for completion of project following a logical pattern for utilization of resources.
• To select and coordinate work of subcontractors working on various phases of the project.
• To oversee performance of all trade contractors and reviews architectural and engineering drawings to make sure that all specifications and regulations are being followed.
• Manage proper administration of construction contracts within contract terms and conditions and ensure all necessary permits and licenses are in place.
• To track and control construction schedule and associated costs to achieve completion of project within time and monies allocated.
• Reports to owners and architects about progress and any necessary modifications of plans that seem indicated.
• To ensure that a consistently high standard of quality control and supervision is maintained for each contract, via site visits, assessing contract implementation with due regard to building and health and safety legislation and, if appropriate, to instruct contractors to cease operations
• To ensure that current knowledge of building services legislation, standards, methods of installation and health and safety knowledge is up-to-date using all appropriate means including reading, research from the building industry lead bodies, and networking with all appropriate organisations, both in-house and consultant
• To manage the site in respect of site problems and defects in works under construction
• To participate in the arrangement for the feed-back of information from building projects
• To attend and report to pre-contract and site meetings
• To prepare schedules of defects and to certify rectification of snagging items
• To oversee the construction project from start to finish.
• To ensure that construction activities move according to pre-determined schedule.
• To ensure that the project accounting functions including managing the budget, tracking if team expenses and minimizing exposure and risk in the project is according to the agreed budget
• To devise the project work plans and make revisions as and when need arises.
• To co-ordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, which include the architects, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and laborers.
• To monitor the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and hold regular status meetings with all the sub-teams.
• Integrate health, safety, environmental and social aspects in all the project stages and ensure compliance with relevant regulatory organs’ standards and/or requirements.
• Coordinate and finalise commissioning of the projects, ensuring that the performance criteria/specifications are met.
• Wrap –up project work in line with the formalised closure of contracts to ensure that the business interests have been met and quality parameters followed.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of a four-year degree program in construction management or construction science. Graduate engineers or architects will also be considered if they have additional training in business administration and accounting.
• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people who need to cooperate to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Project management experience
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in construction projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Thorough knowledge of legal issues and safety standards is essential.
• Ability to plan and organize a team effort.
• Good client management and goodwill building ability.
• Capacity to motivate, lead and boost morale of the teams.
• Effective time management and logical decision-making ability.
• Capacity to handle pressure.
• Willingness to travel extensively across the construction sites.
• Physical and mental fitness is a given.
• Strong focus on quality.

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted