Position: Project Manager
Job Ref: MDL238488
Department: Operations
Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Nairobi
Summary: 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.Job Ref: MDL238488
Department: Operations
Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Nairobi
Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the project construction
budget, including the management of budget and contract status reports,
project accounting, coordination of invoicing to the Client, payments to
subcontractors and suppliers and maintenance of project construction
profit. Accountable for insuring that all risk management controls,
including project and subcontractor insurance and bonding requirements are
implemented.
- Establish project construction objectives,
execution plans, schedules, and procedures and performance standards
within the boundaries of corporate policy.
- Provide overall administration, technical
management, and accountability for the planning, coordination and
execution of all construction-related activities for successful delivery
of Total Project Management.
- Manage the project team and schedule throughout
the design and construction phases.
- Serve as the primary communication conduit for
all construction-related aspects of a project to the Senior Project
Manager, other team members, and the Client.
- Control the time, cost and quality of
construction projects.
- Preparing the site and liaising with other
construction professionals such as architects, engineers, quantity
surveyors, estimators and surveyors before construction work start
- Planning ahead to prevent problems on site
before they occur, for example, planning the delivery and storage of
equipment and materials
- Making safety inspections of the site when
work is underway and ensuring regulations relating to health safety and
the environment (HSE) are adhered to
- Overseeing the running of several projects
- Troubleshoot site issues and provide/implement
recommendation to rectify issues.
- Analyze internal procedures and best practices
and provide feedback and suggestions for improvements.
Other Duties:
- To maintain personal and professional
development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in
appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff in their
development and training.
Qualifications:
- Graduate of a four-year degree program in
construction management or project management. 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.
- 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.
Skills
- 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.
Relationships / Contacts
Reports to: Managing Director
Interested and qualified candidates to send in their detailed resume and cover letter to quality2015jobs@gmail.com.
Reports to: Managing Director
Interested and qualified candidates to send in their detailed resume and cover letter to quality2015jobs@gmail.com.
Subject of the email should be
Project Manager – MDL238488.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please note that there are no fees charged for receiving or processing job applications.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please note that there are no fees charged for receiving or processing job applications.