Reports to: Head Of Operations.
Company Description.
Employd
Staffing Solutions Ltd is a comprehensive Human Capital Consultancy firm based
in Nairobi County, Kenya. We specialize in helping organizations with their HR
activities, including recruitment, labor outsourcing, payroll management, and
employee training. Our mission is to create productive and fruitful
relationships with our clients by adding value to their businesses and ensuring
the best return on their Human Capital spend.
Job Purpose.
The
overall purpose of this role is to provide leadership and management oversight
for the engineering department in order to ensure the hospital’s plant and
facilities are in good working condition in line with established quality and
safety standards.
Key duties and responsibilities
- Develop creative and innovative
strategies in engineering services in line with the Hospital’s overall
strategy;
- Translate the strategic aims of the unit
into achievable plans, with established priorities and make periodic
adjustments as required;
- Keep abreast of local and global best
practices in engineering service and make recommendations to the Head of
Operations on how this impact the Hospital;
- Develop policies and procedures for
maintenance services and provide guidance to management in the
interpretation and implementation of these;
- Continuously review and update and
enhance the Hospital’s maintenance services policy and procedures manual;
- Prepare a schedule for the implementation
of construction and maintenance works and services for the Hospital;
- Review construction designs,
specification and bill of quantities, estimation reports in line with
requirements;
- Oversee the preparation of design,
specification, bill of quantities and cost estimation for constructions,
and maintenance/modification and expansion works;
- Oversee building constructions and
maintenance or modifications and report on progress as per the Hospital’s
policies, procedures and guidelines;
- Ensure that payment certificates are
prepared as per the terms and condition of the contract;
- Ensure planning permission has been duly
been applied for from relevant government authorities;
- Ensure that construction and maintenance
or modification of buildings is done in accordance with the design,
specification and the terms and conditions of the contract;
- Make periodic visits to construction
sites as deemed necessary;
- Follow up the proper implementation of
construction and maintenance or modification activities and submit
progress report timely;
- Ensure that proper records and documents
are maintained for construction in progress and terminated contracts;
- Plan, lead and monitor the performance of
outsourced consultants and/or contractors;
- Advise management in selection of
appropriate locations/sites for construction of buildings;
- Oversee the preparation of tenders for
construction works and participate in the tender process for evaluation
and selection of contractors/consultants/suppliers for construction and/or
modification;
- Oversee modification and new
constructions to ensure that works are completed within budget and the
expected standards;
- Ensure that design works and contract
documents for new works are prepared in accordance with laws, regulations,
and standards prevailing in the industry and the Hospital;
- In consultation with the Legal
Department, ensure preparation of contract agreements for building
construction, maintenance, modification and expansion works;
- Monitor service level agreements (SLA)
and report periodically;
- Approve payments within the discretionary
limits set by the Hospital;
- Prepare the maintenance budget and
monitor its implementation upon approval;
- Identify, deploy and motivate the
maintenance team including performance appraisal, identification of
training needs, mentorship and coaching as well as leave and absence
management in line with the hospital’s people agenda; and
- Perform any other responsibilities that
may be assigned to the jobholder by the supervisor from time to time.
Knowledge, experience and qualifications required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical,
Electrical Engineering or any other related field form a recognized
institution.
- Must be registered with the Engineering
Board of Kenya and hold a valid practicing license.
- Minimum of 7 years’ mechanical/electrical
engineering experience with 5 years at management level.
- Demonstrate in depth knowledge in
architectural and civil engineering areas.
- Good IT skills and a familiarity with
industry-specific software and modelling programmes.
- Excellent numeracy skills.
- Property contract management skills.
- Project management skills.
- Ability to lead, influence, and drive
change initiatives in support of business strategies within the
department/unit.
- Strong leadership and skills to foster
teamwork; develop and motivate staff, resolve conflicts as well as the
ability to provide direction, guidance, momentum and vision to achieve
organizational objectives
- Demonstrated business acumen – able to
create strategies and actions that impact business success
- Strong communication and presentation
skills including the ability to develop proposals, concept papers, and
position papers as well as write reports and prepare relevant publications
- High level interpersonal and
cross-cultural skills, including the ability to build alliances and
collaborative relationships with sensitivity to diversity
- Strong expertise in strategic management
project planning and budgeting, resource management, implementation as
well as monitoring and evaluation
How To Apply
Qualified and interested candidates should share
their CVs to jobs@employd.co.ke with
the subject line Biomedical
Engineer. Kindly indicate your expected salary. Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.