Description: Site Foreman
Location:
Kakamega - 10
Eldoret - 10
Kisumu - 10
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa.
We have launched 37 schools in Kenya, with approximately 35 more opening in January and plan to rapidly scale the Company to serve more than 1 million students across continents.
About this position
Bridge International Academies is looking for experienced and effective site foremen to provide daily supervision and guidance for construction activities in our school construction sites located in various parts of the country.
The individual must be very comfortable working in low-income communities inside the slums and should be able to handle the unique challenges of the construction process in these environments.
More specifically:
- The
individual will be carrying on hands on, day-to-day supervision on-site.
- The
task involves planning weekly work, organizing work teams, allocating work
to teams and providing technical guidance for smooth progress and quality
control.
- In
addition to carrying out site work, the foreman shall be expected to
provide clear and complete information from the Headquarters staff to the
workmen and back. This means that he shall be in charge of implementing
Headquarters decisions on the sites and for providing feedback information
from the site back to Headquarters.
- Besides
ensuring good quality and workmanship, the site foreman shall be in charge
of labour selection, relations, work allocation and payments on the
ground.
- The
site foreman shall also be in charge of receiving materials, materials
storage, and materials safety.
- An
important part of the work shall be to keep, maintain and submit site
records as required by the Company.
- Working
in informal settlements can be very challenging and often requires many
situational difficulties that arise as a result of working in these
conditions. The individual will need to be comfortable being requested to
re-programme their work, replace labour and/or review work processes at
short notice in order to address unexpected site occurrences from time to
time.
- This
work often requires interacting with local youth, leaders, elders and
chiefs in order to smoothen out any issues arising out of the community.
Good relations with these groups shall be essential.
Other responsibilities include:
- Ensuring
good workmanship and proper procedures are in use as prescribed
- Assessing
labour requirements and sourcing for artisans and labourers within the
school locality
- Receiving,
managing and accounting for all materials once delivered on site
- Requesting
and making labour payments including recording daily work sheets and
payment records
- Planning
daily work in accordance with the construction programme provided
- Completing
daily site records on provided site book and work sheets
- Forecasting
work requirements as is necessary fro smooth progress of work.
- Assisting
in identifying unique site conditions that may require amendment of
standard work plans and details
About You
- Minimum
of 10 years experience in site supervision on busy sites preferably in
labour intensive projects
- Must
have good knowledge of basic construction technology and practices. Formal
artisan training will be an added advantage.
- Must
be able to source labour locally and handle labour-related issues arising
on site from time to time.
- Ability
to handle payments on the ground, given the associated risk to personal
safety.
- Excellent
writing and oral communication skills are required
- Good
people management skills that result in timely meeting of deadlines
- Ability
and willingness to accept instructions, accept criticism and positive
feedback, while being very adaptable and flexible
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