Position Title: Construction Project Manager
Location: Kenya
Reports to: Head of Construction
About Bridge International
Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the
belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have
the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide. With that guiding insight,
Bridge International developed a strategy that would enable it to launch a
large-scale network of high-quality, ultra low-cost, for-profit primary
schools.
Operating a network of schools supported by a strong central
headquarters gives Bridge International the scale, experience, and capacity to
invest in systems of management, support, training, and innovation that allows
individual schools to dramatically increase their effectiveness.
Using this model, Bridge International is able to profitably
deliver high-quality education for $5 per child per month. This ensures that
its academies will continue to successfully serve its communities as long as
parents value the educational service provided.
The first Bridge International Academy launched successfully in
Kenya in 2009 and over 70 academies are operating in Kenya today.
Through rapid and strategic expansion, Bridge International will
provide a quality education to over a million students in the coming years.
Job Purpose:
The Construction Project Manager shall be responsible for the
successful completion of site works in time, within set budgets and to
specification using a highly consistent, efficient and effective formally
systematised methodology.
Responsibilities:
- Pre-start
process including review of the initial site appraisals, site layouts,
site preparation details and budgets and statutory approval documentation.
- In
charge of site preparation processes, programmes organisation.
- Start-up
of site work including organising site visits, site staff travel, site
work pre-requisites, site documentation and site foremen deployment.
- On-site
work planning and organisation, site instructions and site inspections,
work certification; on-site trouble shooting and problem solving, handover
and project shut down.
- Participating
in facilitating training, work study and staff management.
- Inter-departmental
communications including periodic reporting, construction updates and
correspondence.
- Provide
feedback on design and process standardisation including design of
process, procedures and tools; determination of labour resource
requirements; review of designs, drawings and contracts; and feedback on
design implementation and buildability.
Experience:
- Minimum
10 years experience in a busy and dynamic work environment.
- Handled
multiple projects in multiple locations concurrently.
Qualifications:
- Degree
in any of the building and construction professions; Architecture,
Quantity Surveying, Civil & Structural Engineering, Building
Construction or equivalent
- Master’s
degree in Construction Management, Project management shall be an added
advantage.
Professional:
- Relevant
Professional registration
- Specialist
knowledge required:
- Excellent
MS Project (or other) knowledge & skills
- Excellent
MS Office package skills
Behavioural competencies:
- Excellent
written and oral communication skills
- Excellent
planning and organisational skills
- Systems
and formal standardisation orientation
- Ability
to synthesize complex ideas into simple concise instructions for
dissemination
- Problem
solving/decision making
- Information
gathering skills
- Analytical
and interpretation skills
- Excellent
people management skills
- Ability
to be adaptable and flexible
In order to be considered for this position all candidates must
register and upload their CV’s on our website atwww.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
Only short listed candidates will be contacted