Construction Supervisor
Location: Kenya
About Bridge International Academies
As of January 2013, Bridge is operating more than 130 academies
in Kenya with 50,000 pupils.
Bridge is one of the fastest growing education companies in the
world with plans to open 100 new academies in Kenya alone in 2013; and
aggressive global expansion planned for 2013 and beyond.
Bridge utilizes a research-proven, scripted-learning education
methodology coupled with big data (all teachers have tablets for instruction,
assessment, and data-gathering) to profitably deliver high quality education at
less than $6 per child per month.
Bridge is a for-profit company that deeply believes that
financially sustainable solutions are the long-term answer to development in
emerging countries.
The Company is backed by top-tier, global venture capital firms
including New Enterprise Associates (the largest VC firm in the world), Omidyar
Network, Khosla Ventures, and Learn Capital.
Bridge International Academies offers a tremendous opportunity
to grow with one of the world’s most exciting, ambitious, and socially
conscious companies, with leadership roles available across a number of
competencies and geographies.
We look forward to getting to know you!
About this position
The Construction Supervisor is responsible for the construction
activities for the allocated Academy sites.
This begins with appraisal of proposed new sites and includes
ensuring that prior arrangements are made for effective project start up,
smooth work progress and payments, effective decision making and finalised
project close-out.
S/he is also responsible for the liaison between the Academies
sites and the headquarters in terms of information flows and record keeping.
More specifically:
Site Appraisal
- Carry
out initial site visit, document the site characteristics, evaluate the
implications of site conditions to construction and prepare a report.
Project Start-up
- Carry
out all tasks that are necessary for the construction to commence
effectively and complete the start-up checklist for approval.
Contract management
- Prepare
or modify the standard contract for site specific issues, discuss it with
the Site Foreman and manage it throughout the construction period.
Materials management
- Prepare
or modify the standard schedule of materials, prepare materials
requisitions, confirm orders and deliveries, ensure proper materials
acceptance procedures are duly applied, retrieve from site and forward to
headquarters the delivery notes and invoices, request payments and file
away the payment acknowledgement.
Labour management
- Source
qualified Site Foremen (where necessary), skilled and unskilled labourers,
manage labour records, manage labour payments, retrieve from site and
forward to headquarters the invoices and time sheets, request payments and
file away the payment acknowledgement.
Programme Management
- Carry
out day-to-day monitoring of progress of work on site, tracking to ensure
programme targets are met, planning and implementing remedial measures in
case of programme slippage, including feedback information for programme improvement.
- Carry
out early morning daily calls, prepare daily email reports and prepare
weekly work programmes.
Workmanship and Quality Control
- Communicate
the quality standards, implement procedures to ensure that work meets
them, monitor and provide feedback information for improved quality.
Payments
- Compute
or modify budget estimates for approval, prepare payment requests for
approval, confirm and record payments completed and balances and file away
the payment acknowledgement.
Records Management
- Implement
the proper entering and updating of site records including the site
book,invoices, time sheets and prepare summary reports as required.
Labour Relations
- Ensure
the employment of only desirable workers on the Academy sites, maintain
smooth labour relations and provide feedback information for improved
quality.
About You
- Minimum
of 10 years’ experience in site supervision on busy sites preferably in
labour intensive project
- Should
have good knowledge of basic construction technology and practices.
- Should
be a good planner, well organized and able to carry out simple analysis
tasks.
- Should
be able to source skilled labour locally and handle labour-related issues
arising on site from time to time.
- 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
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
In order to be considered for this position all candidates must
register and upload their on our website atwww.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
Only short listed candidates will be contacted