Construction Supervisor at MNC Consulting Group Limited

• The Construction Supervisor shall be responsible for planning, directing, and implementing all site construction work.

Salary

Kes 50,000 to Kes 60,000

Duties and Responsibilities

• Deployment of various site temporary employees and casual handymen.
• Allocation / assignment of works to various people in piecework measures.
• Ensuring works are done efficiently guaranteeing effective quality control.
• Review daily site attendance register and division of labour works and sign off.
• Review and be accountable for daily equipment, tools, protective clothing and sign off.
• Ensuring cost control mechanisms are put in place at all times.
• Preparation of materials requisitions and submission to the procurement officer.
• Authorise any purchase meant for the site that he is responsible for.
• Ensure that requisition books, goods received note is filled and signed off for all materials bought and delivered at the site.
• Review of works programme and ensuring it is followed to the letter
• Providing overall leadership of the site team thus will undertake all execution, supervision and leadership of the project team.
• Briefing the head office on the projects progress and key material and resource requirements.
• Managing day to day operations and administrative issues relating to the project.
• General project management and site supervision including time and quality control.
• Ensuring health, security and safety of site staff as well as security materials and other resources
• Supervising the various component leads/supervisors to ensure that each of them is on top of the issues and no part of the project suffers lags.
• Overseeing the various components of the project to ensure concurrent project progression.
• Liaising with the client representatives at every stage of the project and briefing them on milestone issues.
• Inspecting all materials going into the project, the workmanship and practices of contractors and/or crews engaged in construction
• Assisting in interpreting provisions of contracts, plans, specifications, and designs
• Ensuring that construction work schedules are maintained
• To be responsible for continuous inspection during construction and to ensure adherence to all building codes, plans, specification, and allotted budget;
• Monitoring the continuous inspection of workman ship, materials, and methods
• Reviewing requests by the architects and contractors for changes in the plans in accordance with delegated authority
• To be responsible for following the construction budget in conjunction with the architects
• Giving initial approval to vouchers for payment to various professionals and casual employees engaged on the project.
• To attend various meetings and submit written progress reports.
• Providing a daily report on material
• Advice the management on taking of a disciplinary action for misconduct at the site.;

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree in Building Technology, Construction Management or its equivalent from a recognised institution
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the construction industry, at least 3 years must have been in supervisory or management position at a busy construction site.
• Prior experience having worked with projects worth KES 100M and above.
• Numeracy skills to handle the financial and mathematical demands of the role.
• A thorough technical understanding of building construction methods
• Possess business etiquette with a strong work ethic, high level of honesty/integrity, results-oriented, ability to deliver under pressure
• Ability to read architectural drawings and have an appreciation of construction processes