Career Opportunities at Co-operative Bank of Kenya

The Role

Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:

• Perform all daily inspection and test of the scope and character necessary to achieve the quality of construction required in the drawings and specifications for all works under the contract performed ON or OFF site.
• Carry out inspection and checking for all quality related procedures in the site and ensures activity at the site are as per approved method statement and inspection test plan.
• Track compliance of SLAs with contractors, consultants, branches and departments.
• Coordinate with consultant’s representative and site in-charge for inspection and meeting about quality problems including the closure of non-compliance report (NCR)
• Report to the Head QAQC, control, and monitor all activities related to Quality Management
• Handle QAQC documents for the entire project including certificates, calibration, test results, inspection requests, non-compliance reports and site instruction/observations, permanent materials delivered and other QAQC documents.
• Ensure that the work is performed as required by the contractors and meets or exceeds the required qualities
• Carry out site re-measurement for services and review specifications of what is installed verses what is in the BQ and valuation
• Evaluate project valuations to ensure value for money and payments are only done for works executed or services delivered.
• Manage exercises and audits to ensure the necessary strategies and controls are demonstrably in place to assure the integrity of the assets in all phases of the project lifecycle
• Compile and issuing reports and support interpretation of its contents; follow-up and monitor closure of actions
• Confirm that all the necessary strategies and controls are demonstrably in place to assure the integrity of the assets in the operations/production phase of the lifecycle
• Confirm that the Project teams have made adequate integrity assumptions in the development of the basis of project design, operational strategies and maintenance strategies
• Verify that the quality related site activities are in accordance with the applicable codes and standards
• Monitor the implementation of the approved site QC plan
• Ensure all certification requirements are clearly identified, understood and included with the requisition and PO
• Review consultants and contractors’ certifications and bio-data as appropriate
• Participate as necessary in management visits and audits to service providers and contractors
• Report promptly to the Head QAQC all matters related to verification scheme performance and regulatory compliance
• Ensure that all necessary quality records are identified and retained in accordance with client and regulatory requirement
• Carry out site re-measurement for services works and review specifications of what is installed verses what is in the BQ and valuation
• Evaluate project valuations to ensure value for money and payments are only done for works executed or services delivered
• Monitor routine scheduled maintenance work for Generators and Electrical gadgets and report on equipment faults while carrying out quality inspections.
• Review of maintenance strategies to help with installation and commissioning guidelines for obtaining specialist components, fixtures or fittings.
• Monitor Capital Expenditure for projects and renovation costs and ensure that the agreed budgets are not exceeded.
• Maintain statistical and financial records for premises and equipment that are up-to-date.
• Monitor service contract, comparing the previous spent verses current
• Monitor execution of projects and ensure they are within the works program
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Ensure bank installations are maintained and in good working order.
• Ensure Projects team achieve 98% uptime for branches and ATM installations
• Review to ensure that standardized design standards for the Bank are achieved.
• Come up with ideas for cost reduction and process improvement.
• Ensure excellent customer experience in dealing with contractors, suppliers, Branches and Departments.
• Prepare QAQC reports on a weekly basis detailing all the quality issues of the week and submitting it to the Head QAQC.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering from a recognized university.
• 3 years’ experience in a similar role in a fast-paced environment. Good knowledge in Air-conditioning and Refrigeration will be an added advantage.
• Good understanding of Health and Safety regulations as stipulated in the Law, knowledge of the contract law, and arbitration related to building construction.
• Highly flexible, on call 24/7 with the ability to travel to distant branches when required (Must have a valid driving license) and willing to put in extra hours to ensure jobs are completed on schedule and to specification.
• Excellent business skills and knowledge of managing budgets, leading a team and liaising with suppliers.

If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career, please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number QAQCSE/HRAD/2023 by 22nd May 2023