Construction Supervisor at Bridge International Academies

About this position
The Supervisor, Construction is responsible for construction activities at 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 sites and the corporate office 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 corporate office 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 Qualifications; Higher Diploma in Building, Construction, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying or any related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in site supervision on busy sites preferably in labour intensive project
• Good knowledge of basic construction technology and practices.
• 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