Jobs at Afrihood Development Company

Afrihood is in search of a vibrant, meticulous and self governed legal practitioner to serve as her Legal/Admin Manager

Candidate must:

• Be conversant with Nigeria's real estate industry and its laws.
• Be able to swiftly draft documents and agreements as required for every case or deal.
• Be able to identify good and bad real estate deals from research and advise company and company's client on such deals.
• Represent the Company at all levels especially on legal, statutory and customer relations matters.

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Reports To: Managing Director

Job Purpose

Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures, facilities and estates.

Key Responsibilities

•  Plan and design building structures following construction and government standards, using design software and drawing tools.
•  Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications and safety or sanitation standards.
•  Direct responsibility for construction operations, and building maintenance of structures at project site.
•  Participate in surveying to lay out installations and establish reference points, grades, and elevations to guide construction.
•  Participate in the development of work programme for housing projects to enhance its viability analysis
•  Estimate quantities and cost of materials, equipment, or labour to determine project feasibility.
•  Participate in the process of testing soils and materials to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations, concrete, asphalt, or steel.
•  Provide technical advice regarding design, construction, or program modifications and structural repairs to industrial and managerial personnel.
•  Conduct studies of traffic patterns or environmental conditions to identify engineering problems and assess the potential impact of projects.
•  Undertaking technical and feasibility studies including site investigations.
•  Liaising with clients and a variety of professionals including architects and subcontractors.
•  Resolving design and development problems.
•  Ensuring the project complies with legal requirements, especially health and safety.
•  Assessing the sustainability and environmental impact of projects.
•  Ensuring projects run smoothly and structures are completed within budget and on time.
•  Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, blueprints, aerial photographs, and other topographical or geologic data to plan projects.

Qualification/ Person Specification

• At least a B.Eng/HND Civil Engineering or any related course
• Minimum of 3 years working experience in the Real Estate/construction industry
• Professional qualification will be an added advantage
• Highly creative with ability to think outofbox
• Current on industry standards and best practices
• Ability to work under pressure.

Key Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent follow through, ability to pay attention to details and organisational skills.
• High level of professionalism and multitasking.
• Analytical, problem solving and decision making skills.
• Excellent people management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Good leadership and team building skills.
• Strategic thinking, forecasting and planning skills.

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Main Responsibilities

• Ability to design, plan, and supervise the construction of buildings with responsibility for its safety, usefulness, and aesthetics.
• Ability to design structures that satisfy clients' needs while conforming to the laws and regulations of Nigeria.
• Ability to create preliminary sketches of building structures including inside appearance, using computer-assisted design and drafting (CADD) software.
• Ability to prepare more detailed plans showing all building components including internal and external services using computer-assisted design and drafting (CADD) software.
• Ability to oversee and approve construction works as it progresses.
• Extensive knowledge of design and construction coupled with the creative ability.
• Plan the layout of projects.
• Ability to prepare information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, colour, and equipment estimated costs and construction time.
• Consult with Client to determine functional and spatial requirements of structure.
• Direct activities of engineers and junior architects engaged in preparing drawings and specification documents.
• Knowledge and ability to work with International standards

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Skilled in 3D Design and Animation.
• Experience in supervision under FIDIC or comparable works contracts
• Supervising finishing works, such as POP, Lighting, Fittings, Walls, painting, tiling, partitioning. etc.
• Specific experience with Residential & Commercial Building projects.
• Experience with Master planning.
• Experience with sustainable design and proven technology solutions.
• Extensive knowledge of materials

Experience level:

• Minimum of 3 years experience. Masters Degree in Architectural discipline, knowledge of Revit, AutoCAD 3D, etc. The role requires frequent interaction with different levels of professionals and stakeholders on a high profile project, therefore the candidate must have strong oral, written and interpersonal communication abilities.
• Member of the Architect Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) will be an added advantage.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Possess initiative to see all assignments and projects through to completion.
• Good organisational skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to work independently and in a team.
• Good communication skills.
• Good listener with great attention to details.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Must be creative.