Manager, Construction

• Job Purpose:
  
  

Support the Head of Construction ensuring adequate Planning, directing, coordinating, and monitoring of all construction activities, to deliver a quality and timely completion of assigned projects within the approved cost. To ensure Quality Program and Quality objectives are executed by the Site Construction Management Team, supervision consultant, and Contractors across all projects. The primary responsibility of the incumbent is to ensure the compliance by Construction Contractors for Project Specifications, Codes, Drawings, Method of Statements by deployment of Construction and Quality tools at the Project Site. He is also responsible for implementing the policy and procedures for obtaining the best quality and service from the Contractors/Consultants through the effective management skills.

• Main Accountabilities:
• Review and approve milestone construction schedules consistent with contract guidelines. Ensure practicality of time associated with each activity. Ensure costs loaded to activities do not exceed the actual cost of work.
• Proactive surveillance of project operations at site on daily basis to ensure awareness of firsthand information about the project. Manage and monitor project performance on an ongoing basis to identify issues and opportunities early and take pre-emptive action
• Plan, direct coordinate, and monitor all construction activities, requirements, and people to ensure a quality and timely completion of assigned projects within the cost. Oversee the Supervision Consultant for progress reporting including schedule updates, forecast to complete, variance identification and opportunities for improvement
• Coordination with Engineering department for any design discrepancies, liaise between Engineering department and Contractor for design changes and approvals by management (If required). Resolve issues and conflicts related to daily site construction activities and Efficiently delegate tasks to team members and ensure adherence to it. Has capability to estimate & evaluate labors daily productivity to make sure the contractor proposed time schedule are reasonable and can be achieved on site.
• Ensure, Contractors, Sub-Contractors and other site stakeholders are well informed and adhere to deliver Quality outputs during Project Operations. Interpret Codes, Standards and Project Specifications to clarify elements to ensure understanding and ensuring contract requirements are being met.
• Ensure that Project Construction activities are in compliance with the requirements of Kinan Quality policies and procedures, Project Quality Plan, Contract Specifications and Drawings, Method of Statement. Liaise with Quality Assurance Department to provide performance feedback of contractor at the Project Site. Must be able to understand the ISO Quality Management System Requirements
• Site Surveillance for 60-70 % of daily operations related the Contractor’s execution quality and monitor the inspection and test plan and encourage the attainment of quality requirements. To provide leadership to those involved in the project by defining work and ensuring deadlines are understood and adhered to and that project objectives are articulated and understood
• Conduct Lesson Learnt workshop in coordination with HOD QA to Site Contractor to share non conformances and problems faced during execution for continual improvement purpose and Conduct Toolbox Talk meeting with Site Construction Management Team, Site Contractor related to Project Deliverables and comments.
• Report and record Discrepancy items, Non-Conformance, Corrective Action and Preventive Action requirements to the site Construction Management and maintain follow up register to close out. Maintain the log for each Quality Tool.
• Report serious quality problems or concerns to Site Construction management and take necessary actions immediately and in case not addressed escalate to Head of Quality Assurance. Analyze the results of Quality tools submitted by Head of QA/QC and take actions to ensure that the issues are addressed and not repeated in future.
• Review of Method of Statements for Site work and ITP’S for ensuring that all the aspects of work scope has been incorporated. Review and approve Payments certificates for Suppliers, Consultants and Contractors. Lead Invoice payment process and ensure payments done on time to stakeholders
• Assist Tendering & Contracts department in prequalification process for Supervision Consultants, General Contractors and Subcontractors etc. Assist Tendering & Contracts in technical SOW and all associated documents preparation and also provide feedback and final recommendation of shortlisted bidders after technical evaluation
• Assist Tendering & Contracts in technical evaluation of proposals, provide feedback, bids clarification and final recommendation and to Review BOQs / Technical Specs and provide feedback. Assist Contracts department in managing project budgets sheets / Cost Control sheets / Cash flow sheets reporting monthly to management about actuals vs budget and highlight potential cost overruns throughout the life of project
• Ensure compliance with safety precautions at site, make sure the general contractor and supervision consultant team is taking proper actions with all site team
• Job Context:
  
  

Operating Environment

• Based at Riyadh / Travel frequently where required
• Provides significant support to Head of Construction in decision making.
  
  

Framework, Boundaries & Decision-making Responsibility

• Strong Communication & Presentation skills
• Providing outstanding leadership to team members, including taking opportunities for coaching and development, to maximize work output and work quality of staf
• Excellent people management skills with the ability to influence and mentor
• Reporting regularly to the Head od Construction on appropriate issues related to project delivery, performance, project risks etc.
• Maintaining project archival systems to ensure all relevant project data and information is captured and retained for an appropriate period.
• Adherence to deadlines and project objectives
• Flexibility, Creativity, Transparency, Ethics & proactive attitude
• Has previous experience as site engineer not less than 5 years to make sure he can lead any labors to do all tasks in-case the contractor cannot lead his labors on site
• Has previous experience for concrete works and architectural finishing works
  
  

Required Education & Experience

• Full understanding of residential construction and architectural design.
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in civil or architectural engineering, Construction Management or Equivalent
• A minimum of 7-10 years of experience in residential construction/commercial Projects. Preferably executed the finishing stages for Residential Projects.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of Quality Control experience in Residential construction and commercial Projects
  
  

Required Languages & Computer Skills

• Strong Knowledge for Microsoft Office programs including Outlook (email), Word (document processing) and Power Point (presentations)
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills, business and technical writing
• Ability to speak and write in both Arabic and English.
• Ability to use AutoCAD and edit drawings, underlay different disciplines and find the conflicts/clashes (if any)
• Ability to open and view Revit files
  
  

Required Kinan Competencies (KPS)

• Developing self & Others
• Leadership & Strategic Thinking
• Technical Mastery
• Working Effectively with Other
• Problem Solving & Creative Thinking