About the Role
The position requires strong technical expertise, project management capabilities, site execution experience, and coordination skills to ensure effective delivery of civil and infrastructure projects. The incumbent shall act as the principal civil engineering representative for assigned projects, coordinating with consultants, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, internal departments, and other stakeholders to ensure successful project execution and handover.
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Responsibilities
- Develop project execution strategies, participate in project planning, define scope, prepare schedules, monitor progress, and ensure timely project completion within approved budgets.
- Review civil and structural drawings, design calculations, specifications, and technical submissions to ensure compliance with project requirements, applicable standards, and authority regulations.
- Supervise and monitor all civil construction activities, including earthworks, foundations, concrete structures, structural steel, masonry, waterproofing, roads, drainage, and finishing works.
- Monitor project budgets, BOQs, quantities, contractor payments, variations, material consumption, and cost forecasts to ensure effective cost management.
- Ensure compliance with approved quality plans, specifications, inspection and test plans, material approvals, and testing procedures, and ensure timely closure of quality issues.
- Ensure compliance with HSE policies, risk assessments, safety procedures, and environmental requirements across all civil construction activities.
- Coordinate with clients, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal departments to ensure smooth project execution and timely resolution of technical and operational issues.
- Plan and coordinate civil material requirements, technical approvals, procurement schedules, deliveries, storage, and efficient utilization of construction resources.
- Maintain project records, drawings, RFIs, technical submissions, progress reports, schedules, variations, inspection records, and as-built documentation.
- Coordinate final inspections, snagging, rectification, testing, authority approvals, as-built drawings, warranties, and final project handover to the client or operations team.
- Direct civil engineering activities, allocate and coordinate resources, resolve technical challenges, improve construction productivity, and recommend value engineering solutions.
- Identify project risks, delays, cost overruns, and construction challenges; implement corrective and recovery measures; and escalate critical matters to project management.
- Monitor contractor performance, construction efficiency, quality standards, project milestones, and overall delivery against approved project objectives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized university.
- Master's Degree in Structural Engineering, Construction Management, or Project Management is an advantage.
- Minimum 8–12 years of relevant experience in civil engineering and project execution.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in construction supervision, project engineering, or project management.
