Construction Project Manager
Location: Kenya
Reports to: Head of Construction
About Bridge International
Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.
With
that guiding insight, Bridge International developed a strategy that would
enable it to launch a large-scale network of high-quality, ultra low-cost,
for-profit primary schools.
Operating
a network of schools supported by a strong central headquarters gives Bridge
International the scale, experience, and capacity to invest in systems of
management, support, training, and innovation that allows individual schools to
dramatically increase their effectiveness.
Using
this model, Bridge International is able to profitably deliver high-quality
education for $5 per child per month.
This
ensures that its academies will continue to successfully serve its communities
as long as parents value the educational service provided.
The
first Bridge International Academy launched successfully in Kenya in 2009 and
over 70 academies are operating in Kenya today.
Through
rapid and strategic expansion, Bridge International will provide a quality
education to over a million students in the coming years.
Job Purpose:
Job Purpose:
The Construction Project Manager shall be responsible for the successful completion of site works in time, within set budgets and to specification using a highly consistent, efficient and effective formally systematized methodology.
Responsibilities:
- Pre-start
process including review of the initial site appraisals, site layouts,
site preparation details and budgets and statutory approval documentation.
- In
charge of site preparation processes, programmes organisation.
- Start-up
of site work including organising site visits, site staff travel, site
work prerequisites, site documentation and site foremen deployment.
- On-site
work planning and organisation, site instructions and site inspections,
work certification; on-site trouble shooting and problem solving, handover
and project shut down.
- Participating
in facilitating training, work study and staff management.
- Inter-departmental
communications including periodic reporting, construction updates and
correspondence.
- Provide
feedback on design and process standardisation including design of
process, procedures and tools; determination of labour resource
requirements; review of designs, drawings and contracts; and feedback on
design implementation and buildability.
Experience:
- Minimum
10 years experience in a busy and dynamic work environment.
- Handled
multiple projects in multiple locations concurrently.
Qualifications:
- Degree
in any of the building and construction professions; Architecture,
Quantity Surveying,
- Civil
& Structural Engineering, Building Construction or equivalent
- Master’s
degree in Construction Management, Project management shall be an added
advantage.
Professional: Relevant Professional
registration
Specialist knowledge required:
- Excellent
MS Project (or other) knowledge & skills
- Excellent
MS Office package skills
Behavioural
competencies:
- Excellent
written and oral communication skills
- Excellent
planning and organisational skills
- Systems
and formal standardisation orientation
- Ability
to synthesize complex ideas into simple concise instructions for
dissemination
- Problem
solving/decision making
- Information
gathering skills
- Analytical
and interpretation skills
- Excellent
people management skills
- Ability
to be adaptable and flexible
In
order to be considered for this position all candidates must register and
upload their CV’s on our website at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted