Construction Manager – Kampala – Pearl Engineering Company Limited

About US:
Pearl Engineering Company Limited is a construction business in Civil, Building, Electrical and Mechanical fields whose main objectives are to pool our vast professional experience together to render professional services in civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering fields specialising in Design, Construction, Installation and Maintenance services, and later, to extend into manufacturing sector.

Job Summary: The Construction Manager will be in charge of the oversight of all aspects of multiple contracts, including production, planning, costing and commercial aspects. The Construction Manager is responsible for more than one contract (on average around $ 15 Million and higher of combined contract value). The position is based at Head Office with frequent travel to Project Work Sites.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Manage, control, motivate & discipline of the Site Agents, Site Engineers and Foremen in one’s Area;
· Control and discipline of Sub-contractors working in their Area;
· The incumbent will develop a deep understanding of all Sub-contractor’s Scope of Work and control their activities on site in accordance with the Programme and correct sequence;
· Responsible for the interpretation of the Construction Programme & timely translation into labour, plant & material resources;
· Setting up and monitoring the quality assurance process for supervised projects.
· Studying drawings & details – ensuring the accuracy of work carried out and querying unclear or missing information with the responsible consultant; and initiating any changes to specifications and project schedules.
· Attend site meetings and ensure timely requests for Long Lead information;
· Work closely with Municipality for inspections and notify the responsible consultant if construction details differ substantially from approved Building Permit details;
· Work closely with the representative engineer and architect on issues of quality conformation;
· Ensure project conformance to quality checks;
· Ensure formwork design, cycle planning, ordering and control of materials;
· Accuracy of setting out – liaise with site agents to ensure proper controls established for accurate setting out;
· Reinforcing and co-ordination of sub-contractor and timely material orders.
· Accountable for Health, Safety, Security and Environmental performance for the supervised projects.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The Construction Manager must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent. Possession of a post graduate training is desirable.
· The applicant must be a registered Engineer with UIPE.
· A minimum of eight or more years’ experience in the construction industry of which at least 3 have been at Site Agent Level on busy project sites
· The applicant should have supervised various projects totalling to $10million in the last two years.
· Good leadership and management skills
· Skills in financial management;
· Good public relations skills
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Good negotiation skills and ability
· Ability to strategically think
· Excellent analytical skills
· Quality Assurance knowledge and skills

How to Apply:
All interested candidates who meet the above specifications should email their applications with detailed CVs in pdf format only to:

The Human Resources Manager,
Pearl Engineering Company Ltd,
Plot 816, Nsambya Road-Kabalagala,
P.O. Box 7553, Kampala. Uganda

Email to: info@pearl-engineering.com

Deadline: Monday 1st February 2016.