Construction Project Engineer Civil Engineering (Water and Sanitation)

Summary

The construction engineer oversees projects from the start through to completion. This includes, but is not limited to planning, budgeting, making key decisions, ensuring that construction projects fall within the proposed budget, and ensuring that all duties are executed and completed on time.

Responsibilities and Duties

• The project manager is required to handle all aspects of project coordination and execution.
• He / She will be responsible for ensuring the project objectives are met in terms of quality,
• timelines, and budget. Additionally, the project manager will be responsible for client management, which will include regular communication and ensuring all commercial commitments are met.
• Developing detailed project plans (MS Project), scopes, objectives and managing project progress to meet deadlines and milestones
• Developing project charter
• Ensuring resource availability and allocation
• Delivering every project on time within budget and scope.
• Client management and clear written and verbal communication skills are a must
• Strong commercial understanding to ensure the financial condition of the project is accurately monitored and reported
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously
• Problem solving skills and risk anticipation a must
• Engineering Contracts Management (FIDIC, NEC, JBCC, GCC)
• Project Risk Management
• Client Satisfaction
• Coordinate internal resources and contractors for flawless execution of project
• Ensure all projects are delivered on time, within the budget and scope, and of an extremely high quality
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Implement the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and any recommendations
• from audits carried out within the project environment

Desired Experience & Qualification

• 5 Years of experience in water and sanitation construction projects
• 5 years experience in project management with a good understanding of project execution, preferably with some exposure to engineering contracting models Sewer reticulation design
• Basic level MS Outlook, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint skills required Intermediary MS Excel and MS Project skills required
• A bachelor's degree (BSc. Or B.Tech) or similar in the built environment (Civil, Construction Management, or Chemical)
• Must be able to manage financial budgets
• Proven track record in managing construction projects in water and sanitation

Location

Midrand Johannesburg

Travel nationally for projects

Remuneration

R25k to R32