Construction Manager

Job Purpose:

Responsible of planning, execution and closing any project within the scope, schedule, cost and quality.

Job Description;

• Candidate will discharge the responsibilities within the policy guidelines and instructions given by Projects Manager.
• Candidate’s recommendations are considered in the decision-making processes.
• Candidate takes decisions as per chart of authority and policy.
• Drafts and submits budget proposals, and recommends subsequent budget changes where necessary. Estimates the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Builds and develops growth of any business relationships vital to the success of the group.
• Develops and delivers progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations. Determines the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Oversees and tracks the certification of AD Civil defense and the Re-certification process for assigned projects.
• Determines and assesses need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitment if necessary during project cycle. Negotiates with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
• Motivates, supervises and serves as a coach and mentor to a project team members and contractors, and influences them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Adheres to all rules and regulations as per company IMS system.
• Plans and schedules project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools. Tracks project milestones and deliverables. Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path.
• Liaises with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis. Defines project success criteria and disseminates them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Directs and manages project development from beginning to end. Defines project scope, goals and deliverable that support business goals in collaboration with senior management.
• Proactively manages changes in project scope, identify potential crisis and devise contingency plans.
• Delegates tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel. Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts within the project team. Effectively communicates project expectations to team members in a timely and clear fashion.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills. Ability to determine the specifications and standards for business reporting and maintaining data integrity.
• Ensuring a ‘customer focussed’ approach is implemented in own area. Systematically analyses customer information. | Understands and keeps up to date on wider issues at local and national level that may have an impact on the service provided. | Is proactive, benchmarks, best practice, seeks service improvement. | Ensures systems are in place to communicate relevant information to others either within own division/department/team or to committees/groups, or to colleagues. | Manages the process of reviewing policies and procedures to improve satisfaction with the service provided within the scope of own department or project. | Ensures the development and implementation of agreed customer improvement plans.
• Ability to assess operational issues and potential concerns regarding operations and implements goal-oriented strategies to enhance productivity and profitability.
• Ability to understand shared beliefs and values established by leaders and then communicate and reinforce through various methods, to model employee perceptions, behaviors and understanding.
• Able to conceive, scope, and justify the need, and execute major projects, which will have substantial business impact. normally across more than one function or geography.
• Communicates persuasively and confidently both to external and internal groups. | Plays a representational role. | Presents succinct, well balanced information written and oral, with clear outcomes. | Encourages a positive environment for constructive challenge and feedback. | Creates an environment where people are encouraged to communicate openly. | Shares relevant information concerning strategic / long term plans with colleagues/own team. | Develops proposals and reports in a style and language necessary to guide, inform, and/or persuade in line with NCC protocol.
• Ability to manage and track income and expenses through conscious decision-making about the allocation of cost such that expenditures do not exceed the income or defined parameters.
• Actively seeks out opportunities to learn and develop. | Actively promotes learning and development in others. | Proactively keeps up to date with own knowledge / learning by reading, and attending seminars/ conferences. | Empowers individuals and/or colleagues by appropriately delegating work which challenges them and provides stretching but realistic targets. | Provides regular informal constructive feedback on performance. | Innovative in facilitating learning opportunities. | Actively provides coaching, training and mentoring to individuals.
• Ability to make everyone feel one despite who they are and what they do for the business in the workplace, considering all are equally important.
• Ability to operate MS Office applications to support the administrative functions of the organization.
• Ability to develop a schedule, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads using MS Project/Primavera.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Proven experience 5+ years as a Construction Manager or in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of construction processes, codes and safety standards.
• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, AutoCAD etc.,).
• Excellent leadership, problem-solving and communication skills.

If you’re ready to take charge of challenging projects and lead them to success, we’d love to hear from you!