General Description of Role and Responsibilities:
- Communicate with the Client's representatives continuously regarding Project Progress and areas of concerns.
- Participate in the planning and formulation of design alternatives and solutions for the construction project; provides conceptual estimates, feasibility studies, and cost estimates, and may coordinate the production of basic design plans and construction documents.
- Develop and/or administer project budgets and fiscal controls, contracts, and quality control provisions; perform project cost estimating and value engineering, as appropriate.
- Oversee all aspects of the day-to-day management of the construction project; monitor and coordinate work performed by architectural, engineering, and construction departments.
- Review and interpret proposed designs, architectural drawings, and building specifications for appropriateness to required function and/or institutional standard, and initiates revisions where appropriate; advise consultants and clients as to how best to achieve required results.
- Ensure that project operations comply with design specifications, contract specifications and client requirements.
- Manage the performance and delivery criteria, ensuring that client requirements are being met; prepare project specifications, and coordinates procurement, as appropriate.
- Coordination of work sequencing to expedite project delivery and to minimize disruption of ongoing operations.
- Inspects, identifies non-compliances/ acceptance of completed projects for the institution, ensuring conformance with institutional standards, building and life safety codes, and architectural/engineering specifications.
- Represent the institution in business with customers, consultants, contractors, and other public and/or private agencies and organizations.
- Researches and prepares various reports pertaining to operations, equipment, policies, procedures, and/or other issues, as appropriate.
- Manage a construction management team of approximately 220 people across various disciplines.
- Liaison with the Employer, Project Stakeholders and Statutory Authorities.
- Contractual correspondence to record non-compliances to Contractual Requirements.
- Manage the overall requirements and performance of the Hill team within the CMA.
- Manage the overall contract closeout process in compliance with the Contract.
- Informs of the relevant Quality, Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Policies, Manuals and Procedures in place within Hill International, and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.
Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills:
- A degree in Engineering or related discipline is required.
- Twenty or more years of working on Multi-Million Dollar projects within the Construction field.
- Previous experience of working on large airport Projects.
- Experience in report writing.
- Experience in contractual administration.
- Must have on-site Project experience from initial design through to handover and completion.
- Adequate work experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Ability to think ahead, identify new opportunities and create new and innovative approaches to work-related issues.
- Strong Management of large teams and communication.
- Demonstrates a determination, desire to succeed and a wish to progress and develop within a commercial role.
- Excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel and strong user skill level within MS Office or Primavera.
- Excellent numerical and communication skills.