Job Status: open

Position Title: Construction Manager

Position Based In: Karachi - Pakistan 

Employer / Client’s Detail: Leading Private University/Hospital

Gender: Equal Opportunity Employer

Education: Bachelor in Engineering (Civil) from a recognized university with relevant experience. Candidates possessing MBA will be preferred.

Experience: Candidates should have at least 6 to 8 years’ experience in construction management preferably in education, research or healthcare sectors.

Job Descriptions / Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all drawings provided to the contractor are well coordinated with other disciplines and discrepancies to be resolved immediately at site.
• Keep Project Manager updated with all field issues and be available to make presentation to Senior Management as and when required.
• Review drawings of project for constructability and implementation in the field to suite the job requirements.
• Ensure completion of project within the stipulated time and budget and at the same time achieve quality products.
• Closely monitor construction progress. Monitor all disciplines and alert site staff as well as Constructions of potential problems.
• Monitor on-going construction activities for quality and quantity.
• Monitor and assist the Contractors on day to day activities performed on site and advise/suggest methods for improvement and better productivity and quality assurance.
• Be aware of and monitor duties of the architectural, mechanical and electrical engineers and correlate their work with all engineering disciplines.
• Keep track and make recommendations for payments for payments for labour and material and maintain detail record of all payments.
• Coordinate with users regarding any item that may impact the Hospital operations.
• Must be equipped with the techniques of handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances/conflicts.
• Supervisory skills and Team Leadership qualities to independently lead a multidiscipline team.
• Expected to independently take decisions for operational activities, subject to policies and procedures.
• Conducts ongoing risk analysis, looking ahead for contingent liabilities and opportunities and astutely identifying the risks involved and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advocates and commits to ongoing training and development to foster a learning culture within the department.
• Builds networks that can enable the achievement of the institution’s goals.