Construction Manager

The Airswift is seeking a Construction Manager.

Objectives and Deliverables

The Construction Manager/ Director is the first responsible for the performance of the technical staff on
Site and delivers quality by:

• Be fully aware of EPC Contract, O&M Agreement and various Project Agreements and manage the stakeholders effectively in line with the contracts;
• Organizing the integrated site team in order to supervise the EPC Contractor’s construction progress, quality of the works, including commissioning until COD (i.e. inspection witnessing, clearing punch list items, issuing mechanical completion certificates, turnover packages readiness, checking and implementing commissioning procedures…);
• Ensures the EPC Contractor’s compliance with all the site HSE rules and regulations at every stage of construction;
• Ensures the EPC Contractor’s compliance in executing of the works with the approved Method Statements/ Risk Analyses and regulations at every stage of construction;
• Organization of the site lay-out, offices, storage area, etc.;
• Assists to the weekly site meetings, progress and/or discipline technical meetings with EPC Contractor;
• Monitors and check the EPC Contractors’ work across each discipline to ensure the timely delivery of the works;
• Provides the PD the inputs for the monthly progress reports, relevant information to check EPC Contractor invoices;
• Verification of the site logbook managed by the EPC Contractor. Issue the O/OE logbook;
• In cooperation with the schedule engineer, follows up of the actual progress versus planned values;
• Ensures that the critical activities are executed according schedule, and looks for opportunities to create margin within the critical path;
• Analyses the works and imposes optimisation towards the Contractor where possible;
• Evaluates and approves all recovery plan of the delayed activities to secure the overall schedule;
• Supports the schedule engineer in drafting the progress reports towards PD/EMD;
• Daily management of on-site technical personnel (hours present, leave, etc.) for the personnel reporting directly to him, in cooperation with HR manager.

Key Requirements

• A bachelor’s Degree in any discipline of Engineering;
• Portuguese and English speaker;
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in construction of power plants (technology based);
• Project Management Professional (PMP) OR equivalent certification is preferred;
• EPC background and experience is a must;
• Project size experience to match the size of the project at hand;
• A minimum of 1 project construction completed;
• Be knowledgeable on international standards and ‘best practice’ in relation to construction;
• Be knowledgeable on environmental legislation and good industry practice in relation to construction works;
• IT proficiency, in particular, MS Word, MS Excel, or similar.

Skills Required

• Project management – Expert;
• Project and construction management – Expert;
• PV Plant – Expert;
• MS Office;
• English – Expert;
• Portuguese – Expert.

If you are interested and think you have the right profile, please apply!

Consultant: Rachel Marques at rachel.marques@airswift.com