Senior Resident Engineer

Power & Water

Closing Date: 30 June 2020

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WSP are looking for a Senior Resident Engineer, with over twenty years’ experience to manage and administer a Contract that includes supervision, coordination, testing and commissioning of the works, with emphasis on meeting the contract requirements with respect to quality, time and budget, during the construction phase on a major roads & infrastructure project in Kuwait.

The key objectives of the role are to;

• Establish a construction management plan to ensure all contracts are administered to a common standard and practice
• Initiate and respond to contract correspondence to and from Client, and contractual correspondence with the Contractor
• Officially handover the site to the contractor
• Arrange, chair and record meetings, commencing with the kick-off meeting and thereafter progress and management meetings that are deemed necessary
• Establish procedures for inspection approvals, testing, commissioning in accordance with the requirements of the contract
• Review the contractor’s HSE plan and ensures that the safety procedures are followed at site
• Review and comment on the contractor’s programs ensuring that they are sufficiently detailed to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the contract, allocated resources and cash flow
• Monitor the Contractors progress during construction and regularly assesses output
• Implement QMS requirements and conduct regular Audits
• Ensure the contractor liaises with service and other authorities in a timely manner so as not to affect the progress of the works by attending meetings, monitoring agreed programmes and regular follow-up
• Certify interim and finalize payments after full review and consultation with the responsible RE, ARE and Quantity Surveyor
• Prepare substantial completion reports including any outstanding requirements
• Issue taking-over and defects liability certificates as required under the contract

To be shortlisted for the role you will have the following;

• 20 years’ experience of managing major roads/bridges construction projects with International Consultants.
• Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering
• Comprehensive experience in associated discipline software
• Experienced in acting as the Engineer under FIDIC based contract