AECOM Ghana Recruitment 2016

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Job Description

Job Title: Civil Engineer

The Civil Engineer reports to the Construction Manager / Engineers representative and works with the Design Coordinator Marine Works and the lead engineers for quay wall construction, breakwater construction and dredging and reclamation.
The Civil Engineer will support the dredging, reclamation, breakwater and quay wall design and construction.

Duties & Responsibilities

The Civil Engineer is responsible for

• Actively addressing issues as raised by the project team by providing guidance or resolution either personally or through collaboration with other engineers, quantity surveyors, contracts specialists and HSEQ specialists.
• Providing support and advice to the Construction Manager on Civil matters.
• Liaising with Client team in relation to ongoing project progress, decisions and changes.
• Advising senior management of the status of project progress, decisions and changes.
• Coordinating project needs and service delivery with other discipline leads project controls, commercial/contracts, HSE and quality.
• Coordinating project needs and service delivery with other projects’ senior engineers.
• Implementing the integrated management system including the Quality Management System.
• Preparation of and verifying the accuracy of periodic (weekly, monthly) and ad hoc reports and project metrics.
• Collaborating with the project controls and commercial teams in assessing impacts of proposed changes of scope, schedule and cost.
• Participating in project/program risk assessment activities and maintaining a project-level risk register.
• Contributing to the development of tender and contract documents for interfacing works.
• Collaborating with the Design Manager in the review of the Design-Build Contractor’s design of the works.
• Obtaining support from the Quality Manager in implementing the QA/QC procedures
• Collaborating with the Project Controls staff in assessing progress against programme.

Person Specification (Personality Attributes)

• Focused on project delivery – attention to detail and quality with a capacity to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• The Civil Engineer forms part of a larger Construction management team and sound interpersonal skills and team ethic are essential

Preferred Qualifications Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum BSc or BTech in an engineering discipline
• Member of professional organisation.

• Minimum BSc or BTech in an engineering discipline
• Member of professional organisation.

• Minimum BSc or BTech in an engineering discipline
• Member of professional organisation.

Minimum Requirements Specific skills required

• Fluent in Chinese language including reading and writing
• Preparation of technical reports
• Supervision of civil construction
• Reading and interpreting plans and specifications
• Reading and interpreting time schedules for construction

• Experience working for a consultant is required (3 years minimum)
• Experience in Marine Construction and /or site investigation is an advantage
• Experience working for a contractor is an advantage
• Experience working for a foundation contractor is an advantage

Additional Comments

• Eligibility to work in Ghana due to nationality.