Civil Engineer

Location

KSA | Residential

Start date

ASAP

Project duration

16 months

Work status

Single status

Qualification and experience required

The engineer shall be a civil engineer with minimum 10 years' experience in 400 kV substation or OHL turnkey installations for similar projects in nature and complexity. He must have a proven record of working on similar projects, both on design and construction phases. He must be able to demonstrate a strong attention to field safety. Working language will be English (spoken and written). Speaking Arabic would be appreciated but not mandatory.

Major accountabilities and tasks

• Supervise the construction and make efforts to ensure the expeditious and economical construction thereof in accordance with the terms of the EPC contracts.
• Monitor the EPC contractor to ensure quality, safety, schedule, and compliance to approved design. Lead site inspections.
• Detect and anticipate issues/problems at site and suggest solutions in liaison with project management and EPC teams.
• Review and assess contractor's daily reports.
• Ensure that the requirements of the construction contract are fully met by the contractor.
• Deliver contractual obligations and supervise the multidisciplinary team of engineers/inspectors, manage project progress, quality of the works, and monitor any changes in the design or construction.
• Establish the site office, identify resourcing requirements, organize the supervision team, and oversee responsibilities of HSE, cost control, supervision, and document control procedures.
• Ensure all required permits from all governmental agencies are secured, valid, and available on site prior to commencing works.
• Review and implement all relevant project plans including construction programme, QA & QC plan, and organizational chart.
• Evaluate, select, and adopt suitable construction supervision techniques, quality control procedures, and continuous improvement measures.
• Review contractor's submittals including materials, method statements, inspection and test plans, inspection requests, requests for information (RFI), and provide timely responses.
• Review and respond to change orders and contractor's monthly invoices.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to carry out commissioning activities.
• Interpret drawings, specifications, and consult with contractors if required to ensure compliance with the program.
• Rectify any errors revealed in the detailed design or the working drawings.
• Supervise inspection, testing, and commissioning.
• Oversee site safety, health, and environmental aspects regularly to ensure a safe, environmentally friendly site environment with zero man-hour loss.
• Maintain records of site activities, progress, non-conformities, remedial actions, follow-up history, near-miss cases, lessons learned, and interface cases at the site level.
• Perform site progress meetings and attend monthly meetings if required by the project management.
• Certify all reports of materials, certify site progress reports, all inspections performed and attended by him or his team at site, joint measurement certificates to certify the progress of works and related invoicing. Acceptance tests and commissioning shall be carried out by the contractor and supervised by the civil engineer.