ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Main purpose of the role:
The Civil Construction Supervisor will be responsible for the successful construction of the site infrastructure, earthworks and civil works on the project. The Civil Construction Supervisor will be part of the Site team and will manage the civil scope of the EPC Contractor and liaise with the Owner’s Engineer on civil design related matters and EDFR/EDFI on company related matters.
Key responsibilities:
Health & Safety
- Provide active and demonstrable support to the HSE Officers to enforce the HSE Plan on site.
- Act as OHS Act 8.2 in the absence of the 8.1 appointee.
Environmental
- Guide and support the contractor to ensure compliance with the project EMPr’s
Civil Construction Management
- Manages site discipline in accordance with the project civil construction scope of work
Contractor management on civil works
- Ensure the EPC contractor complies with the construction contract,
- Attend weekly meetings with the contractor on site and provide inputs to MoM for accuracy,
- Collect daily diaries from contractors and ensure accuracy.
Document management
- Reviews the Contractor Method Statements
- Reviews and verifies DSTI’s
- Verifies that documents used on site are issued as AFC
- Ensures As-built drawings are produced on completion of a section of the scope
- Ensures all civil documents and drawings are properly logged in the Project Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)
- Assists the Document Controller with site-generated project documentation.
Commercial
- Supports project Planner and Contract Manager with progress measurements,
- Reviews Contractor documentation for completeness and accuracy as part of their progress payment applications,
- Assists Construction Site Manager and Commercial team with supporting document compilation for Project milestone payment claims.
Communication
- Proactive interaction with internal and external stakeholders during the construction of all Civil Works,
- Effectively communicate company values and objectives on site.
Reporting
- Fulfil construction reporting obligations - (weekly & monthly),
- Support internal team with reporting and preparation of external reporting to the Client.
Quality
- Support the Quality Manager during the quality process.
- Support Quality department with documentation, NCR’s and other quality matters.
Design and Engineering Support
- Ensures all designs are correctly implemented,
- Supports the Owner’s Engineer with engineering designs on site,
- Assists in Technical Acceptance procedures.
Eskom Self-Build Works
- Attends monthly Eskom meeting for Self-Build Works coordination and progress.
Planning
- Be knowledgeable about construction schedules, organise and supervise work at construction sites
- Ensure Project Schedule is adhered to, and project milestone dates are met, especially cardinal milestones,
- Ensure the contractor adheres to the project schedule milestone dates,
- Support the project team with Cold and Hot Commissioning, Grid Connection, Grid Code Testing, and COD.
Interfacing with stakeholders
• Interfacing and coordination with the Contractor, Environmental Control Officer, Owner’s Engineer and Eskom
• Support the ED manager with interactions with the local communities as needed,
• Liaison with the landowner(s) and local authorities on issues related to the site,
Health and Safety Responsibilities:
- Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control, and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e., public, visitors and employees of other organizations. This includes ensuring risk assessments are conducted and mitigation measures are clearly communicated and understood by individuals. Managers must also ensure that individuals have the necessary understanding, competence, and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.
- Employees are responsible for ensuring they fully understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly, where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and particularly where there are legal requirements, employees are responsible for understanding those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
The position reports directly into:
Construction Site Manager
The position has the following direct reports:
No Direct Reports
QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Must-have Qualifications and Certifications:
Tertiary qualification in an Engineering or Construction field (BSc, BTech or equivalent as a minimum)
RELEVANT EXPERIENCES
Must-have years of professional experiences:
Minimum 10 years work experience as civil site engineer or civil construction supervisor, with at least 4 years’ experience on renewable projects,
Exposure and knowledge of multiple project execution will be an added advantage.
COMPETENCIES
Technical competencies:
Excellent working knowledge of MS Office.
Behavioral competencies:
- Proactive, with high level of entrepreneurship, energy level and motivation,
- Level-headed leadership,
- Good team worker with sense of the common good,
- Detail orientated– able to follow up on details, monitor and report on progress,
- Good communication skills – reliable and trustworthy,
- High social and intercultural competence,
- Above average report writing skill, with good spelling and grammar acumen,
- Strong negotiating ability with workforce,
- Analytical thinking with focus on customer and goal achievement,
- An excellent working knowledge of MS Office,
- General technical acumen.
Leadership competencies:
Speaks and writes English fluently. Good knowledge of another language is an advantage.
