Senior Project Manager - Engineering

You will be overall responsible to coordinate with all stakeholders during all the project phases from inception through to completion, prepare Project Reports and Contract Documents. You will also be accountable for developing cost estimates for each project and implementing approved projects within the specified timelines and allocated budgets. 

This will be multi-year project based position. 

Responsibilities

Specifically, you will be responsible to:

• Formulate operating and construction goals in line with the institutional goals.
• Overall management of on and off site projects implementation activities and maintenance.
• Develop, evaluate and implement departmental policies, procedures and work instruction to monitor functional aspects.
• Develop project budgets. Ensure effective monitoring over cost control, cost trending and forecasting the project cost.
• Ensure inspection of works at closer of projects by all stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of projects and also complete all documents including as built drawings, O&M manuals etc., are completed timely and handed over to operating team.
• Develop contracts for each project. Negotiate and manage contracts with contractors and consultants. Select contractors and sub-contractors to award works.
• Process contractors / consultants applications for payments and provide OFM material and other requirement to ensure completion of works in time including meetings with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with relevant stake holders such as design, construction, maintenance, procurement, finance, Warehousing, planning & cost engineering and others in carrying out the responsibilities. 
• Ensure staff safety at work, property and the existing services.
• Make necessary arrangement to ensure construction site free of hazard and avoid un-safe practices.
• Ensure to avoid disruption of hospital operational services during work execution.
• Design and conduct ISO and JCIA related educational training sessions on quality patient safety for staff, Interns, Residents, Fellows, and medical faculty.

Requirements

• Masters / Bachelor's in Engineering in Civil / Electrical / Mechanical or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 8 to 10 years' experience of project management in construction or maintenance preferably in education, healthcare, research or public health sectors.
• Extensive knowledge of infrastructures development and also have practical knowledge of project management.
• Must be equipped with the techniques of handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances / conflicts and also negotiating with the consultants.
• Supervisory skills and Team Leadership qualities to independently lead a multidiscipline team.
• Expected to independently take decisions for operational activities, subject to policies and procedures.
• Conducts ongoing risk analysis, looking ahead for contingent liabilities and opportunities and astutely identifying the risks involved and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to deliver effectively under pressure while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work with cross disciplinary and cross cultural teams both in a team setting and independently. 
• Advocates and commits to ongoing training and development to foster a learning culture within the department.
• Builds networks that can enable the achievement of the organization's goals.
• Display high level of initiative, reliability and maturity in problem solving skills.

To Apply

​Please send your resume at human.resources@aku.edu and mark the subject with position number "10006661".

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Applications should be submitted latest by December 23, 2018