Civil Engineer at Sentinel Staffing Services

The successful candidates are required to assist in determining whether clients ensured that infrastructure projects were undertaken in an efficient, effective, and economical manner through the employ of good practices and proper project management principles by evaluating the following:

• Time (compare actual progress against project plans, review extension of time (EoT) claims, determining the root causes for delays, review whether remedial action was taken against contractors)
• Cost (review needs assessments, feasibility studies, cost estimates, bill of quantities and actual costs, compare payments made with actual progress, review variation orders/contract instructions)
• Quality (conduct site visits to inspect the quality of infrastructure delivered, review the quality management processes that were used, review the processes around snag lists, practical completions certificates and final completion certificates)
• Commissioning and utilisation (for completed infrastructure, assess during the site visit whether the infrastructure is being used as planned)

Skills and experience required:

• Engineering degree (B Eng or BSC Eng or BTech )
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant industry experience
• A minimum of three (3) years Professionally registered with ECSA as a Professional Engineer (Pr Eng) or Professional Engineering Technologist, (Pr Eng Tech)
• Exposure to at least three (3) similar government infrastructure projects
• Planning and organising, people management, conflict management and negotiations
• Experience in programme and project management
• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Good report-writing skills
• Good communication skills