Senior Project Engineer

Job description / Role

- Manages the day-to-day operational & contract aspects of multiple projects.
- Responsible for providing feedback regarding project progress, deviations, changes and ensuring that the projects are delivered to Ashghal Standards.
- Handover the site (possession of site), Pre-contract meeting (kickoff), and ROs and approvals, officially to the contractor.
- Review and approve project control system which measure the progress / performance, provide early warning of deviations from plan and identifies corrective actions to be taken.
- Monitoring (after liaise with traffic unit) traffic diversions and ensure its effective and safe.
- Ensures that a quality control, safety plan compliance with QCS & Ashghal Specifications and coordination with Quality Department.
- Reviews deliverables across projects, minimizes exposure and risk.
- Manage scope and achieves goals set for projects, confronts issues quickly.
- Ensure timely hand-over (delivery) of project.
- Certification of progress claim submitted by the consultants and contractors.
- Prepare and submit report to senior management on work progress status.
- Inspect construction sites on a periodical basis to ensure conformance to design specifications and adherence to quality.
- Interprets, explains and enforces regulations and policies, confer with construction regarding possible changes to plans and problem resolution.
- Ensures that consultants and contractors produce regular reports on damages, accidents, delays, bad weather or emergencies.
- Encourages contractors to observe applicable safety rules and regulations. Identifies corrective action and agrees with consultants and contractors.
- Monitor and resolve matters such as work procedures, complaints and construction problems.
- Ensures effective communication and coordination on assigned projects between all disciplines and all other project participants.
- Responsible for planning, scheduling, conducting and coordinating the technical and management aspects of projects.
- Lead team, project progress, technical and coordination meetings.

Requirements

- Experience in Roads Projects.
- Chartered engineer status from a recognized institution or working towards chartered engineering status or registration as a professional project manager.
- A minimum of 12 years experience involved with the design, construction, and procurement of major road projects.
- Administration of consultant and contractor contracts related to the delivery of major road projects.
- Experienced in the management of a team of professional staff.
- Desirable to have experience in working with and within government agencies or clients side generally at a senior level.
- Desirable to have experience of working in Qatar.
- Strong communication and leadership skills.

About the Company

Ashghal is the Public Works Authority in the State of Qatar and is responsible for the construction and management of Roads, Highways, Waste Water facilities and Public Buildings.

It aims at being responsive at all times to the nations needs by providing effective community service and engagement to ensure that it is continuously meeting changing needs. Ashghal seeks to deliver state-of-the-art infrastructure development that caters for Qatar\\'s social, economic and political flourishing while being the Quality advocates.