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Job description / Role
CDM Smith is a privately owned, global, full-service consulting, design/build engineering, construction, and operations firm helping public and private clients improve their environment and infrastructure through award-winning projects. Since 1947, we have provided innovative solutions developed through strong client relationships of mutual trust and respect and a commitment to quality and integrity.
From a three-person firm in the United States to today's staff of more than 5,000 worldwide, CDM Smith has grown and diversified with our clients' needs in mind. Our mission is to reach one goal – the client’s – by providing the right total solutions.
We are now accepting applicants for a major infrastructure development program in the West Bank and Gaza, involving transportation, water supply, waste water treatment, energy and other facilities components.
Job Responsibilities:
- Overall management, supervision and direction of the CDM Smith team’s construction portfolio.
- Identification of resource requirements (personnel and support) for construction activities.
- Manage and coordinate resourcing between construction supervision teams.
- Identification or development of tools/templates to be utilized by construction supervision teams, including, but not limited to reporting requirements.
- Train personnel in construction supervision teams in use of tools and templates.
- Ensuring that each subproject management team is maintaining quality while keeping construction subcontracts on time and within budget.
- Oversight of construction contractors’ performances and enforcing applicable codes, specifications and contract drawings, to the extent practicable.
- Ensuring that all record-keeping, daily inspector’s reports, equipment usage, photo logs, and all field reporting is maintained and submitted regularly.
- Ensuring adherence to CDM Smith’s quality management program (QMP)
- Coordination of inputs from construction teams for regular and accurate (progress and financial) reporting to Client, CDM Smith and the local beneficiary agency as required by the Contract with Client
- Ensuring effective cooperation, coordination, collaboration and communication with the relevant owner, USAID, local government officials, private entities, non-governmental organizations, other donors, and community-based groups as required by the Contract with Client.
- Reviewing/approving recommendations for progress payments.
- Ensuring proper materials sampling, testing, and compliance is maintained.
- Establishing punch list system for substantial completion review.
- Reporting to project management or periodic basis for inputting to weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited university.
- Master’s Degree, PMP, or other management qualification a plus.
- Professional Engineering License or International equivalent, preferred
- At least 15 years professional experience, with at least 5 years of senior construction management.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience on technically relevant projects
- Experience managing people and organizations.
- Experience in construction supervision.
- Experience with USAID Contracting Requirements, or FIDIC conditions of contract
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Experience in West Bank/Gaza desirable, and in the Middle East and Northern Africa region essential.
About the Company
CDM Smith provides lasting and integrated solutions in water, environment, transportation, energy and facilities to public and private clients worldwide. As a full-service consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firm, we deliver exceptional client service, quality results and enduring value across the entire project life cycle.