Senior Resident Engineer

Job description / Role

In Norconsulting we are currently looking for a Sr Resident Engineer to work for one of our most important clients in a major infrastructure project in Muharraq, Bahrain.

The duties and responsibilities are:
- Responsible for managing all aspects of the field team.
- Build, manage and develop a core construction management team for delivery of the contract package.
- Be an active member of the project leadership team including interaction with the Client.
- Set, manage and control delivery of all contract elements and objectives including scope, quality, budgets, schedules, stakeholder interfaces, Communication /reporting, environmental and Health and Safety.
- Clearly convey instructions to staff members in order to achieve the project goals.
- Must be technically sound to interpret survey and engineering submittals to channelize and solve problems expeditiously.
- Take the required measures to identify slippage in the Contractors activities early so that immediate recovery actions can be taken by the contractor.
- Use extensive relevant construction experience to proactively anticipate and prevent problems before they arise.
- Ensure high quality of works during the construction period, strict compliance with the Employer’s Requirements, Projects Specifications and Safety Requirements
- Assessment of the Contractor’s compliance to the quality management System as specified in the latest applicable standards.
- Review of Contractor’s Design for compliance with Employer’s Requirements, Authority Requirements, End-User Requirements and Local and International Standards.
- Assessment and verification of the Contractor’s Inspection and Test Plan.
- Review and provide necessary comments/approval to the Contractor’s technical submittals including but not limited to calculations, drawings, material … etc.
- Conduct regular site meetings.
- Issue punch-lists or non-compliance reports for poor workmanship, defects, malpractice of the Contractor and his Sub-Contractors/Suppliers.
- Submit to the Program Director daily, weekly reports with details of the progress of fabrication, construction, testing of components, parts and assemblies, and status of materials procurement. Any non-conformity and malpractice found shall also be reported.
- Review contractor's schedule, sequence of work items, requests for time extensions.
- Review and process contractor’s technical submittals.
- Evaluate Contractor's personnel, equipment, materials, and subcontractors
- Monitor progress of all project participants.
- Participate in project construction meetings.
- Perform claims analysis, and maintain a project claims file.
- Assist in resolution of construction problems.
- Analyze value engineering proposals.
- Prepare authorities for change orders.
- Prepare responses to contractor correspondence.
- Progress payment recommendations.

Requirements

- Minimum 15 years of experience, out of which 5 years must have been in the capacity of a Senior Resident Engineer on large scale roads or infrastructure development project and working on FIDIC/NEC/ICE conditions of Contract
- Prior experience in large scale infrastructure, roads, water and waste water projects.
- Should be familiar with FIDIC conditions of Contract
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent
- Professional membership to ICE is preferred.

About the Company

Norconsulting is a specialised recruitment firm helping companies place highly qualified staff in both permanent and contract positions with clients worldwide, recruiting both locally and internationally in the following areas: Engineering, Oil & Gas, IT and Telecoms.

We know how important people are to a business. We understand whats needed to match highly skilled technical and engineering candidates with some of the largest organisations and engineering projects around the globe. We have supplied talent to the energy, infrastructure, life sciences and IT sectors for over 8 years and were incredibly proud of our reputation.

Now an international organisation with offices in Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, we lead the way in supporting worldwide technical and engineering talent and we work with an enviable network of clients.

The differential value of Norconsulting in the marketplace is our ability to obtain results, satisfy our clients, and our proven ability to identifying business benefits.