Construction Manager - Infrastructure

Role overview

Construction and contract administration

• Oversee construction management, site health and safety, and QA/QC plans.
• Procure field-office items and administer field vehicles and equipment, maintaining logs and reports.
• Coordinate requisitions, subcontract scopes, amendments, and task orders.
• Review subcontractor safety and quality plans; maintain subcontract files and monitor expenses against budget.
• Maintain the prime contract file and current insurance and correspondence records.
• Prepare and negotiate scope changes and maintain timely change orders.
• Develop responses to potential cost overruns, delays, and major scope changes; advise the client and company management.

Cost, reporting, quality, and safety

• Supervise monthly construction progress and contract status reports; prepare WBS, budgets, and forecasts.
• Prepare monthly safety self-assessments; supervise Parsons invoices and review subcontractor invoices.
• Prepare quarterly construction management reports and coordinate meetings.
• Establish the QA/QC and inspection and test plans; supervise setup and accreditation of the onsite materials testing laboratory.
• Establish safety and emergency procedures and inspect the construction site weekly with the contractor’s safety representative.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering from an accredited university.
• At least 10 years of construction management experience on general infrastructure projects within the UAE or Abu Dhabi.
• Prior experience overseeing and managing infrastructure construction.
• Effective oral and written communication skills; computer literate.
• Proficiency in advanced construction management techniques and ability to plan, organize, and supervise construction administration.
• Ability to adapt to demanding project conditions.