Resident Civil Engineer (Overhead lines OR substation)

Confidential Company

We are looking for a Civil Engineer for one of our clients with the following details:

Location: Saudi Arabia (Ghunan, Silaa Or Salwa)

Expected start date: ASAP

Contract Duration: 2 years

Major Accountabilities and Tasks:

• Supervise the construction and shall make efforts to ensure the expeditious and economical construction thereof in accordance with the terms of the EPC contracts.
• Monitor the EPC contractor in order to ensure quality, safety, schedule and compliance to approved design. He will lead site inspections.
• Detect and anticipate issues/problems at site and suggest solutions in liaise with project management and EPC teams.
• Review and assess contractor's daily report.
• Ensure that the requirements of the construction contract are fully met by the contractor.
• Deliver contractual obligations and supervise the multidisciplinary team of engineers/inspectors, manage project progress, quality of the works, and monitor any changes in the design/construction.
• Establish the site office, identifiy resourcing requirements, organize the Supervision Team and oversee responsibilities of HSE, cost control, supervision and document control procedures.
• Ensure all required permits from all governmental agencies are secured and valid and available on site prior to commencing works.
• Review and implement all relevant project plans including construction programme, QA & QC Plan and organizational chart.
• Evaluate, select, and adopt suitable construction supervision techniques, quality control procedures, and continuous improvement measures.
• Review contractor's submittals including materials, method statements, inspection and test plans, inspection requests, requests for information (RFI) and provides timely responses.
• Review and respond to the change orders and contractor's monthly invoices.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to carry out commissioning activities.
• Interpret drawings, specifications and consult with contractors (if required) to ensure compliance with the program.
• Rectify any errors revealed in the detailed design or the working drawings.
• Supervise inspection, testing and commissioning,
• Oversee site safety, health, and environmental aspects regularly to ensure a safe, environmentally friendly site environment with zero man-hour loss.
• Maintain records of site activities, progress, non-conformities, remedial actions, follow-up history, near-miss cases, lessons learned, and interface cases at the site level.
• Perform site progress meetings and attend monthly meetings if required by the Project Management.
• Certify all report of materials, certify site progress reports, all inspections performed and attended by him or his team at site, joint measurement certificates to certify the progress of works and related invoicing. Acceptance tests and commissioning shall be carried out by the Contractor and shall be supervised by the civil engineer.