Power Plant Construction Manager at Hobark International Limited (HIL)

Hobark International Limited (HIL) is the parent company of the Hobark group operating in the oil and gas industry. The company was incorporated in 1998, starting as a staffing agency based in Port Harcourt. Currently we have offices in 4 countries with our head office in Lagos.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Power Plant Construction Manager

Req ID: 1282
Location: Lagos

Key Tasks

• Execute Kick of Meetings (KOM) with contractors and suppliers
• Establish and maintain weekly progress meetings with contractors and suppliers.
• Communicate progress and issues with all relevant stakeholders.
• Approve and maintain change order register.
• Identify potential risks before they occur.
• Organize constructability reviews with all contractors involved in the project.
• Identify and solve issues should they occur.
• Prepare phase end reports.
• Prepare close out reports.
• Attend site design & technical meetings.
• Initiate and complete project punch lists.
• Ensure all resources are made available to carry out pre-commissioning and commissioning phases of the project.
• Provide technical direction and advice during planning, execution and close out stages of the project.
• Review contractor monthly reports and direct recovery planning to contractor in the event of schedule delay.
• Interfaces with all other departments to allow an expedient tie in to any services on site with minimum disturbance to site operations.
• Complete red line mark ups on as built drawings.
• Organize for the scanning, archiving of all as built drawings.
• Organize uploading of as built drawings onto QMS.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering
• Membership of Professional Institution would be desirable.

Experience:

• Minimum 15 years’ work experience in Construction Management of small to medium size power stations.
• Experience on the African continent preferred.
• Strong skills and experience in pre-commissioning and commissioning phases of project close out.

Knowledge, skills and ability:

• Knowledge of engineering best practice;
• Command of the English language including grammar, spelling and punctuation;
• Computer literate to include word processing, data management and email correspondence;
• Sound organisational skills, with the ability to prioritize and react at short notice;
• Ability to form successful relationships, working with all levels of the organization;
• Ability to work flexibly and under own initiative to achieve objectives;
• The resilience to deal with periods of work pressure and diplomacy to deal with difficult employees, customers, contactors and others during their duties;
• Reliable, with the ability to maintain high levels of service;
• Motivated with the ability to effectively work on own initiative;
• Physical fitness and mental agility to successfully function for an extended period if required.

Primary Skills:

• Construction management, power plant management

Application Closing Date    
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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