Civil Engineering Project Supervisor
A company recruits, as part of its human resources capacity building, a (01) full-time civil engineering project supervisor for its activities. The position is based at Lomé, in Togo, with a start as soon as possible. This is a full-time fixed-term contract (SDC).
Main duties
As a key person in the supervision, control and overall monitoring of activities related to civil engineering projects, the supervisor is responsible for overseeing the management and execution of civil engineering projects. As such, it reviews project implementation schedules, monitors the allocation of human, material and technical resources, identifies priority activities and ensures their proper planning, and organizes follow-up points with the Civil Engineering Project Manager.
It ensures the follow-up and control of the works: carry out periodic visits to the various sites, check the physical progress of the works and compare the realizations with the forecasts, check the conformity and the quality of the executed works, verify the conditions of realization of the works, identify anomalies and deficiencies found and monitor the implementation of corrections.
It also monitors project deadlines, costs and resources: reviewing schedules and identifying deviations from planned deadlines, monitoring the use and allocation of human, material and technical resources, examining work situations and data relating to financial progress, identifying technical, operational, financial and time-related risks and assessing their potential impact, and proposing preventive and corrective measures by following up on the implementation of agreed actions.
The supervisor supervises and evaluates the activities of the Civil Engineering Project Manager and his/her Deputy. It organizes regular follow-up points with the Head of Civil Engineering Projects, reviews the progress of activities under their responsibility, identifies difficulties encountered and activities requiring priority attention, and monitors the implementation of agreed decisions and actions.
Reporting and coordination
It provides reporting to the General Management: collect and analyze information on the physical and financial progress of projects, compare achievements with forecasts and highlight discrepancies, report risks, anomalies and difficulties likely to affect projects, and prepare and transmit summary reports on the progress of projects.
It participates in coordination with stakeholders: contributing to the coordination of team and stakeholder interventions, organizing follow-up exchanges with relevant officials, sharing the information necessary for the proper execution of the work and monitoring the actions decided jointly.
It ensures the regular monitoring of the projects by carrying out periodic visits to the various sites, verifying the conditions of realization and the progress of the works in the field, identifying recurring difficulties in the execution of the projects and tracing the observations while ensuring the follow-up of the corrective actions.
It examines work situations and monitors financial progress: reviewing work situations transmitted, analysing data on the financial progress of projects, comparing, where available data allow, financial progress to physical progress, and reporting any discrepancies or inconsistencies found.
Finally, it contributes to the improvement of working methods and monitoring tools: identifying recurring difficulties in the execution of projects, analysing the causes of observed shortcomings, proposing improvements in working methods and monitoring tools, and monitoring the implementation of the selected improvements.
Candidate profile
The candidate must have a minimum Bac+3/4 in civil engineering, building, public works or an equivalent field. Professional experience of 3 to 5 years in the field of civil engineering and construction is expected, with a minimum of 3 years. Experience supervising a construction team would be greatly appreciated, and experience in project management or monitoring is an asset.
Required skills
Technical skills and project management.
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