Executive & Management
General Manager-Construction | |||
| Company | A Leading EPC Group | Experience | more than 15 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of posting | 2008-06-22 9:25 | Salary indication | Attractive |
| Category | Executive & Management | Start date | Immediate |
| Region | Middle East | Duration | Long Term |
| Country | United Arab Emirates | ||
| Location | Abu Dhabi | ||
| Description | A Leading EPC Group is on lookout for a General Manager for their Abu Dhabi operations. POSITION SUMMARY Ensure the overall success of the project pre-construction phase by overseeing the pre-construction process and integration of the design/build elements of the project. During the pre-construction phase coordinate between the architect, General Contractor, design team, project consultants (including 3rd party consultants), design/build MEP team, Customer Care and Sales and Marketing team to ensure the project is designed to the construction budget. In addition, ensure the overall success of each project as it moves from pre-construction to construction. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES The essential functions of the job include, but are not limited to, the following areas: Directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering project within area of assigned responsibility. Plans and formulates engineering program and organizes project staff according to project requirements. Assigns project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project, such as technical studies, design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and testing, in accordance with engineering disciplines of staff. Design Management • Ensure the designs is always relevant to the project cost and immediately identifies and communicate potential design/budget issues where required. • Ensure Value Engineering is carried prior to completion of CD drawings and commencement of construction to optimize project budget. • Oversee the pre-construction design process ensuring MEP overlays are detailed and completed prior to the issue of construction documents. • Ensure the general Contractor up-dates the project budget during the design development and construction document stages of the design. • Ensure the budget updates have subcontractor input whenever possible. • Manage and coordinate 3rd party design and cost consultants. • Process Sales office and Model plans. • Coordinate with Sales and Marketing to ensure their requirements are incorporated in the design drawings. • Coordinate with Development to ensure smooth transition from DD to CD phase. • Manage third party design reviews of the project where required. Cost Management • Co-ordinate and manage Value Engineering (VE) sessions. • Oversee the general contractors subcontracting process for clarity with the project goals and for conformance with LU standards. • Participate in the subcontractor de-scoping and interview process with the general contractor (GC). • Prior to the general contractor signing a subcontract ensure the scope of work is complete and accurate for that trade. • Prior to entering the pre-construction phase coordinate and manage the Request for Proposal (RFP) process including bidding and awarding the contract to the preferred GC. • Once the pre-construction phase is successfully completed coordinate and manage the GMP contract signing with the preferred GC for the project including working closely with legal counsel to draft any modifications to the GMP contract where required. Project Management • Attend and participate in the weekly Design Development meetings. • Ensure smooth coordination between the design team and the general contractor immediately resolving any issues that could potentially cause a time/cost impact to the project. • Coordinate with Development to ensure the DD and CD phases are successfully carried out. • Coordinate with Land Acquisition to provide construction cost information. • Coordinate with Finance to capture appropriate cost codes for each project including providing and updating budget numbers as required. • Project manages the RFP, Pre-construction and Contract signing processes for each project. • Ensure the GC produces an up to date construction budget and schedule for each project at all times. • Coordinate between the 3rd party consultants and the general contractor. • Assist the Quality Manager to ensure that all quality issues are addressed in the GMP contract. Schedule • Ensure all time change requests are accurate and genuinely affect the project critical path prior to change order approval. • Cross reference all schedule of value with the real time base line project schedule. • Ensure the optimizes the Schedule, Quality and Cost relationship for each project. • Ensure the RFP, Pre-construction and GMP contract is executed in a timely manner. General Duties: • Represent values, vision and operating principals at all times. • Coordinate, attend and participate in weekly design meetings. • Assist the Quality Manager, Pre-Construction Manager and Customer care with identifying recurring or preventable problems. • Coordinate with Sales and Marketing and Customer Care on the project. • Work closely with the Director Operations, Area Managers and Manager Corporate Quality to facilitate a smooth flow of communication in Operations so as to ensure the success of each project. • Successfully run the pre-construction phase of each project as required. • Perform quantity take offs for new land deals as required. Conditions: • The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Similarly, the work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Demands • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to manipulate equipment, and to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus. | ||
| Skills | Job Specification • The ideal candidate should have a Bachelors/ Masters in Civil / Construction Engineering / Management preferred. • The candidate should be western educated • 18 to 20 years project management experience in the building industry required, specifically experience in the mixed-use mid-rise sector preferred. • Experience working on complex projects preferred. • Engineering and/or construction experience required • Ability to perform the essential functions of the job in accordance with corporate requirements and professional business practices. Must be computer literate with experience in Windows. • Ability to read and understand plans, specifications, subcontracts, general contracts and construction management administrative systems is required to perform this position. | ||
| Remarks | Construction Experience necessary. | ||
| Reference Nr | www-78387 | ||
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