Technical Site Supervisors at Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization that works in 40 countries around the world to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities. Since 2012, Mercy Corps has worked to tackle Nigeria’s complex and evolving needs through a range of dynamic, multi-sector programs. In Nigeria, Mercy Corps is addressing the immediate humanitarian needs of vulnerable communities; enabling conflict-affected populations to transform from relief to resilience using market-driven approaches; and supporting community-led peace building efforts.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Site Supervisor
Location: Abuja, Katsina.
Employment Type: Contract (June 2024 - August 2024)

Responsibilities

• Review all weekly work plans and communicate plans to the infrastructure advisor before a new week.
• Supervise the work of the contractors on a daily basis and ensure that the contractors adhere to project plans/designs, material quality, BoQ, technical specifications, and contract documents and meet the quality standard.
• Provide support by coordinating and managing data and activities of local unskilled laborers.
• He/ She is responsible for maintaining safety and quality standards at the construction sites.
• The site supervisor will be supporting or traveling to assigned /multiple sites as required within any LGA as needed.
• Conduct community sensitization, awareness, and mobilization to encourage participant’s commitment to CMCR activities.
• Performing equipment, material, and routine site inspections, testing, and ensuring the equipment and manpower provided by the contractors are up to standard to complete the project with good quality in mind.
• Adherence to all MC infrastructure's minimum standard policies and procedures as outlined in MC policies and procedure manuals.
• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and not jeopardize its humanitarian mission in the country of operation.
• Performs any other duties as requested by the CMCR Engineer/ team.
• Detailed weekly supervision work plan (Also briefly stating the succeeding activities in the prior week)
• Act as site foreman under the supervision of CMCR Infrastructure advisor and MC technical team
• Liaise with contractors, CMCR Engineer/Team, and other stakeholders, ensuring that all parties remain coordinated and well informed on the infrastructure site activities, safeguarding, early warnings, and security issues.
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with local authorities, communities, and stakeholders in the MC area of intervention.
• Liaison between CMCR advisor, community, and site engineer to ensure works are ethically implemented according to plans, and specifications and completed within the designated timeframe within the budget.
• Generate weekly / Monthly construction inspection reports completed and shared on time.
• Document challenges, mitigation measures, success stories, and best practices.
• Share a minimum of 10 clear Action Pictures and short videos of construction work sections daily.
• Infrastructure work completion report detailing stages of work execution, images, approvals issued, quality and compliance forms, and types of quality control tests/dates/analysis results.
• Develop daily reports using the Mercy Corps template.
• Develop a final project report capturing all relevant dates, and data worth noting.
• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and not jeopardize its humanitarian mission in the country of operation.

Requirements

• Possess 4 years and above of experience in managing water infrastructures, and civil and other construction works including supervision, with evidence in the CV and or certificate of works.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Building Engineering/Technology, Geology and Mining, Architecture, Construction Project Management, or any other relevant related engineering fields, a master’s degree will be a plus. Copies of relevant certificates (Education and Professional) to be provided.
• Proven experience (Copies of Contracts/Job Completion note etc. of previous/similar work done) working as a Site Supervisor, foreman, Site engineer, Construction Project Manager, WASH Engineer, with construction and water scheme construction experiences, etc.
• The ability to interpret blueprints of technical engineering designs/plans, BoQ, and Specifications with evidence in the CV and or certificate of works.

Skills:

• Outstanding leadership and construction or WASH project management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of construction tools and equipment.
• Good knowledge of project location and ability to speak one or both the local language (Hausa and Fulani)
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of building codes, Standard methods of Measurement, and construction safety regulations.

Benefits

• N30,000 / Day (transport, accommodation, and services all-inclusive) for each day engaged.
• Mercy Corps will provide monthly payments to cover all needs, accommodation, and logistics for the consultant (Technical site supervision).
• Consultancy Monthly pay covers only working days or all the days the consultant (Technical site supervision) works, it does not cover off-work days.
• Payment will be made every month covering the cumulative working days, and the Consultant (Technical Site Supervisor) will fill out a timesheet and daily submissions of reports.
• Mercy Corps will provide oversight support and initiatives as required.
• Mercy Corps will provide necessary templates for reports, request for clarification, quality checklist, project designs BoQs etc
• Mercy Corps will support the consultants (Technical Site supervisors) with the necessary safety gear.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send the below documents to: [email protected]

Application Deadline  13th June, 2024.

Documents to be Submitted

• Education certificates.
• CVs
• Relevant professional training certificates in line with construction, safety and quality, evidence of registration with professional bodies in Nigeria (e.g COREN, CORBON, ARCON, NIOB, NIQS etc.),
• Contracts/Work certificates and another any evidence of similar projects executed