Job Title: Air Conditioning Project Manager
Employer: Appliance World
Duty Station: Kampala– Uganda
Application Deadline: 24th March 2016
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Managing all ‘ground level’ aspects of a project from start to finish. This includes preparing a material requisition list, ensuring materials are purchased on time, coordinating with the department to ensure that you have enough technicians who are competent to carry out the works, supervising the works on site to see that they are done in accordance with the work program and ensuring that the quality of works in maintained, ensuring health and safety on site.
· You will be managing large projects and leading a team. The ability to follow a work program and ensure that works are completed on time and to an excellent standard.
· You will be working hand in hand with the main contractor and the electrical subcontractor to see that works that you depend on are communicated clearly and completed on time to allow you to complete your work.
· Managing all quality and troubleshooting aspects of a project. This includes checking all aspects of the work and ensuring that quality is excellent. In addition, during execution, you may find that technicians are not experienced enough in knowing what to do in a complex situation, you will be required to solve this problem by guiding them clearly. During commissioning of a project, you will be fully in charge of commissioning and troubleshooting
· Managing all ‘administrative’ aspects of the project. This includes preparation of specifications of items to be used for the consultant’s approval, preparation of working drawings, preparing, updating and reviewing work programs, communicating with the consultant and contractor to update them on your progress and any works you are depending on by the contractor which are causing delays to your works, attending site meetings and preparing minutes for submission of the same, making applications for payments, following up on payments and seeing that we are paid on time.
· Managing all ‘pre award’ activities. This includes, preparing quotations for air conditioning requests, meeting consultants on clarifications required, responding to tender requests which have tight deadlines. Some clients ask us to design for an air conditioning solution by issuing us with an architectural drawing; you will be required to do this whilst using the assistance of engineers who have good AutoCAD skills.
· Reporting aspects of the role. These include, updating all concerned parties at a regular interval by proper written communication as to the project status, any requests and any delays you may be facing as a result of another party not completing his works on time.
· Motivating technicians to work well and properly, as well as being strict on those who are not performing is an important part of the role.
How to Apply
Email your
application to jobs@applianceworld.co.ug
Call: +256 776
150654 or Email: hr@applianceworld.co.ug for more information.
