Civil Construction Supervisor at The Talent Expert

Is this you?

• You are a highly motivated and experienced Civil Construction Supervisor who loves playing a critical role in ensuring the successful execution of a project. Your prime drivers include overseeing HSE compliance, managing civil construction activities, providing QA/QC support, and facilitating effective communication with stakeholders.
• If this sounds like you, apply to this exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of our clients’ impact on energy production in South Africa.

What you’ll be doing (and why you’ll enjoy it)

• In this role, you will have a wide range of responsibilities on the civil balance of plant that will keep you on your toes.
• You will provide active support to the HSE Manager, ensuring the enforcement of the HSE Plan on site.
• You will review and verify DSTIs, act as OHS, and guide contractors to comply with the project’s EMPrs.
• Monitor and control contractors’ site activities and performance for the scope of work, and ensure compliance with contracts, employer’s requirements, and industry best practices. Adherence to the Project Schedule and milestone dates and collecting daily diaries to monitor progress will be required of you.
• QA/QC support will involve ensuring correct design implementation, supporting the EPC Engineer with on-site engineering designs, attending witness and hold points, and site acceptance tests. You will also provide assistance in document review processes and technical acceptance procedures.
• Help support the Project Scheduler and Commercial team with progress measurements and document reviews, interact with stakeholders, effectively communicate company values and objectives on-site, fulfil reporting obligations, and manage interactions with various parties involved in the project.
• All of this will be reported directly to the Site Construction Manager daily or weekly.

Where you’ll be doing it

• Our client, a leading international IPP, is spearheading a battery energy storage project on various sites in SA (North West/Mpumalanga/Northern Cape) featuring a state-of-the-art BESS with a capacity of 115MWp and three 30MW battery storage systems controlled by a virtual power plant controller. They are pulling together a team of invaluable people to head this engineering project.
• You will be joining the site for a 24-month fixed-term contract.

What you’ll need

• In order to be ready to take on the challenges of this role, you will need to have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the civil construction space with a minimum of 2 year’s experience in an energy generation project. You need to hold a BTech or BSc in Civil or Engineering fields and be comfortable in your exposure to those fields over the years.
• Along with that, our client would like to see a thorough understanding of regulations, multiple project execution, and overall proactivity and intercultural competence.
• Excellent leadership, reliability and a detail-orientated mindset along with strong negotiating skills are a must.
• And of course, the most important fact of them all: you need to love and understand what it means to be working on site!

What you’ll get

• Apart from an open door into the most sought-after energy space of the decade, you will be walking away with a comfortable salary at the end of each month including med/pens benefits and standard site benefits. R&R weekend is once a month from Thursday to Tuesday and travel to and from the site will be in your vehicle at own cost.