Site Manager (Retail Construction)

Here you run the site: labour, materials, quality and progress for the civil engineering contractor in Somerset West. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

Location: Somerset West, Western Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Measure completed work for monthly payment certificates
• Chair the weekly site meeting and record actions for the principal agent
• Check workmanship against drawings, specifications and SANS 10400
• Order concrete, bricks and steel on time so gangs never stand idle
• Draw up snag lists and close them out before practical completion
• Keep the site diary, daily labour returns and plant hours up to date

• Firm with labour, fair with subcontractors
• You can read architectural and structural drawings and pick up clashes
• At least 5 years on building or civil sites, 2 of them in a supervisory post
• Code 08 licence and your own reliable transport between sites
• Working knowledge of the Construction Regulations 2014 under the OHS Act
• Good with MS Project or a similar programme tool

• Project completion bonus linked to handover date
• Site accommodation on out-of-town projects
• Cellphone and laptop supplied
• Vehicle allowance or company bakkie

• Add a short project table to your CV: project name, type, rand value and your role. Contractors hire on project size.
• If you have SACPCMP registration, put the number and category under your name.