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Job Title:   Civil Engineer

Organisation: Kakira Sugar Limited (KSL)

Duty Station:  Jinja, Uganda

Reports to: Project Manager Civil

About US:

Kakira Sugar Limited (KSL) is a leading sugar manufacturer in Uganda. KSL boasts of two (2) sugar estates, one in Kakira – Jinja and the other in Kayunga.

Job Summary:   The Civil Engineer will plan and coordinate the construction and maintenance work on proposed projects in the company’s industrial and domestic premises within agreed norms and ensure that work is efficiently undertaken at the most economic cost without sacrificing the quality of materials and workmanship.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparing plans and tender documentation
• Prepare conceptual plans and preliminary drawings of proposed projects with their cost estimates.
• Prepare tender documents covering technical specifications, bills of quantities and architectural drawings among others, sufficient to enable invitation of tenders.
• Invite tender bids, receive, shortlist them, evaluate, recommend and participate in final negotiation with prospective contractors.
• Hand over sites to contractors and supervise the erection of temporary structures and stocking of materials/equipment.
• Constantly monitor the design and structural progress of the project and ensure good quality work.
• Arrange and coordinate site meetings with interested parties to review progress and
• solve problems, take minutes and follow-up action.
• Carrying out surveys and tests and procure standard materials
• Carry out surveys on building construction materials for comparison and updating basic rates.
• Carry out random tests on cement and all other materials in the site laboratory and keep accurate record of such tests.
• Prepare an analysis of materials and construction task rates for cost comparison purposes.
• Record keeping and maintenance of registers
• Record causes of delays and hold ups and agree on solutions with contractors.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports on work progress and update the Civil Engineer on the same.
• Maintain accurate register on material consumption for accountability.
• Oversee the routine painting of company houses and other premises.
• Oversee the maintenance of steel fabrication in the estate.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized Institution.
• At least five years of related working experience
• Computer literate (Ms office) a must have and ability to use SAP (MM module) will be an added advantage.
• Proven Supervisory, leadership and administration skills.
• Communication Skills: Able to generate reports and with very good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ms Office: Should be able to generate workshop break down reports using excel and word.
• Analytical Skills: Able to analyse reports and interpret them for implementation purpose.

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Deadline: 12th November 2023

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