Position Purpose

Client is a ship builder with its parent company and first Shipyard located in Western Australia. Client also has a Shipyard in Singapore, and its recent addition is a Shipyard in Vietnam. This Vietnam Company has 120,000sqm of land, which is currently under development. To enable to meet its contractual obligations in terms of ship builds, it has an ambitious development schedule for the Dong Xuyen site.

The position has the dual role or working closely with the Subcontractors appointed to undertake the construction of the yard, whilst managing the project and ensuring that it is on schedule and on budget.

The detail work will include the following (but not limited to):

Responsibilities

• Supervision of all shipyard constructions including; building construction, pile driving, soil compaction, concrete (reinforcement & pouring), storm water drainage, electrical reticulation, water supply and reticulation (including fire system), compaction and road surfacing/preparation, dredging and landfill operations
• Ensuring the quality of construction materials and methods
• Maintenance and enforcement of design standards and general work standards on construction project

Duties and Tasks

Management

• Writing of detailed specifications for each phase of the development
• Sourcing quotations for each phase of the development
• Scheduling of tasking and meeting of programme schedules
• Reporting of progress
• Resolution of design issues with subcontractor
• Participation in development planning

Financial

• Bidding for resources to meet the development requirements
• Meeting project aims within project resource allocations

Design

• Liasing with subcontractors to ensure quality and suitability of construction designs to meet financial and functional requirements

Liaison with other departments

• Liaison with the others in Project Departments to ensure development schedules are suitable for all
• Liaison with subcontractors
• Liaison with external departments to arrange licenses & permissions as required

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Formal qualifications as an engineer
• Proven experience in construction engineering
• Excellent Project Management Skills
• Proficiency in reading and understanding construction drawings
• Experience in project planning

Desirable

• Previous broad management experience

Personal Qualities

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent negotiating skills
• High level of commitment
• Excellent work ethic