Graduate Civil Engineer

GHD; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction management firm in the United Arab Emirates is looking for a Site Supervisor to oversee daily operations at construction sites. This role involves ensuring quality and timeliness in construction projects, providing operational support, and leading teams while adhering to health and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have a background in construction management and demonstrate strong planning and organizational skills. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• 7 to 12 months of general experience in straightforward procedures or systems.
• Must be adaptable and demonstrate effective verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily work at construction sites for quality assurance.
• Provide operational support and act as first-line supervisor.
• Ensure compliance with Health Safety and Environment policies.

Skills

Planning and Organizing

Health and Safety

Construction Management

Negotiation

Verbal Communication

Education

Short-Cycle Tertiary Education

Job description

Overview

Supervise the daily execution of work at construction sites to meet quality and timeliness requirements.

Responsibilities

• External Communications: Help others get the most out of external communications systems by offering support and advice.
• Construction Management: Provide operational support services and sometimes act as first-line supervisor of an area of a construction project. Involves using existing systems and protocols.
• Health Safety and Environment: Follow the organizations health safety and environment (HSE) policies procedures and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace; instruct the team in safe working methods; identify instances of risky behaviors within the team and take appropriate action escalating serious issues as appropriate.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Leadership and Direction: Explain the local action plan to support team members in their understanding of what needs to be done and how this relates to the broader business plan and the organizations strategy mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Performance Management: Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance; or monitor the performance of the team allocate work and review completion take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
• Organizational Capability Building: Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
• Quality Assurance: Plan and coordinate testing and inspection of products and processes. Implement corrective actions or continuous improvement initiatives and monitor them to make sure they are effective.
• Operational Compliance: Identify within the team instances of noncompliance with the organizations policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate.

Competencies

• Ensures Accountability Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example holds self to high standards and consistently honors policies procedures and work requirements. Scrupulously ensures all work is correct.
• Communicates Effectively Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example disseminates knowledge insights and updates in a polished precise and compelling manner. Demonstrates a deep interest in others comments. Creates rich documents and reports.
• Courage Steps up to address difficult issues saying what needs to be said. For example shares own ideas and points of view openly regardless of potential criticism or risk; shows conviction when faced with adversity and challenges; raises difficult topics to be sure they are addressed.
• Develops Talent Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organizations goals. For example shares own experience and expertise with others if asked. Provides constructive feedback and other support for other peoples development.
• Directs Work Provides direction delegating and removing obstacles to get work done. For example confirms mutual agreement on accountabilities fostering strong coordination and minimizing duplicated efforts. Communicates delays or problems early so others can manage their own work schedules effectively.
• Plans and Aligns Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. For example outlines clear plans that put actions in a logical sequence; conveys some time frames. Aligns own work with relevant workgroups. Takes some steps to reduce bottlenecks and speed up the work.
• Drives Results Consistently achieves results even under tough circumstances. For example holds self to high standards of performance; sets some challenging goals; wants to achieve meaningful results; pursues initiatives/efforts to successful completion and closure. Focuses on key goals even during setbacks and obstacles.
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness Uses a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses. For example actively seeks feedback from a variety of sources; asks clarifying questions to understand and improve own impact on others or on team performance. Reflects on and learns from own mistakes.

Skills

• Planning and Organizing Works with full competence to plan organize prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet objectives. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Policy and procedures Works with full competence to monitor interpret and understand policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Verbal Communication Works with full competence to express ideas request actions formulate plans & policies by means of clear and effective verbal communications. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Project Management Works with full competence to plan and manage small project work assignments within desired cost time and quality parameters. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Managing Change Works with full competence to demonstrate a change mindset as well as plan execute and monitor activities during times of change whilst keeping performance levels up. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Presentation Skills Works with full competence to communicate and deliver information verbally in a clear concise and compelling manner to other people. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Review and Reporting Works with full competence to create reports and review reports created by others for various audiences as relevant in a lucid and effective manner keeping in mind the purpose of reports. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Health and Safety Works with full competence to manage and apply safe systems of work. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Construction Bid Management Works with full competence to coordinate organize and manage the process of preparing and submitting bids for construction projects ensuring accuracy compliance with requirements and timely submission to optimize chances of success. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Construction Technology Works with full competence to utilize and integrate various technologies tools and methodologies in construction projects to enhance efficiency accuracy safety and sustainability including Building Information Modeling (BIM) drones and advanced construction materials. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Negotiation Works with full competence to obtain consensus between two or more parties who may have different interests for the benefit of the organization. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Effectively Presents Solutions Works with full competence to communicate and articulate potential resolutions or strategies in a clear compelling and tailored manner to address specific challenges or meet organizational needs. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Manages Resistance Works with full competence to identify address and navigate opposition or reluctance effectively fostering a collaborative environment and facilitating positive outcomes in the face of resistance. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Workflow Management Works with full competence to orient work in a workflow to plan organize and execute the steps it takes to achieve higher efficiencies. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
• Adaptive Mindset Works with full competence to shift into and out of a mental mindset associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

Education

• Short-Cycle Tertiary Education

Experience

• General Experience: Sound experience and understanding of straightforward procedures or systems (7 to 12 months)
• Managerial Experience: None

Traits

• Focus Preference for organization procedure and exactitude.
• Persistence A tendency toward passionate and steadfast pursuit of long-term goals in spite of obstacles discouragement or distraction.
• Need for Achievement A tendency to work intensely to achieve and exceed difficult standards.
• Confidence The degree to which a person is convinced that they control the course of events in their lives.
• Composure The ability to stay calm and poised in stressful difficult or ambiguous situations.
• Sociability The natural inclination to engage with and interact with others.
• Optimism The degree to which people are comfortable with themselves and positive about life.
• Credibility The degree of consistency between a persons words and actions.
• Adaptability Comfort with unanticipated changes of direction or approach.
• Influence The ability to motivate and persuade others.
• Humility The degree to which a person is seen as courteous free from self-absorption and easy to get along with.
• Affiliation A preference for aligning with a larger team or organization toward a common goal.
• Assertiveness The degree to which people enjoy taking charge and directing others.
• Curiosity The extent to which a person is likely to tackle problems in a novel way see patterns in complex information and pursue deep understanding.
• Situational Self-Awareness The ability to stay attuned to ones own experiences motivations and reactions in the present moment.
• Empathy Being attuned to others feelingsmotivations and concerns.
• Openness to Differences A desire to consider and explore differences in perspective thought and experience of persons from a variety of backgrounds.
• Tolerance of Ambiguity Comfort with uncertain vague or contradictory information that prevents a clear understanding or direction.
• Trust An expectation of honesty and forthrightness on the part of oneself and others.
• Risk-Taking A willingness to take a stand or take chances based on limited information.

Note

Required Experience: IC