Mechanical Superintendent

Jones Engineering; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Engineering in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, seeks a Mechanical Superintendent to lead site operations and coordinate with the Construction Manager. You will supervise work fronts, manage labour forecasts, track subcontractors, and ensure QA/QC and HSE compliance on a major project, including data centre elements.

This role requires a strong mechanical background with 5+ years in construction, proficiency with MS Office, and the ability to maintain current documentation while driving milestones to

Qualifications

• Time served apprenticeship an advantage.
• Mechanical background.
• Minimum 5 years work experience on construction projects.
• Experience in Data Centre Projects an advantage.
• Competent in the use of PC applications (Microsoft Office suit or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Direct line of report to the Construction Manager.
• Involvement with temporary site setups as assigned by the Construction Manager.
• Provide input, review and management of Labour forecasts to ensure manpower is practical.
• Notify the Construction Manager of impediments to planned works.
• Track and notify subcontractor performance and impediments to their works.
• Maintain a daily log of job site activities from the lookahead program.
• Ensure all materials issued from stores are correctly documented and booked back to stores.
• Provide day-to-day links with client’s construction discipline team for coordination.
• Ensure site housekeeping, waste disposal and environmental protection are followed and issues escalated.
• Manage all assigned construction activities to meet project milestones.
• Ensure documentation is current and stamped Issued for construction.
• Escalate design/execution issues to the Construction Manager.
• Track site progress and identify risks to the schedule.
• Coordinate material take-offs with the Construction Manager.
• Supervise and coordinate subcontractors to deliver packages to JEG standards.
• Coordinate with site stakeholders/BIM Team on work requirements.
• Ensure adherence to EHS and QA/QC requirements by all team members.
• Attend Construction Team meetings as required.
• Contribute inputs to Project Change Management via the Construction Manager.
• Ensure HSE requirements are observed in all activities.
• Ensure timekeeping compliance by subordinates and subcontractors.
• Ensure awareness and compliance with QSPs in the Quality Library.
• Foster a productive, adaptable team culture.

Skills

Mechanical background

5+ years construction experience

PC applications (Microsoft Office)

Education

Apprenticeship or trade qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Role: Mechanical Superintendent

Location: Riyadh Saudi Arabia

• Direct line of report Construction Manager
• Involvement with temporary site setups as assigned by the Construction Manager.
• Provide input, review and management of Labour forecasts to ensure the manpower is practical for assigned works and not exceeded for the works once agreed.
• Notify the Construction Manager of any impediment to planned works, e.g., Access issues, material, equipment, etc.
• Track and notify the Construction Manager of subcontractor performance and any impediment to their works.
• Maintain a daily log of job site activities extracted from the 2-week lookahead programme to track progress and issue updates to the Construction Manager.
• Ensure all materials issued from stores are correctly documented for approval to use, correct quantities for job in hand and excess materials are booked back to stores upon completion of works.
• Provide day-to-day links with client’s construction discipline team to ensure all planned works are coordinated correctly.
• Set an example by ensuring work fronts and job site is organized and clean, including waste disposal and environmental protection, escalating any issues arising by poor housekeeping to Construction Manager and HSE Lead for further action.
• Manage all assigned construction activities as per scope allocation and coordinate with all stakeholders to ensure the project milestones are achieved.
• Ensure all documentation utilized at site is the latest revision and stamped Issued for construction, remove any documentation from site work front not of the latest revision, in coordination with QA/QC.
• Ensure any construction design / execution issues are escalated to the Construction Manager for further action.
• Tracking site progress and providing updates to the Construction Manager for further action, identifying any risks to the schedule.
• Ensure any material take-off top-ups are coordinated with the Construction Manager.
• Under the direction of the Construction Manager, site work front supervision and coordination of assigned construction subcontractors to ensure all packages are delivered to JEG and project standards.
• Liaise and coordinate the builders’ work requirements with site Construction stakeholders / BIM Team.
• Ensure adherence to all EHS and QA/QC requirements and responsible for ensuring subordinate team and sub-contractors adheres to these requirements.
• Ensure inspections for assigned work fronts are completed with QA/QC Team to ensure client representative site installation inspections are approved to Code A
• Attend Construction Team meetings as required by the Construction Manager.
• Provide input to Project Change Management process via the Construction Manager.
• Ensuring that the HSE requirements are observed in the execution of all construction activities.
• Ensuring that all assigned subordinates and subcontractors adhere to site timekeeping protocols and escalating any issues or deviations.
• Ensure awareness and compliance of the QSP’s which are located and maintained in the JEG Group Quality Library.
• Provides a working environment that develops a highly productive, adaptive, motivated and creative team which builds cooperation, respect, Team and Self focus, openness, respect and commitment.

Experience And Qualifications

• Time served apprenticeship an advantage.
• Mechanical background
• Minimum 5 years work experience on construction projects.
• Experience in Data Centre Projects an advantage.
• Competent in the use of PC applications (Microsoft Office suit or equivalent).