Job Summary:
The Construction Associate will work with our operation team at one of our District offices. The person is responsible for overseeing the district construction team including masons and supervisors. This role has a wide range of responsibilities including mason management, inventory management, logistics, and auditing of quality. We are looking for someone who is adept at detailed planning, logistics, a quick learner, and a self-starter. He or she will work closely with the District Manager to ensure that we build both the quantity and quality of floors required.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Ensuring that floors within your district meet the standard of quality set by the Regional Operations Manager and the quality assurance team
Overseeing logistics surrounding procurement and movement of materials and materials usage.
Training construction supervisors and supervise mason trainings
Managing 1-5 construction supervisors and up to 50 contracted masons
Conducting daily spot checks of ongoing construction.
Ensuring equipment and material movements to clients are logged into inventory system
Ensuring Salesforce and reporting is up-to-date.
Supporting management team in strategizing around operational cost reductions and improvements to quality
Any other duty that may be assigned to you by your manager from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicant must hold a Diploma though preference will be given to those with a background in construction management, civil engineering, environmental sciences, or logistics
Two years of work experience with at least one year of managing several people
Strong people management skills with the ability to manage contract staff
Manage complex scheduling and logistics of large numbers of staff and materials
Ability to work independently
Fluency in English and Lusoga
Strong skills MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Positive attitude, self-starter, entrepreneurial spirit, sense of humor and willingness to learn new things
Commitment to excellence, outstanding work ethic, and attention to detail
Resourcefulness and creative problem solving
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