Senior Engineer - Water and Sanitation

Atkins Africa is currently looking for an experienced Engineer in Water and Sanitation to form part of our project team based in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Carry out engineering design related to the area of academic qualification.
• Conduct Surveys and site investigations to gather field data and design information.
• Perform project management and coordination roles.
• Perform construction site supervision, contract administration and management of project issues.
• Coordinate the activities of the design and construction teams including multi disciplinary project inputs to ensure quality of work and timely delivery of projects.
• Prepare and manage project budgets and schedules.
• Prepare and manage project reports and documents.
• Prepare and administer project tender and contract documents.
• Liaise with external project team members including the Client and attend meetings.
• Carry out Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC), implement and ensure Quality Management System (QMS) is adhered to on projects.
• Prepare bid documents for projects and assist in carrying out contract negotiations. 
• Marketing and business development of the service line and the company in general as directed by the SLM.
• May be assigned the role of a Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Resident Engineer (RE), and/or Discipline Lead Engineer on projects.
• Any other duties assigned.

Qualifications

Academic

• Bachelors and/or Master of Science (MSC) in the relevant engineering discipline

• Registration with relevant engineering bodies, and with ERB as a Registered Engineer.
• Membership in Professional Societies

• Must have minimum 5-10 years or relevant experience in the area of specialization

• Use of computers and knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, and Ms Project.
• Possess expertise in relevant engineering software and applications.
• Engineering design, drawing preparation and checking skills.
• People skills including interpersonal, mentoring, motivating, negotiation, delegation and control, communication and presentation skills
• Knowledge of contract management and administration