Sogea Satom is one of the leading international building and civil engineering companies in Africa with presence in about 20 countries within the continent.
We manage the permanent operations of Vinci Construction in Africa.
Our core activities are road and earth works, hydraulic engineering, civil engineering and building.
Due to our continued growth in the EA region, we are seeking to fill the position of Hydraulic Engineer with a high-caliber individual to join our growing team.
Job Purpose: The job holder will be responsible for the proposal and tender of, often, complex high-value engineering projects.
You will need to understand, interpret and respond to complex technical specifications and documentation.
Attached to the Technical tendering department, the successful candidate will perform specialized work in helping to assess risk, project costing, and is involved in estimation, cost control, and risk analysis with specific focus on Hydraulic projects.
Job Profile
Preliminary phase:
- Prepare all bid proposals and design all hydraulic and pneumatic systems according to contract specifications and prepare prices for all diagrams. Preparation of costing estimates and project summary sheets.
- Prepare all procurement specifications and prepare all technical procedures and bill of materials and provide support to all material requirements and review all designs to improve performance.
- Analyze the feasibility of projects and prepare corresponding reports
Tendering Phase
- Analyze the tender dossiers (written documents and plans) taking into account the context (geographical, administrative, political and fiscal) in which the project falls.
- Project cost analysis (cadences, resources, means) including the consolidation of prices of suppliers, co-contractors and subcontractors by including variations solutions if allowed
- Site visits and authentication of available resources
- Prepare appropriate offers and tender documents
- Prepare presentations, if necessary for the risk committee and participate in related meetings
- Liaise with suppliers, co-contractors and any subcontractors, and participate in negotiations and development of the market
- Prepare the transfer folder where the project is awarded to the project team
- Monitor efficient working of all hydraulic equipment, troubleshoot on the same and provide support to all process engineers and make required adjustments.
Person Profile:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- Clear understanding of tenders and tender documents
- Solid knowledge of construction business with bias to road and earthworks, methods, techniques, construction planning and contractual aspects of the markets and on the use of equipment.
- 3-5 years on – site experience
- Relevant software experience e.g. AUTOCAD, MS project software price studies etc
- Understands construction practices and systems, estimating concepts & processes
- Ability to identify the output of construction equipment
Personal Attributes
- Organized with proven ability to meet set deadlines
- Good command of the English language with excellent writing skills [to formulate method statements etc…]
- Rigorous, meticulous with great attention to details
- Proactive, agile and adaptable
- Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality at all times
- Ability to work within a team in a multi-faceted organization
- Able to lead projects from start to finish
How to Apply
If you are who we are looking for and have the right skill set then send your application, CV with daytime telephone number to hr@sogeasatom.com with the subject line Hydraulic Engineer {do not attach copies of your certificates}
All applications should reach us on or before Friday 4th December, 2015.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.