Site Wind Turbine Supervisor
- Contract Full time
- Posted 2 weeks ago
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Job Detail
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Job ID 6598
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Experience 4 Years
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Industry Wind
Job Description
Our client is a growing successful IPP, with an enviable culture and environment.
This is a contract position.
Supervision of contractors’ construction activities on renewable energy projects (solar, wind, biomass and hydro), focused on WTG works but otherwise as required by the Site Superintendent.
Requirements:
- 3+ years as a Wind Site Supervisor;
- Engineering degree / diploma preferred
Responsibilities:
General:
- Use reasonable endeavours to remain abreast with market and technological developments and to identify new technologies that may contribute towards the development of the Business and improvements in the Company;
- Foster and lead a corporate culture that promotes sustainable ethical practices, encourages individual integrity and fulfils social responsibility objectives and imperatives;
- Recommending policy and procedure improvements;
- Ensuring overall compliance to all the internal Policy and Procedures of the Company, including compliance with Corporate ESMS (Environmental, Social, Management System), IFC Standards and Equator Principles;
- Carry out duties in a proper, loyal and efficient manner to the best of their ability and at all times act in good faith and use their best endeavours to properly conduct, improve, extend, develop, promote, protect and preserve the business interests, reputation and goodwill of the Company and not do anything or engage in any activity which is or may become harmful or contrary to such interests;
- Immediately disclose to the Employer any information which comes to their knowledge and which does, or may, lead to them not being lawfully able to perform their duties or responsibilities.
Execution Phase (Construction and Commissioning):
- Support the Project Manager, Project Engineer and Site Superintendent in coordinating and supervising turbine supply and installation (TSA) works, ensuring that the client’s specifications and requirements are met, reviewing progress and liaising with the TSA Contractor;
- Having a detailed view of contractor’s planning, especially so with works scheduled in the same areas which may pose a risk of clashing activities;
- Interrogating such contractors to ascertain their mitigating measures to avoid clashes of works;
- Support in achieving successful interface between the TSA works and the balance of plant scope, with focus on both technical compatibility and project execution
- Supervising and reporting activities on site assuring that timeline, quality testing and costs of each activity is performed correctly in all the phases of the project;
- Enforcing compliance with, Standards and Specification as follows:
- Surveillance of the contractor’s onsite activities through witnessing inspections and tests, observing material handling, change control (RFI), ensuring safe HSE practices, and verifying proper execution of construction processes;
- Keeping records in accordance with specification/code requirements and approved inspection and test plans (Quality Control Plan’s);
- Plan and attend meetings onsite and follow-up implementation and close-out of agreed quality-related actions;
- Facilitate construction contractors or independent (third party) verification activities as specified in agreed inspection and test plans (Quality Control Plan’s);
- Verify the completeness and accuracy of the “as-built” documentation to be provided by the construction contractors;
- Liaising with the Site Superintendent, other construction professionals (Health and Safety Manager, Commissioning Manager, Quality Manager, etc…) and, sometimes, members of the main authorities (utilities, etc…);
- Making safety inspections and monitoring construction and site safety;
- Maintain observation reports/logs including work description, work methods, contractors on site, weather conditions, observations, photos, etc.;
- Keeping record if delays of works and its accurate causes for control purposes;
- Checking and preparing site reports (daily, weekly, monthly as required);
- Implementing client’s quality control procedures and monitoring that the contraction contractors fully implement their respective quality procedures for the project as approved by the client;
- Attend, or conduct, periodic construction progress meetings with the construction contractors;
- Review progress claims (payment milestone claims) from the construction contractors and when necessary negotiate revisions in accordance with the Site Superintendent and Project Manager – apply earned value assessment when required by the Project Manager;
- Support the Project Manager and Project Engineer in the interrogation and settlement of time & cost claims by the TSA Contractor, working to minimise negative impacts on the overall project outcomes;
- Assisting with punch listing and other project completion activities in coordination with the Site Superintendent, Commissioning Manager and O&M team;
- Ensure all the construction contract requirements are fulfilled before the final completion is released for each of the construction contractors.