Brychan Somerville

Result-oriented civil engineer with 3 years experience in the construction industry in design, survey, and construction supervision. Proficient in industry-standard engineering software and recognized for strong communication skills that bridge the gap between technical teams and project stakeholders. Committed to professional growth and eager to apply technical expertise to challenging infrastructure projects.

Civil Engineer - Naivasha Sub-County Water Supply Project at Power China - STECOL Corporation (2025-09 – Present)

• Conduct topographical survey at the dam area and pipeline.
• Combine survey data and design pipeline alignments.
• Provide insights and possible modifications on structures during construction.
• Keep an eye on the project progress, compile reports on status and present them to relevant authorities.
• Coordinate project timeline and ensure timely execution of works.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
• Double as a translator between the Chinese team leaders and his local team members.

Civil Engineer - Olkaria 1 Geothermal Plant Rehabilitation Project at Power China - Sinohydro Bureau 6

• Coordinating site activities and supervising contracted staff.
• Liasing with the clients and subcontractors to ensure that the structures are done to the desired expectation.
• Coordinate project timeline and ensure timely execution of construction works.
• Generate new coordinates in cases where those in the drawing are insufficient.
• Inspecting construction activities, ensuring that drawing specifications are followed.
• Provide insights and possible modifications on structures during construction.
• Writing daily reports of construction activities.

Assistant Site Manager - Medical Garment Production Plant at Zhejiang Chengjian Construction Limited (2025-01 – 2025-07)

• Ensure that all workers on site are dressed in their necessary safety equipment before commencing work.
• Supervise construction site activities while ensuring compliance with safety regulations.
• Draft and design site plan using Revit.
• Coordinate project time-lines and execution of construction works.
• Hold toolbox meetings to emphasize the importance of safety.
• Inspect machinery to ensure that there are no safety hazards.
• Design of scaffold structures to provide support in inaccessible areas.
• Provide insights and possible modifications on structures during construction.
• Double as a translator between the Chinese team leaders and his local team members.

Part-time Civil Draftsman (2024 – 2024)

• Designing a six-kilometer road in compliance with both local and AASTHO design standards and requirements.
• Designing drainage systems and culvert locations.
• Extract coordinates used in staking out by the survey team.
• Calculation of quantities of materials used in cuts and fills.
• Create detailed topographical maps, highlighting existing amenities within the construction area.

Civil Engineer - A109 (Lot 2) Corridor Dualling Project at The Third Bureau of China City Construction Company Limited (2023-09 – 2024-12)

• Inspection of structures including culverts and service ducts, ensuring that the measurements are adhered to as per the design.
• Provide inputs into the design process.
• Calculation of stockpile volumes using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Calculate the volume of materials as per the road profile.
• Assist in compiling IPC reports, Requests for Quotations, and Requests for Inspection.
• Conduct engineering surveys for roads and structures including existing culverts, and buildings.
• Aid in surveying elevations of benchmarks, and calculating the cumulative error.
• Setting out data for road construction, structures including culverts, and service ducts.
• Locate adequate land used for sourcing material.
• Assist utility companies in ensuring that they relocate their connection lines to areas that would not interfere with the road and the general public.
• Supervision of laborers, while also acting as a translator between my supervisor and my colleagues.

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering – CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2019 – 2023)

Certificate in Mandarin Language – CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY (2018 – 2019)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education – MARANDA HIGH SCHOOL (2012 – 2015)