Kirk Davids

Ambitious Civil Engineer with 4+ years of progressive, hands-on site experience spanning structural supervision, quality assurance, and stakeholder coordination across residential and commercial construction in Kenya. Proven ability to independently manage complex construction workflows — from design interpretation through to practical completion — while maintaining zero-defect standards and tight programme adherence. Now pivoting into Project Management with a strong technical foundation, a track record of managing multidisciplinary teams, and a demonstrated ability to drive results under pressure.

Combines engineering precision with strategic communication to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to client specification.

Project Manager - Lihan Construction

(2025-11 - 2026-06)

Led project management for the construction of a sports complex from ground-breaking through to completion, holding full accountability for programme, budget, and quality across all phases of delivery.

• Directed the project from ground-breaking, overseeing site mobilisation, excavation, and foundation works through to substructure, superstructure, and finishing stages of the sports complex.
• Developed and maintained the master construction programme, coordinating architects, structural engineers, and specialist subcontractors to keep all trades aligned against critical milestones.
• Managed project budget and cost control, tracking expenditure against contract sums and issuing variation and change-order assessments to protect overall project value.
• Acted as principal point of contact for the client and design team, chairing progress meetings and issuing formal reports to keep stakeholders informed on programme, risk, and quality performance.
• Enforced site health and safety compliance across all trades, ensuring the project reached completion with a strong safety record and to specified quality standards.

Site Engineer - Millennium Chuma

(2024-03 - 2025-08)

Lead site engineer on a high-value commercial and residential construction portfolio, overseeing the full project lifecycle from mobilisation through to handover against structured engineering specifications.

• Directed daily site operations across multiple concurrent work packages, coordinating 15+ subcontractors and ensuring strict compliance with approved structural and architectural drawings — consistently achieving zero rework on structural elements.
• Implemented a rigorous weekly progress reporting framework, translating complex construction data into executive-level dashboards that enabled senior leadership to make real-time programme decisions and proactively mitigate risk.
• Established and enforced a materials quality-assurance protocol, conducting batch testing and supplier audits that reduced non-conforming materials by an estimated 30%, protecting project contingency budgets.
• Facilitated high-stakes multi-party meetings between clients, consultants, and contractors; authored and distributed detailed meeting minutes and action logs that maintained accountability and reduced scope disputes by ensuring clear, documented decision trails.
• Tracked scope-of-work completion against contractual milestones, identifying schedule deviations early and mobilising corrective action plans that maintained on-programme delivery across the engagement.
• Mentored junior site staff and artisan teams on best-practice construction techniques, elevating overall workmanship quality and reducing the frequency of supervisory interventions over the project lifecycle.

Freelance Site Engineer - Independent Client Portfolio

(2022-01)

Self-directed consultancy delivering end-to-end site engineering services to private clients across the Nairobi region, sourced entirely through professional referrals — a testament to consistent client satisfaction.

• Managed full-cycle construction projects independently — from initial feasibility and cost estimation through procurement, supervision, and practical completion — for residential builds and commercial fitouts.
• Provided expert advisory services on material selection and procurement strategy, consistently identifying cost-effective substitutions without compromising structural integrity or aesthetic specifications.
• Interpreted and implemented complex structural and architectural design packages, resolving on-site design clashes in real time and coordinating with design consultants to issue RFIs and formal design clarifications.
• Maintained rigorous quality-control logs and site inspection records, equipping clients with full documentation packages at project close — enabling smoother regulatory approvals and lender inspections.
• Managed client relationships end-to-end, setting clear expectations on scope, timeline, and budget, resulting in 100% repeat and referral-based client acquisition throughout the engagement period.

Site Engineering Attaché - Canaan Developers

(2023-01 - 2023-05)

Embedded within an active commercial construction project, providing hands-on supervisory and technical support under the direction of senior engineers.

• Supervised civil works across multiple trades, maintaining a live progress register that identified critical path delays ahead of schedule and enabled timely reallocation of resources.
• Reviewed and cross-referenced structural and architectural drawings against as-built conditions, flagging and escalating discrepancies before they could generate costly remedial work.
• Drafted comprehensive site progress reports for presentation to project stakeholders, developing the ability to synthesise technical complexity into clear, concise management narratives.

Site Engineering Attaché - Hayer One Group

(2022-01 - 2022-05)

First professional exposure to large-scale construction environments, building foundational competencies in site safety, scheduling, and inspection under mentorship from senior engineers.

• Developed project timelines and milestone schedules using structured planning tools, enforcing deadline adherence with contractors across civil and finishing trades.
• Proactively enforced health and safety standards on site, conducting toolbox talks and daily safety briefings that contributed to a zero lost-time incident record throughout the attachment.
• Conducted systematic site inspections, maintaining detailed defect registers and issuing punch-list items to subcontractors with clearly defined remediation timescales.

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) - Mangu High School