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.
