Efficient leadership skill. Well-developed client service skills including a positive attitude, creative thinking skills, good work ethic, teamwork experience, time management skills, flexibility Creating building designs and highly detailed drawings by hand and applicable design applications.
Working with a team of other supporting professionals such as building service engineers, construction managers, quantity surveyors
Adapting plans according to situations and resolving any arising problems during construction.
Writing and presenting reports, proposals, applications and contracts.
Determining the materials to be used and specifying the requirements for specific projects.
Experience
Liaising with construction professionals about the feasibility of a proposed project, including constraining factors such as town planning legislation, environmental impact and project budget.
Ensuring projects run according to schedule and budget.
Negotiating with various contractors and other site professionals.
Attending meetings with clients to discuss their requirements.
Supporting the project and team management.
Travelling to site location to check on progress within and outside base location to building sites, prospective locations and scheduled meetings.
Perform other duties as required
Education
Ability to work as part of a team in supporting and addressing the needs of clients and stakeholders; Well established time management skills with the ability to make well considered/reasoned decisions regarding own work and to follow them through.
Ability to use action planning skills, set priorities, develop work goals and identify the steps needed to achieve goals of relevance to own work area.
Ability to work well and meet objectives of tasks when under pressure or when exposed to uncertainties, challenges and/or changing work environments.
Ability to understand and contribute to team/work unit goals and plans as well as to collective decision-making.
Ability to multitask and to meet client service/stakeholder management standards and objectives of pertinence to assigned responsibilities.
Ability to perceive the moods and feelings of others from various cultural backgrounds, and to understand interests, needs, and perspectives so as to prevent/address misunderstandings and complaints.
Well-developed ability to relate well with people from varied backgrounds and sound understanding of diverse cultural differences especially within West Africa.
