Contract Construction Manager

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II.   POSITION SUMMARY

This position is the Contract Construction Manager for projects which are executed by PDO Korea team. The incumbent is accountable for all aspects and disciplines (including Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & Instrument and etc.) of construction projects of Air products. The activities include not only construction site management but also providing accurate and competitive construction cost to support Project and PDE team by developing RFQ and BOQ, and evaluating bidders’ quotation to support selecting contractors, managing construction contractors during execution phase, and developing construction productivity.

And he or she is responsible for executing “Construction Projects” within the approved on-stream date with high quality and zero safety incident. He or she should plan, organize and control all construction field activities for the designated projects and duration to ensure that the project construction is fulfilled safely, with high standard quality, on schedule and within budget.

III.  NATURE AND SCOPE

At the project level, the Contract construction manager reports functionally to the Air Products Korea Construction Manager, and to the Project Manager of his own project if there is no Construction manager of the project and is responsible for the total construction effort. The Contract construction manager is supported by the project support functions within the Air Products organization. The Contract construction manager is responsible for the overall management and administration of his own project.

The incumbent is expected to be expert on construction management of safety, quality and schedule and be able to provide accurate and on time support related to the construction issues to the project execution team.

He or She must have English skill in writing and P/C (MS power point, MS word, MS excel) skill as well as the use of electronic mail and the Internet. Good English speaking is advantageous to communicate and make presentations with Asia Construction and estimation team.

He or She is able to work extended hours if needed, including weekends and some holidays. The extended hours should be approved by the Korea construction manager before implementing and the total extended hours are not able to exceed 52hrs within a week according to local laws.

In case this position should work on the weekends and holidays, he or she can have alternative leave or get reimbursed by overtime payment according to the company policy.

IV. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

This position is accountable for the following:

• Understand and communicate construction environment issues that impact on our projects and overall business.
• Coordinate the various contractors at site. Monitor and ensure construction contractor's compliance to Air Products Safety Standards, Construction Standards and Procedures.
• Monitor the work of each contractor and make sure the quality of workmanship and materials meet Contract requirements. The project-based contract construction supervisor is not to act as designers and change specifications or drawings without prior approvals from the design group. Manage the design queries.
• Review and agree to the schedules and manning levels with the contractors and review update progress during the weekly meetings. Review the work progress on daily basis and prepare internal and external reports pertaining to job status and submit daily records, weekly reports and all necessary reports as required. Responsibilities include assessing and forecasting workload and skills demands on a site basis to secure schedule.
• Ensure that the contractors make the arrangements for receipt, inventory, storage, and safe handling of materials and equipment purchased by Air Products that are delivered directly to the job site.
• Report to Korea construction team manager any problems such as labor shortages, strikes, equipment delivery slippages, availability of contract documents and drawings, etc., which threaten to adversely affect job cost, schedule, quality, or safety. In addition, customer complaints related to Air Products scope shall be reported in writing immediately.
• Report to Korea construction team manager any potential safety hazards and unsafe conditions before construction starts on a project. This "report" must include the plan of action to promote safety awareness and eliminate unsafe conditions.
• Arrange for testing and witnessing all different testing and maintain a log as indicated in the Construction Quality Audits, or project quality plan.
• Familiar with relevant KS and ASME codes of mechanical and piping installation.
• Review Rigging Study and supervision for heavy equipment installation such as cold box or heavy weight compressors at site. Supervise Perlite filling, Mineral wool Insulation, Painting, Oxygen cleaning, Flat Bottom Tank erection according to QA/QC Audit forms. (AP internal forms)
• Ensure compliance with specifications, site conditions of existing plants, job safety analysis (JSA), safety work permits, building permits, and national health and safety requirements as per country.
• Issue Field Change Request(FCR) according to instructions in the appropriate procedures. No verbal commitments are allowed.
• Review and approve contractors/suppliers invoices for payment without delay per required. Invoices are to be signed and stamped with date received and date of approval.
• Willingness to travel and be based in remote location in Korea

V.        MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor degree or above, majored in construction engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years working experience in total, 5+ years in construction projects for industrial gas plant construction projects, chemical or petrochemical projects
• Ability to multi-tasks, managing several activities at any time.
• Knowledge of project execution & site management, especially in construction projects.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills among various functions.

Advantages:

• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Knowledge and experience of industrial gas projects or any plant construction projects including civil, mechanical and piping, electrical and instrument activities.
• Experience in construction management and/or construction estimation in international engineering company or high ranked local EPC.
• Knowledge and experience on construction subcontract management.
• Knowledge and experience on various construction types of contracts.
• Has certificates, licenses or experience related to the construction activities.

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