Client Engineer

Job Description

About Us

Bisrat 11 Housing Cooperative is established in December 2015 E.C. by 72 members, in accordance with Article 10 of Proclamation No. 985/2009 of the Addis Ababa City Administration Cooperative Society. The cooperative was organized by bringing together members who had registered for the 20/80 and 40/60 housing programs. The cooperative has hired a building construction contractor and a consulting firm, completed the substructure construction work, and is currently executing supper structure construction works. Therefore, the cooperative is seeking to hire a Client Engineer who can represent it, follow up on the work, and manage it according to the following job details.

Job Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering/ Construction Technology & Management or related fields

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years gross experience of which 3 years work experience in Contract administration and two years office engineer/contract administration engineer, project coordinator and related assignment.

Place of work: Woreda 07, Chefe meda, Akaki Kality, Addis Ababa / Ethiopia.

Employment type: Contractual basis for full /Part-time or Contractual basis.

Salary: based on negotiation. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities

• The employee will guarantee the client's interests by ensuring all we will guarantee the client's interests by ensuring all parties fulfill their contractual obligations, managing project documentation, controlling costs, mitigating risks, and ensuring the project is administered fairly and in accordance with the contract documents.

Detailed Responsibilires

• The Client Engineer must master all contract documents (agreements, conditions, drawings, specifications, addenda), clarify the specific obligations of both the client and contractor, and rigorously monitor site activities and documentation to ensure strict contractual alignment.
• He/She must manage project documentation by controlling the issuance, revision, and archiving of all RFIs, shop drawings, submittals, and meeting minutes. The role involves reviewing, logging, and coordinating contractor document approvals to guarantee design intent conformance, while maintaining a complete, organized, and accessible set of all correspondence, transmittals, and decisions.
• He/She must meticulously scrutinize monthly requisitions for completed work and materials on site. This includes recommending or certifying all amounts to be paid by the client to ensure every claim is accurate and justified, monitoring the contract sum, contingency funds, and financial impacts of changes, and administering the holdback of payments until project completion and defect rectification.
• He/She must evaluate baseline and updated schedules (including CPM), compare actual construction progress against the approved timeline, and assess Claims for Time Extensions. When evaluating contractor requests for more time due to weather, client-caused delays, or unforeseen conditions, he/she must recommend fair adjustments.
• The Engineer must proactively identify issues that could lead to claims or disputes. He/She must implement Early Warning processes to flag potential problems before they escalate, act as a mediator in the first instance to resolve disagreements between the client and contractor, and provide clear, organized records to support the client's position if a dispute proceeds to formal resolution.
• He/She must run regular progress meetings, ensuring minutes are accurately recorded and actions are assigned. The Engineer serves as the official point of contact for all formal written communications regarding the contract and must issue notices of non-conformance, delays, or intent to claim as required.
• Finally, he/she must manage project closeout by ensuring all final documents are submitted, including as-built drawings, operation & maintenance manuals, warranties, and certificates. He/ She must coordinate the final deficiency list and process the release of final payment and retention funds upon satisfactory completion.

How To Apply

Submit your application and CV along with supporting documents via email:bisrat112023@gmail.com

Note: Pease make cc to: gesethiopia@gmail.com & hayleambe@gmail.com.

For more information: contact us at 0911879718/0911517167