State Department for Publics Works Deputy Director, Building Safety and Quality Assurance Jobs in Kenya
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: –
Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Assistant Director, Built Environment Services, CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Quantity Survey, Building Economics or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
Registered by a relevant professional body; and
Demonstrated professional competence and managerial skills as reflected in work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
An officer at this level may be deployed either at the Headquarters or in the Regional Office. At the headquarters, an officer at this level may be deployed in any of the following functional areas. Specific duties and responsibilities include:
Built Environment Safety Testing
Working in collaboration with relevant stakeholders in reviewing and ensuring implementation of safety testing policies, strategies, procedures, programmes and guidelines;
Supervising preparations of standard safety testing manuals and templates for use by relevant agencies;
Working in liaison with multi-sectoral agencies in conducting scientific test on built environment structures;
Collaborating with relevant agencies in facilitating provision of laboratory tests to
stakeholders;
Working in consultations with multi-sectoral agencies in conducting destructive and non-destructing test on built environment structures;
Engaging stake holders in conducting pre-construction and post-construction testing of built environment structures;
Working with relevant stakeholders in analysing construction materials samples to establish conformity to prescribed standards;
Supervising research work and promoting benchmark studies with other institutions to keep abreast with emerging trends in built environment safety testing issues; and
Maintaining the national built environment safety testing electronic database.
Built Environment Quality Assurance
Working in collaboration with relevant stakeholders in reviewing and ensuring implementation of national built environment quality assurance policies, strategies, procedures, programmes, guidelines and regulations;
Supervising preparations of standard quality assurance manuals and templates for use by relevant agencies;
Working in consultation with multi-sectoral agencies in conducting built environment quality assurance inspections;
Working with relevant agencies in promoting quality assurance inspection forums;
Offering technical advice to stakeholders to facilitate quality assurance inspections;
Supervising research work and promoting benchmark studies with other institutions to keep abreast with emerging trends in built environment quality assurance electronic database.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; State Department for Publics Works Deputy Director, Building Safety and Quality Assurance Jobs in Kenya
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