Clerk of Works

Strathmore University, founded in 1961, is an educational institution located in Nairobi, Kenya, specializing in various training programs.

This role involves overseeing day-to-day construction activities, ensuring quality standards are met, and verifying compliance with approved drawings, specifications, and contract terms for assigned projects, including the KOB STEM Complex and other campus developments. The successful candidate will keep the Project Manager and Architect fully informed on project progress, potential risks, and any site-related issues.

1. Proactively identify and resolve potential problems on site.
2. Liaise and coordinate with the Architect and various Engineers (Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical).
3. Ensure contractors fully understand instructions and drawings, clarifying any ambiguities.
4. Review drawings and specifications for discrepancies, seeking clarification from the Architect before construction.
5. Verify construction aligns with drawings and specifications, reporting any variances to the Resident Architect immediately.
6. Maintain accurate and objective records for the Architect and other stakeholders.
7. Ensure the Contractor maintains and daily endorses a Site Diary as per contract.
8. Keep a personal diary detailing physical progress, workmanship, labor, plant, materials, weather, and stoppages.
9. Attend all required progress, site, and coordination meetings.
10. Coordinate the organized filing of hard copy drawings according to management's system.
11. Verify Contractor’s time sheets, employee pay sheets, and day work sheets.
12. Prepare weekly and monthly work schedules for Architect's approval.
13. Regularly inform the Architect and alert them immediately to situations requiring decisions or actions.
14. Report non-compliant works for rejection through detailed inspection and measurement checks.
15. Monitor project progress, material quality, and workmanship against the contract program, notifying the Architect of potential delays.
16. Supervise tests as instructed by the Architect and engineers.
17. Check quality assurance against the contractor’s approved manual, ensuring standards conform to contract and drawings.
18. Monitor Contractor’s health and safety procedures, reporting immediate hazards or shortfalls.
19. Inform the Architect promptly of problems, required decisions, or variations.
20. Systematically carry out snagging of buildings to meet the Contractor’s final snagging program, filing lists for review.
21. Monitor trades, including installation, concealment, neatness, routing, and check quality standards on finishes.
22. Provide contract administration support by monitoring and reporting on variations, change orders, delays, site instructions, claims, RFIs, and non-conformance records.
23. Identify site risks, maintain a risks/incidents register, and monitor mitigation measures.
24. Coordinate internal project stakeholders, including the main contractor and sub-contractors, through weekly meetings to align tasks and prevent conflicts.
25. Ensure environmental and sustainability compliance with the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) and NEMA requirements.

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management or an equivalent field.
2. Registration with a relevant professional body.
3. At least 4 years of experience in construction management or an equivalent role.