Job Description:

About the Job

The State Department for Public Works is seeking a Senior Building Safety, Testing and Quality Assurance Officer. This role involves inspecting buildings for safety, monitoring compliance, supporting quality standards development, and implementing green building initiatives.

Responsibilities

Building capacity of State Agencies and counties’ personnel and the built environment professionals to perform building safety testing function.
Inspecting buildings and construction sites to monitor safety compliance, identify potential risks and support in addressing any safety concerns promptly.
Inspection of buildings and construction sites to monitor safety compliance.
Identify potential risks and address any safety concerns promptly.
Documenting and maintenance of records of quality findings and resolutions.
Managing quality audits and follow ups on audit findings.
Documenting and maintaining records of quality findings and resolutions and promoting industrial research and development, innovation and technology transfer on building standards.
Supporting the development and enforcement of quality buildings standards.
Implement quality improvement, management initiatives and procedures to enhance overall building projects’ performances.
Support in developing and updating standards for quality of building materials, processes and systems.
Inspection of completed building work and/or work in progress to determine whether the works meet specifications and plan requirements.
Provide technical support on mainstreaming the Green Buildings Agenda.
Report on the status of implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions, plans, projects and programmes in the built environment.
Implementing building assets management function.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Quantity Survey, Design, Building Economics or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.