Description
Qualifications
Degree: BSc in Environmental Science, Engineering, Management, Law and Compliance, and or any relevant qualification.
Eight to Ten years of working experience in road construction, hydropower, and oil major and minor projects.
Experience working with and managing Chinese Contractors will be an added advantage.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural business environment.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Fluent in English and Swahili (speaking and writing).
Ability to analyze and interpret information related to the scope of work in an expedited way.
Good knowledge of Project management and Compliance Assurance systems such as Aconex, Power BI, Project Site, Omie, Borealis, and other management systems.
Responsibilities
Ensure the Client project construction activities comply with the provisions of regulations, rules and all other applicable laws and standards.
Permitting Lead works closer with the project teams to advise on the local and compliance requirements.
Coordinate with regulatory authorities in adhering with the regulatory requirements, permits and approvals to fast-track project works and prevent procedural delays.
Permit Lead will ensure proper permitting procedures are followed towards obtention of the permits and approvals from relevant institutions.
Reaching out authorities and institutions for the pipeline crossings in all the areas where the pipeline will be crossing to the existing infrastructures and other sensitive area such as roads, railways, rivers, water supply pipelines, high tension lines, optic fibers and water bodies.
Organizing the regulatory procedures and technical requirements to be submitted in future operation licence application.
Coordinate project relation with external entities by supporting Compliance team.
Bridging the contractor with engaged authorities though the focal points in making sure required permits under the contractors’ responsibility are obtained upon the requirement.
Assisting the contractors in obtention and ensuring availability of all necessary permits required for the project as per the contractor's scope of work.
Organize and track all project permits and ensure compliance with project permit conditions.
Guide the contractors with paperwork record keeping of the permits obtained.
Use borealis as a compliance assurance tool to capture permit obligations and manage expirations and renewals and coordinate with the contractors as soon as applicable.
Coordinate with Client managers the administrative tasks with their Contractors.
Ensure that all the project regulatory requirements to be fulfilled before starting the construction are resolved before initiating any construction activities.
To support all regulatory, statutory, and permitting activities in relation to construction matters.
To support the permitting, approvals, and land acquisition process with contractors
Support the drafting of communications and correspondences with external agencies.
Support RC system implementation with a focus on pipeline construction
To adopt and demonstrate exemplary behavior with regard to ethics and project “code of conduct” policy.