Website SOS Children's Village

Position : Director – Construction & Maintenance
Place of work: National Office, Vasant Kunj
Language proficiency : English, Hindi, Tamil

Organisation BACKGROUND:

Founded in 1949 in Austria, SOS Children’s Villages began its operations in India in 1964. Registered as an independent, non-governmental and not-for-profit, society, SOS Children’s Villages of India (SOSCVI), works for the holistic development of parentless children, women and children belonging to vulnerable families.

SOSCVI works with children, communities, disaster struck and disaster-prone areas, giving hope to weary communities and families. The organisation is committed to the welfare of parentless and abandoned children and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect.

SOSCVI has reached out to over 54,000+ children over the past 50 years, through more than 105 different programs implemented in 22 states/ Union Territories, across the country. It is the largest operation within the SOS International Federation of 134 countries.

Our Programmes

Family Like Care
Family Strengthening
Kinship Care
Emergency Childcare
Foster Care
Short Stay Homes
Special Needs Childcare
Education & Youth Skilling

About the role

The role of Director-Technical is to – plan end to end projects in construction and infrastructure maintenance in CV, Offices and educational institutes. This will include defining the SOW, definition of BOQs,

Responsibilities:

1. Construction/Repair/ Maintenance work

Identifying repairs required, Budgeting and execution of necessary repair and maintenance.
New construction, proposal preparation and approval.
Development of Specifications for the approved work, work out the quantities,
Design finalization, development of estimation and development of tender. Development of specifications, work out the quantities, and Tendering process and vendor selection. issuing of work order, leading to preparation of Agreement. Execution of work.
Preparation of Bill of Quantity (BOQ).
Analysis of quotations, negotiations, recommendation for work and work allotment.
Follow-up & interaction with Vendor and Village administration for the execution of work and quality control.
Bill checking, payment recommendation etc.
Liasioning with the local authority, obtaining of approvals.
Follow-up /coordination among all stake holders, certification of payment.
Development and submission of construction proposals for funding.
Renovation/extension proposals to the International Office, as per the need and guidelines.
Emergency repair maintenance work/as per the requirement

2. Property related works/ Property management

compilation of the organisation property.
Liasioning follow-up, development of the papers for completion of the short fall of necessary documents of different properties for ownership.
Proposal for renting out the vacant properties and utilization of unused properties.
proposal for sell out of the vacant properties and follow up.
Renewal of leased properties and statutory compliances

3. Legal matters:

Ensuring closure on legal cases on property areas with coordination with legal team

4. Preventive Maintenance and safety, security related work:

Development of maintenance guidelines
Guidelines for periodic/preventive maintenance.
Liasioning with external consultant for safety audit, training and roll out for safety
Execution of identified preventive maintenance.

5. Optimisation of project operational expenses like reduction in electrical expenditure & property tax

6. Support to other department on need basis. Coordination and presentation of issues for approvals from Project Committee.

7. Visits /travelling to the projects

Visiting the projects either for maintenance/constructional requirements or any specific requirements as per need (min 2 times in a month)

Qualification & Skills

B.Tech in Civil Engineering with minimum 10 years experience
Solid analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
Strong leadership, people and networking skills
Excellent English skills, oral and written
Computer skills a must
Preparation of BOQ, Surveying, knowledge of Delhi schedule of rates (DSR Capital), contract
management, Billing, Deviation statements etc.

Competencies: