Civil draughtsman

Duties of Work Manager

The following outlines the responsibilities of a Work Manager involved in original and maintenance works, divided into Civil and Electrical areas:

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A. Civil Works

1. Estimate Preparation: Collect engineering data, create rough drawings, and prepare site plans for estimates.

2. Site Supervision: Oversee work to ensure compliance with specifications, drawings, and standards. Remain onsite to ensure quality; report any substandard work by contractors to the Assistant Engineer and record it in the site order book.

3. Material Issuance: Arrange and issue materials and tools to contractors at appropriate times to avoid work delays.

4. Inventory Management: Keep custody of government materials and tools, maintain accurate records, and ensure adequate security measures.

5. Work Measurement: Record measurements of completed work, assess earthwork levels, and prepare necessary calculation sheets.

6. Billing Preparation: Compile measurement abstracts and recovery statements for materials or services provided by the department and forward these to the S.D.O.

7. Consumption Statements: Prepare theoretical statements for material usage.

8. Progress Reporting: Submit progress reports to superiors and highlight any work hindrances.

9. Record Maintenance: Keep essential registers and accounts, including cement, curing, testing, advances, and stock records.

10. Inspection of Buildings: Inspect buildings regularly, reporting any defects to superiors, especially if structures appear unsafe.

11. Completion Documents: Prepare completion drawings, extra items, substitution statements, and deviation/reduction rate statements.

12. Attendance Tracking: Record attendance for both work-charged and regular staff, arrange casual labor, and monitor productivity.

13. Repair and Maintenance Estimates: Prepare estimates for building alterations, annual and special repairs, and minor works.

14. Additional Estimates: Provide details for supplementary or revised estimates as needed.

15. Accident Reporting: Submit accident reports, arrange for immediate first aid, and facilitate further medical assistance.

16. Occupancy Reports: Report the occupation and vacation status of buildings.

17. Encroachment Control: Identify, report, and address unauthorized construction or encroachments on government property.

18. Calculations and Checks: Calculate and verify areas from drawings and preliminary sizes of structural members.

19. Review and Verification: Check extra items, survey reports, tenders, and drawings from architects, and examine arbitration cases.

20. Material Approval: Evaluate cases related to material approvals and labor wages.

B. Electrical Works

1. Store Management: Record measurements of materials received and work items on orders/tenders.

2. Material Custody: Act as the physical custodian of site materials and tools.

3. Monthly Reporting: Submit monthly returns, including Form 35C, Form 8, Form 13 & 14, and a statement of complaints attended to and alterations made.

4. Complaint Verification: Perform at least a 50% check of complaints handled by subordinates.

5. Inventory Checks: Physically verify stores and tools every six months.

6. Construction Oversight: Supervise electrical construction work.

7. Labor and Attendance Management: Maintain attendance records for staff and labourers.

8. Estimate Preparation: Assist in planning by preparing estimates, collecting details of fittings, cables, and preparing layout diagrams for installations.

9. Maintenance and Installation Estimates: Prepare annual maintenance and addition/alteration estimates for electrical installations.

10. Energy Monitoring: Verify electricity bills from the local supplier and supervise energy meters to ensure accuracy.

11. Billing for Electrical Services: Prepare and send electrical bills for consumers within buildings and common areas to relevant authorities for payment.

These duties serve as a guideline and are not exhaustive.

• It is a Full Time Technician job for candidates with 0 - 6 months of experience.