Company Profile

Sabre Education is a well-established non-governmental organization (NGO) operating in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector. With 19 years of experience, we have actively collaborated with the Ghana Education Service on various impactful programmes.

Job Description

• Position: Trainee Engineer
• Location: Western and Central Regions
• Reporting to: Construction Programme Manager

Main Role / Purpose

• The Trainee Engineer will work closely with the Construction Programme Manager to monitor and quality assure the site works carried out within the charity's infrastructure improvement programme. This is a developmental role, within which the trainee is expected to learn and develop their own knowledge base, and gradually assume greater responsibility for the engineering quality assurance on site.
• The role will also give exposure to working with Arup, the global engineering firm, which is one of Sabre's corporate partners.

Main Responsibilities
The role involves locations around the Western and Central Regions at Sabre construction sites.  The engineer will be the senior on-site permanent staff member for Sabre responsible for delivery of the construction project to the standards set by Sabre. 

Under the supervision of the Construction Programme Manager and mentored by Sabre’s existing engineers, the trainee will gradually assume the following duties:

Quality Control

• To monitor the build quality of site works on all infrastructure projects, and to notify the Construction Projects Manager of any defects, mistakes, errors, contamination or variations, so that appropriate corrective action can be taken.
• To carry out quality inspections based on the schedules set by the Construction Programme Manager.
• To monitor the quality of the work output of the on-site staff and train them in methodology of Sabre and techniques with which to deliver a quality output. 
• To maintain the work progress as per the schedule of works for Sabre projects 
• On an on-going basis, monitor the progress of suppliers and sub-contractors in order to determine suitability for future work.
• To monitor material quality and liaise with the Site Manager and the Construction Programme Manager to rectify any supply chain issues.

Health, Safety & Environment
To ensure that site health, safety and environmental procedures are implemented on every project site.

Reporting

• To keep a daily diary of events including work done, issues arising and quality checks carried out. 
• To complete a weekly update to the Construction Programme Manager on a Friday
• To complete a monthly report on the project, in the format provided, by the 3rd of the following month. 
• To receive and respond to or refer Requests for Information (RFIs) from Sabre's design team in the UK as appropriate.
• To keep an inspections record with photographic evidence of project components inspected.
• To issue formal sign-off for each building component on all projects.

Compensation and benefits

• This is a six-month training period, which attracts a local stipend of GHS 700 per month. Basic accommodation could be provided with other members of the site team.
• On satisfactory completion of the six month training period, a full time offer of employment would be made and a pay in line with industry standards would be awarded. 

Required Skills or Experience

• Hold a relevant qualification in Civil Engineering or Construction 
• Ghanaian national
• Dynamic self-starter, able to work to pre-defined targets on own initiative
• Good communication, organisational and prioritisation skills
• IT skills: knowledge of Microsoft Office and AutoCAD required
• Strong team player, but must have the ability to work independently
• Demonstrable understanding of construction and building techniques
• Commitment to the aims and objectives of the Sabre Charitable Trust.