Lead Civil & Structural Assurance Consultant

About this role

The role is for a Lead Civil and Structural Assurance Consultant based in Lagos. It targets professionals with extensive post-qualification experience in civil and structural construction assurance, including QA/QC, inspections, progress verification, and certification. The employer, Independent Project Monitoring Company Limited (IPMC), provides third-party project monitoring and assurance services across various sectors. The successful candidate will lead technical and commercial assurance activities and teams, ensuring compliance and independent verification on projects.

What you would do

• Lead technical, engineering, quantity surveying, cost, commercial, or assurance activities.
• Perform construction QA/QC and technical inspections.
• Oversee contractor progress verification and certification.
• Identify non-conformances and manage close-out processes.
• Support EPC/EPCM, Owner's Engineer, or Third-Party Inspection environments.
• Conduct project assurance, technical audits, and risk assessments.
• Guide and supervise assurance teams and stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation and reporting for project assurance.
• Uphold high standards of integrity, independence and impartiality.
• Engage with stakeholders to manage communications and expectations.

What they are asking for

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Economics or related discipline.
• Minimum 12 years of post-qualification experience in a lead or supervisory role.
• Significant experience on industrial, oil & gas, petrochemical, refinery, fertilizer, power, manufacturing, or major infrastructure projects.
• Professional registration or chartered status (e.g., COREN, CEng, PE, MRICS, FRICS, NIQS, RQS, or equivalent).
• Experience leading technical, engineering, quantity surveying, cost, commercial, or assurance teams.
• Experience in EPC/EPCM, Owner’s Engineer, Third-Party Inspection, Project Assurance, Construction Supervision, Technical Audit, or Cost/Commercial Assurance environments.
• Strong understanding of contractor progress verification, QA, risk identification, documentation, and certification processes.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, reporting and stakeholder-management skills.
• Willingness to work in Nigeria for the duration of the assignment.

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