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Service Manager (On-Site Engineer)

Posted by on October 5th, 2011

Number of Open Positions: 1

Location: Jessore

Responsibilities

  • Interpretation of consultant’s drawings for the contractors
  • Supervising electrical, mechanical, and plumbing contractors on site
  • Coordinating with the procurement and the stores
  • Coordination with the consultants through the on-site design manager for clarifications, site-based revisions, sample approval, and change requests
  • Quantity calculations for procurement purposes
  • Measuring and verifying the contractor’s billable quantities and maintaining the measurement book
  • Provide all on-site change information to the design manager for as-built records
  • Acquire and collect all operations and equipment manuals to turn over to the operations/ maintenance team
  • Scheduling of plumbing, electrical, and mechanical installations
  • Coordinate the timing and installation of plumbing, electrical, and mechanical systems with the other supervisors

Qualifications

  • At least a 3 year diploma in electrical engineering
  • Experience in a similar supervisory  role in at least two major projects with similar technical complexity (preferably hotels, hospitals, or airports)
  • Competent in English
  • Experience with Microsoft Excel and accounting software is desirable
  • Familiar with industry standards for electrical, plumbing, and mechanical services

This “hands on” position will be located in Jessore. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Application Information:
Should you be interested in applying for this position, please fill out the online application form here. Please be sure to include your resume and a cover letter telling us how your previous work experiences make you the ideal candidate for this position (give specific examples). The cover letter is as important as your resume, so please take care in writing it and make sure all documents you submit have been proofread. Applications without a cover letter will not be accepted.

To apply, please click here.
Questions can be directed to: hr@panigram.com.

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Exploring Bangladeshi Mud Architecture

Posted by on June 29th, 2011

Kar ghor eta? Rahna ghor kothay? Ke ekhane thake?
Whose room is this? Where is the kitchen? Who stays here?

 

A woman outside of her mud home in one of the villages near the Panigram site.

Over the last couple weeks, we three interns explored a village near the Panigram site to learn about the Bangladeshi homestead. Read the rest of this entry »

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Summer Interns Are Here Again!

Posted by on June 13th, 2011

This is the third summer now that I have been fortunate enough to have interns. This year I have two Cornellians and a student from the University of Edinburgh, all architecture students keen to learn about mud buildings.

The interns spent their first night at my house in Dhaka. I immediately put them to work on an arts and crafts project, but jet lag caught up with them and craft time soon turned into nap time.

Jet lag catches up with the interns as craft time turns into nap time...

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