Role summary

We seek experienced Construction Managers at an innovative tilapia farm. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering critical engineering and construction projects (with leadership support and technical designs), and maintenance of heavy operational equipment. The role will plan, budget, and execute construction projects, working hands-on with their frontline teams.

About Victory Group

Victory Group is a regenerative, tech-driven, vertically integrated aquaculture platform farming and selling tilapia in East Africa.

Victory runs all aspects of the tilapia value chain – farming inputs, milling feed, cultivating broodstock and eggs, hatching fingerlings, growing mature tilapia, processing fish, running cold-chain distribution, and retailing produced fish throughout Kenya, Rwanda, and more.

Victory deploys innovation at each step of the way – from indigenous feed inputs to drone-based egg transport to data-driven stocking algorithms – striving to serve the most affordable, sustainable animal protein on the planet.

And Victory continues to accelerate, qualifying as one of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies for three years running (per Statista and Financial Times). Victory is now comprised of three businesses: Victory Farms (tilapia farm in Kenya), Kivu Choice (tilapia farm in Rwanda), and Samakgro (feed mill in Kenya).

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee full construction project lifecycles and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget; manage teams of supervisors, foremen, and laborers.
• Maintain highest standards on safety and emergency response, for all managed teams and projects.
• Physically supervise construction operations by being present onsite.
• Oversee technical and feasibility studies and deliver blueprints that satisfy technical specifications; conduct on-site investigations and planning analysis (e.g., maps, reports, tests, drawings).
• Support material and equipment procurement for projects.
• Lead proactive maintenance of heavy equipment and facilities.
• Assess potential risks and optimize for cost efficiency; pro-actively identify and resolve emerging problems or deficiencies.
• Manage budget and purchase equipment/materials; monitor progress and compile reports.
• Perform other relevant tasks as needed.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field.
• Experience commensurate with role.
• Experienced with handling BOQs and project planning softwares.
• Project management and supervision skills.
• Learning mindset; readiness to take on new projects, execute on processes, and set up a team for success
• Prepare and share updates with management and senior executives.
• Planning and organization skills, ability to independently prioritize tasks.
• A demonstrated commitment to professionalism, a strong work ethic, high standards & integrity.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in procurement and equipment maintenance.

Why Join Us?

Mission: Victory tilapia is among the world’s most affordable and sustainable animal proteins. We believe that we provide the protein solution for Africa – and do it with a regenerative model, where company, consumers, and environment all benefit.

Growth: Victory has maintained its place among the fastest-growing companies on the continent. The company, your role, and our collective impact will continue to rise.

Development: A role at Victory means structured pathways for your professional development – opportunities to learn new skills, broaden your responsibility, and grow your role scope with the company scale.

• Oversee full construction project lifecycles and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget; manage teams of supervisors, foremen, and laborers.
• Maintain highest standards on safety and emergency response, for all managed teams and projects.
• Physically supervise construction operations by being present onsite.
• Oversee technical and feasibility studies and deliver blueprints that satisfy technical specifications; conduct on-site investigations and planning analysis (e.g., maps, reports, tests, drawings).
• Support material and equipment procurement for projects.
• Lead proactive maintenance of heavy equipment and facilities.
• Assess potential risks and optimize for cost efficiency; pro-actively identify and resolve emerging problems or deficiencies.
• Manage budget and purchase equipment/materials; monitor progress and compile reports.
• Perform other relevant tasks as needed.

• Experienced with handling BOQs and project planning softwares.
• Project management and supervision skills.
• Learning mindset; readiness to take on new projects, execute on processes, and set up a team for success
• Prepare and share updates with management and senior executives.
• Planning and organization skills, ability to independently prioritize tasks.
• A demonstrated commitment to professionalism, a strong work ethic, high standards & integrity.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field.
• Experience commensurate with role.
• Experienced with handling BOQs and project planning softwares.
• Project management and supervision skills.
• Learning mindset; readiness to take on new projects, execute on processes, and set up a team for success
• Prepare and share updates with management and senior executives.
• Planning and organization skills, ability to independently prioritize tasks.
• A demonstrated commitment to professionalism, a strong work ethic, high standards & integrity.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.