Background Information - UNOPS
UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.
UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management, and human resources.
Working with us
We are proud of our people. With a wealth of knowledge and skills in various disciplines – engineering, finance, human resources, ICT, leadership, project management, procurement, and more – they help tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time. Their work around the world supports progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
At UNOPS, we offer a range of short- and long-term opportunities in various environments and duty stations – from Denmark and Kenya to Mexico, Switzerland, Myanmar, Senegal, Uganda, and many more.
Diversity
With over 5,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,400 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners, spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced and diverse labor force — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs. We continually strive to maintain our gender-balanced workplace. We encourage qualified underrepresented groups as per UNOPS Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy to apply for our vacancies.
Work life harmonization
UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.
Support in the development of the design, calculations, drawings, technical specifications and quantities of vertical and horizontal structures and support the review of designs and estimations of all drainage structures and road projects.
Produce and support the review of calculation of quantities, estimation and preparation of Bill of Quantities for all drainage structures and road projects.
Provide structural design support to Architect, mechanical, electrical and water design engineers, and confirm the coordination of different design details.
Review and provide inputs on sub-soil investigations for design purposes, construction mix designs and material submissions as per the contract terms and conditions.
Provide technical support on the implementation of works involving large scale vertical and horizontal drainage structures, and road projects.
Produce drawings, technical documentation and BoQs for all drainage structures and road projects to ensure they are in accordance with established and applicable international standards.
Oversight of QA/QC site visits and materials testing reports to ensure sampling, testing and inspection of materials are carried out regularly and works are implemented in compliance with the approved design technical specifications.
Support the engineering design team for approval of design changes as deemed necessary.
Provide capacity building and institutional strength to the engineering design team and/or other teams as requested.
Provide technical advice and assistance to contractors to ensure that economical and quality materials are purchased.
Perform and check as built drawings for all drainage structures and road projects.
Perform other related duties as required by the design team leader.
Impact of Results
The effective and successful achievement of results by the Civil Engineer directly impacts on the development and performance of the project. It confirms UNOPS’ role as a key and trusted partner to the World Bank, and UNOPS’ position as a critical service provider, in all challenging work environments. Given the current political and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, this project would support the urgent repositioning of AFCO and strengthen UNOPS’ presence and visibility in Afghanistan, raising the profile of UNOPS in the global humanitarian context.
The monitoring and progress controls will be in accordance with work plans that the Supervisor and incumbent will prepare at the beginning of the assignment.
a. Education
Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant field is required.
b. Work Experience
A minimum of 2 years of experience as a structural design engineer is required.
Previous experience working with the UN/UNOPS is an advantage.
Experience mentoring and providing capacity building in technical aspects of structural engineering and construction is valued.
Experience in design software such as SAP2000, SAFE, E-TABS, STAAD, CSiBridge, GEO5, TEKLA Connection Designer, AutoCAD, and other structural design software is highly valued.
Working knowledge of cloud-based office software packages (Google Suite), MS Office programs, MS Project, and telecommunications equipment and systems is highly valued.
c. Languages
Proficiency in English required.
Knowledge of Dari/Pashto is desirable.
Submission Guideline:
Please click on the below link for actual vacancy announcement to see the complete details and submission guideline as this is only an attempt for attracting female applicants for gender parity in organization. Please make sure you fill your profile/application properly with all relevant details in order to be considered for the next stage of recruitment/selection.
https://jobs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=24394
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