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Construction Management Engineer

Date Posted: Jun 07, 2022
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Job Detail

  • Location:
    AFG, Multiple area
  • Type:
    Full Time/Permanent
  • Shift:
    Rotating Days
  • Career Level:
    Experienced Professional
  • Positions:
    1
  • Vacancy number:
    VA/2022/B5101/23723
  • Experience:
    3 Year
  • Gender:
    Female
  • Salary:
    As per Company salary scale
  • Degree:
    Bachelors
  • Apply Before:
    Jun 30, 2022

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Job Description

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

 

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.
Under the supervision of the Senior Project Manager, the Construction Management Engineer carries out on-site supervision of work performed by Contractors to ensure the work is carried out as per the requirements stipulated in the contract, ensuring high standard of quality, timely completion, maintaining cost under approved budget, while maintaining transparency and integrity.

Job Requirements

The Construction Management Engineer is responsible for:

  • Daily coordination of site work with the contractors and suppliers according to the needs and requirements on site.

  • Inspect and report on Contractor’s works in progress ensuring that the Contractor meets the high quality standards expected by UNOPS as per the Contract.

  • Check contractors’ and suppliers set out and work, including compliance with Contract specifications and ensure that contractors and suppliers comply with their work plans to complete work within a specified time frame.

  • Provide support and guidance to the contractor and assists in resolving site problems, as necessary.

  • Attend the project site(s) daily in order to monitor progress of works, identify issues and problems and to provide appropriate solutions through application of sound engineering standards, in consultation with the Construction Engineer or Senior Project Manager.

  • Prepare progress reports on construction activities, according to the agreed timeframe of works and submit them to the Senior Project Manager.

    • Assess the work activities of contractors, measure completed work and make recommendations to the Senior Project Manager for progress payments to contractors.

    • Maintain records systematically, compile periodic reports and any specific reports required by UNOPS standard procedures.

    • Evaluate and assess works schedules, programmes, site plans including Construction Environmental Management Plan, Health and Safety Management Plan, Procurement Plan and any other relevant plans in comparison with the schedule baselines and report to the Senior Project Manager accordingly.

    • Check all laboratory reports, operation and maintenance manuals, and keep records and report to the Senior Project Manager accordingly.

    • Coordinate with the Contractors and suppliers and Inspect all materials delivered to site to ensure they meet the requirements of the specifications. Take corrective actions where the quality of materials delivered to site do not meet the specification requirements. Prepare detailed reports on deliveries made to sites. 

    • Conduct, at least on a weekly basis or more frequently as needed, site health, safety and environmental inspections, prepare detailed reports on inspections and submit them to the Project Manager.

      • Ensure the health and safety on site is maintained to a very high standard. Conduct daily inspections and ensure the Contractor takes appropriate corrective actions where deficiencies were observed.

      • Check, verify and approve the interim payments submitted by the Contractors and submit detailed reports to the Senior Project Manager.

      • Assess and report on the project closing plans, as-built drawings, archiving of cost and progress reports and hand over all related reports to the Senior Project Manager.

      • Provide information and assistance to the preparation of high level Technical Reports for projects. 

      • Perform other related duties as required by the Senior Project Manager.

        a. Education

        • A first level university degree (e.g. bachelor) in Building/Civil Engineering, Architecture or related discipline is required. 
        • b. Work Experience
          • A minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible experience as a Building/Civil Engineer is required.

          • Knowledge and skills in using AutoCAD is an advantage.

          • Knowledge of UNOPS/UN rules and regulations is an advantage.

          c. Languages
          • Fluency (oral and written) in English is required.

          • Pashto and Dari languages are desired.

            This VA is open only for Afghan nationals under CTG contract modality not UNOPS ICA.

            We are looking for Construction Management Engineers for multiple duty stations or provinces. This is a roster position for potential projects.

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

  • Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
  • Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
  • Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
  • Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
  • UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
  • Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
  • For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
  • For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
  • The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

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