Overview

The Lead Construction Management Engineer provides technical leadership for infrastructure delivery, overseeing engineering teams, contractors, and consultants to ensure projects meet quality, safety, and timely delivery standards.

Tasks Summary

• Lead planning and technical implementation of infrastructure activities.
• Conduct and oversee site investigations, including surveys, geotechnical assessments, and feasibility studies.
• Review and validate design documentation, drawings, technical specifications, and tender dossiers.
• Provide expert technical advice on engineering matters.
• Contribute to developing project work plans, identifying dependencies, milestones, deliverables, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead and coordinate day-to-day supervision of contractors and consultants.
• Implement and monitor Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) systems.
• Conduct inspections and verify construction outputs.
• Ensure consistent application of health, safety, social, and environment (HSSE) standards.
• Oversee preparation and execution of site safety plans, method statements, and risk assessments.
• Monitor progress against construction schedules and budgets, identifying and implementing corrective measures.
• Support project manager in contract administration and adherence to FIDIC or equivalent conditions.
• Facilitate stakeholder and contractor coordination meetings.
• Track project implementation against work plans, performance targets, and contractual obligations.
• Conduct regular site visits to verify progress and quality.
• Ensure timely certification of work completed.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Support preparation and verification of Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs), variation orders, extensions of time, and claims.
• Report deviations from plans and specifications, and propose solutions.
• Ensure all contract obligations are documented, monitored, and met.
• Prepare detailed and timely site progress reports.
• Submit monthly and ad-hoc progress reports to the project manager.
• Contribute to project close-out documentation.
• Support HSSE reporting and investigations.
• Compile incident reports and provide recommendations.
• Supervise junior engineers, site supervisors, and technical personnel.
• Facilitate learning and capacity-building activities.
• Foster adherence to the UNOPS Code of Conduct on-site.
• Embed gender, inclusion, and sustainability principles in project activities.
• Support organization, facilitation, and delivery of training and learning sessions.
• Participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives and Communities of Practice (CoPs).

Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related fields with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Relevant experience in building construction, site supervision or infrastructure project management or similar fields.
• Experience in quality control, monitoring and reporting within construction projects.
• Demonstrable proficiency in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office, G-Suite, etc) and web-based management systems.
• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
• Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.
• Experience in project documentation, report writing and technical communication is desired.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related fields.
• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields.

Other Details

Languages Required: • English Fluent

Languages Preferred: • Russian Fluent • Uzbek Fluent

Contract Duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

Work Modality:

Remuneration: