Overview
The Electrical Engineer is responsible for the day-to-day activities of construction/maintenance sites related to electrical works, including supervising contractors and ensuring quality and safety. The role also involves reviewing and recommending PV solar system installations, coordinating with community representatives, and preparing technical reports.
Tasks Summary
- Is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the construction/maintenance site, related to electrical works, including supervising and monitoring the site contractors’ laborer’s and the work of subcontractors, ensuring quality, health and safety measures on site; including coordination with all bodies concerned (EDL, Municipality, Local Authorities, Donors, etc..)
- Is responsible for the review and recommendation of the modality of the installation of PV solar system design for UNRWA facilities including water wells and constructions , local management verification , material market research , BOQ finalization , and cost estimates of the project.
- Makes full coordination and meets with the community representatives for identification of the electrical projects priorities, prepares concepts and final design for rehabilitation of transformers and networks, finalizes drawings and tender documents.
- Reviews locations of existing utilities/ electrical set up for possible conflict and resolves any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise in consultation with supervisor.
- Checking electrical drawings, shop drawings and as-built drawings, compared with the actual level and details of substructures, ensuring accuracy, carrying out any urgent design or modification on site.
- Prepares technical, financial and any such related technical reports and information as may be required by the Agency or the donor; particularly, detailed time schedules, cost estimates, expenditures, calculates time requirements and provides recommendations as appropriate.
- Prepares daily, weekly and monthly progress reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends;
- Reviews and checks project documents and reports about any discrepancies and deviation from site conditions; ensures that “as built” drawings are prepared properly;
- Keeps site records, inspection forms, measurements tracker and monitors project progress; identifies and, if necessary, escalates problems that may affect project completion.
- Valuates contractors executed electrical works, reviews payment requests and verifies interim and final payment certificates according to measurements of satisfactory completed works; makes comments and recommendations to supervisor;
- Monitors the quality of materials used in the project; ensures that the supplied or coordinated materials by UNRWA are strictly used for the intended project and purpose; keeps accurate records of materials delivered to the site per type, quantity and date;
- Prepares tender documents, implement and certify the works by contractors.
- Performs such other duties as may be assigned covering all UNRWA premises in the field
Experience Requirements
At least four years’ working experience in electrical works, is required. of which at least two years should have been in site-supervision work and technical administration, is required.
Qualification Requirements
University degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
