Overview
Provides technical leadership across all stages of infrastructure delivery, overseeing engineering teams, contractors, and consultants to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, to specification, and in compliance with UNOPS’ quality and health, safety, social and environment (HSSE) standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and technical implementation of infrastructure activities.
- Conduct and oversee site investigations.
- Review and validate design documentation.
- Provide expert technical advice.
- Contribute to developing detailed project work plans.
- 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 UNOPS health, safety, social and environment (HSSE) standards.
- Oversee the preparation and execution of site safety plans.
- Monitor progress against construction schedules and budgets.
- Support the project manager in the administration of contracts.
- Facilitate stakeholder and contractor coordination meetings.
- Track project implementation against approved work plans.
- Conduct regular site visits to verify progress and quality.
- Ensure timely certification of work completed.
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Support the preparation and verification of Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs), variation orders, extensions of time, and claims.
- Report any deviations from plans and specifications.
- Ensure all contract obligations are documented, monitored and met.
- Prepare detailed and timely site progress reports.
- Submit monthly and ad-hoc progress reports.
- Contribute to project close-out documentation.
- Support HSSE reporting and investigations.
- Compile incident reports and provide recommendations.
- Supervise junior engineers, site supervisors and other technical personnel.
- Facilitate learning and capacity-building activities.
- Foster adherence to the UNOPS Code of Conduct on-site.
- Support the organization, facilitation and delivery of training and learning sessions.
- Participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives and Communities of Practice (CoPs).
Required 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.
Qualifications
- 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 is required.
- A globally or nationally recognized professional certificate in Administration is desired.
