Senior Project Manager (Waste Management Infrastructure)

United Nations Office for Project Services - UNOPS

Consultant Closes 30 Jun 2026 11 days left

Overview

Lead and manage impactful infrastructure projects from inception to delivery, ensuring success across diverse sectors, with a focus on hazardous waste management.


Key Responsibilities
  • Develop, complete and update project implementation plans, including infrastructure designs and coordinating design reviews.
  • Manage the production of required outputs, taking responsibility for overall progress and use of resources.
  • Monitor project progress, control project variances, and manage changes.
  • Prepare and issue regular project and financial reports.
  • Develop stakeholder engagement strategies and plans, and coordinate stakeholder engagement.
  • Work with internal stakeholders to ensure projects comply with audit requirements.
  • Organise and structure the project team, provide guidance, and manage performance.
Required Experience
  • Minimum of 7 years implementing and managing large-scale infrastructure in environmental remediation projects specifically involving Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) or highly hazardous waste, in compliance with the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
  • Experience in defining technical and design requirements and Employers Requirements.
  • Experience in drafting the technical specifications and design parameters for hazardous waste containment facilities.
  • Knowledge of infrastructure quality assurance methodologies and tools.
  • Experience in the provision of critical quality control for specialized environmental construction.
  • Experience in managing infrastructure project risks in a multi-stakeholder context.
  • Experience in managing hazardous material risk including stakeholder alignment.
  • Relevant experience in implementing and managing infrastructure projects delivered by Design and Build Contract, preferably for the development of toxic / hazardous waste management sites.
Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) preferably in civil, water, electrical, mechanical, structural or other applicable engineering disciplines with 9 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related fields with 7 years of relevant experience.

Other Details
Languages Required
• English Fluent
Languages Preferred
• Russian
Contract Duration
Ongoing
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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