Associate Project Engineer

• Assist the Project Manager in finalizing the Project Action Plan’s section related to the design and the construction of the new facility for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, with particular focus to the technical requirements and UNOPS Design Standards compliance.
• Provide inputs to the Project Manager for the reporting to the Donor and the key stakeholders, on the trends and conditions in his/her area of responsibility.
• Monitor closely and report on the design services’ progress against the schedule, including all issues encountered.
• Administer the Design Consultancy Contract.
• Inform and highlight any engineering issues to the Project Manager
• Assist the Project Manager in updating the Project quality register, issue register, risk register and lessons learned log in the time frame stipulated by the Project’s strategic documents.
• Review the technical quality and completeness of the design documentation.
• Provide the support to selected consultancy to obtain the UNOPS Design Review Certificate.
• Assist the Project team in preparation of solicitation documentation for the construction works of the new facility for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
• Assist the Project Manager in developing the work plan for construction of the new boarding facility at the selected location, to ensure its completion within the time, scope, quality and budgetary requirements defined in the Project Agreement.
• Assist the Project Manager to develop the Health, Safety, Social and Environmental Plans according to UNOPS’ rules and regulations.
• Monitor closely and assess the performance of the Supervisory Team of several engineering expertise, as agreed with the Project Manager.
• Prepare quality management templates and ensure the monitoring of the quality of the works as per UNOPS Quality Management System.
• Prepare the notes to the file in support of the changes.
• Ensure all changes are within permissible variations and issue the variation instruction to support them.
• Take timely action to prevent potential delays and/or cost overruns that can be avoided. 
• Report and recommend remedial actions regarding potential delays and/or cost overruns to the Project Manager (Infrastructure). 
• Under the delegated authority, provide supervision of the project work progress and quality for on-time project delivery. 
• Assist the Project Manager in monitoring and measuring the works progress through the agreed Bill of Quantities (BoQ) as per the contract. 
• Provide data and information about project work to the Project Manager (Infrastructure) for reporting purposes. 
• Provide weekly and monthly reports to the Project Manager (Infrastructure) detailing all project matters including quality, health and safety, environmental and financial, as well as any issues relating to possible delays, cost overruns, variations and any other matter as agreed with the Head of Office. 
• As tasked by the Project Manager supervise construction works and administer works execution as per the contractual provisions and the design specifications. 
• Support the overall management of works implementation to ensure construction works are completed on time, within budget and to quality standards. 
• Provide regular support of the project work progress and quality for on time delivery. 
• Assist the Project Manager in the preparation of project/contracts related documentations such as periodic progress reports, site monitoring reports, stakeholder meeting minutes, engineer’s instructions and variation orders, contractor’s bills review reports, certifications, client hand-over documents and contracts close-out reports. 
• Assist the Project Manager on reviewing projects detailed designs prepared by design consultants. 
• Support on preparation of solicitation documents for tendering such as BoQs, technical specifications, drawings 
• Oversee dimensional control and site surveying works, engineering control of the works etc 
• Perform other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the above scope of services.

• Contribute to the project evaluation process; highlight challenges associated with the project and feedback into a continuous improvement cycle.
• Provide training and knowledge transfer to national/contractor personnel including advice on good construction and engineering practices, environmental management practices, and appropriate health and safety standards during construction.
• Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned for development planning and knowledge building.
• Participate in the relevant Communities of Practice,  actively interact with other Engineers and the Engineering community to share case studies, lessons learned and best practice on the Knowledge System
• Provide feedback to Practice Leads on policy, supporting guidance with an aim towards continuous improvement of UNOPS policies.

Impact of results

The effective and successful achievement of results by the Associate Civil Engineer directly impacts the successful delivery of the project on time, budget and quality above the expectations of all stakeholders.  This consequently reinforces the visibility and image of UNOPS as an effective service provider in project services and management and strengthens its competitive position as a partner of choice in sustainable development and project services.