UNDP Jobs - 84191- Site Engineer (National)

Site Engineer (National)

Location :

Juba, SOUTH SUDAN

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

08-Apr-2019

Application Deadline :

26-Mar-19 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

3 Months

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

90 days

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UNDP partners with the Global Fund to support and strengthen national responses to HIV, Tuberculosis and malaria. The objective is to ensure access to quality health services for all and enable all those living or affected by the diseases to live healthy, productive lives. The partnership leverages UNDP’s mandate to strengthened institutions to deliver universal access to basic services and rebuilding resilient health services in crisis and post-crisis settings;

UNDP supports the implementation of Global Fund programmes on an interim basis in countries facing significant capacity constraints, complex emergencies, donor sanctions, or other difficult circumstances;
Develops national capacity and strengthens national systems to gradually reduce the need for UNDP implementation support and to transfer the role of Principal Recipient to national entities when circumstances permit;
And transforms national responses to the 3 diseases by providing policy and technical support in areas of UNDP expertise and mandate, such as human rights and gender equality, sustainable financing and environmental sustainability, and reaching key populations at higher risk;

UNDP is requested to serve as the Global Fund’s Interim Principal Recipient (PR) in countries facing a wide variety of special challenges, including serious capacity constraints, post-crisis or complex emergencies, weak governance and accountability, grant implementation difficulties and financial irregularities, donor restrictions, or other exceptional circumstances. UNDP only serves as an Interim PR when a national entity cannot fulfil this role, as determined by the Country Coordinating Mechanism and/or the Global Fund, including in countries under the Global Fund’s Additional Safeguards Policy (ASP);

Duties and Responsibilities

The Site Engineer is expected to work in close collaboration with the GFATM Project Engineer Ministry of Health to ensure that quality works and timely completion of civil works are done by the Contractors as per the contract documents. The Key duties and responsibilities will include:

Develop works schedule
Monitoring contractors’ site performance daily and report any deviation from approved drawings, adverse trends or events that may affect successful and timely completion of the works.
Ensure that Contractors comply with approved specifications and work plan.
Liaise with the GFATM Project Engineer and Project Manager to share possible obstacles to ongoing civil works activities to seek for best solutions.
Prepares and maintains records for Daily Site Reports or weekly reports if required.
Take measurement of work done, cross check and validate all payments requested by the contractor as per the contract document.
Provides support during construction of the projects including review of extra work requested by contractors and recommend approval/disapproval to the Global Fund team and government counterparts.
Ensure that the contractor supplies timely adequate materials to minimize unnecessary delays or interruptions of the civil works.
Ensure the contractor avails adequate labour force, qualified engineers, visitor’s register books and instruction note books to the site.
Document and share key lessons learned and recommendations based on performance of specific contractors to help improve the quality of other civil works projects.
Take lead in guiding the Global Fund team and government counterparts during joint field inspections to specific construction sites.
Perform any other duties as may be assigned by UNDP.

Competencies

Ability to understand and clearly interpret civil works specifications, BOQs and drawings;
Strong skills in maintain good relations with government counterparts;
Excellent report writing skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/ Diploma in civil/ construction engineering or other related field;

Experience:

At least 3 years of practical field experience in construction works for Bachelor degree holders and 5 years experience for diploma holders;
Experience in South Sudan is an added advantage;
Ability and willingness to travel to selected States/Counties;

Language:

Fluent in English.