Site Engineer

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) invites all qualified candidates to apply for the following position. SCA actively promotes and encourages Women and People with Disabilities to apply

Title of Position:

Site Engineer

Job Number:

HRM/GRMO 04-2018

Duty Station:

Ghazni, (Qarabagh) / Paktika, ( Sharana & Gomal )

Number of Positions:

three (Male)

Status:

The positions is Project Based

Remuneration:

Salaries and benefits are according to internal SCA salary scale                                      

Non-monetary Benefits for Females:

Safe travel facilities and companion to field trips,

Announcement Date:

20th February, 2018

Closing Date:

04 March, 2018

SCA Background

The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) has been working in Afghanistan since 1982, presently managing development programmes concerning Health, Education, Rural Livelihoods and Community Governance, with a total annual budget of roughly USD 40 million. The total number of staff is around 5,500. During the last 10 years SCA has undertaken a change process moving from a primarily humanitarian service delivery approach towards more of a developmental role, putting increasing emphasis on capacity development, rights-based programming and outcome orientation. The mission of SCA is to empower individuals, communities and local organizations, primarily in rural areas and with particular focus on women, girls, boys and vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, so that they may participate fully in society and influence their own development. SCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment based on their skills, abilities and experience without regard to age (18-65 years), ethnicity, religion, marital status, gender, or physical disability.

Scope of work:

the Site Engineer is under direct supervision of the Rural Development Senior Officer, he will help technically to carry out the infrastructure projects for assessment, estimation of construction material and construction activities and implementation of construction project, he will stay in the project site.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor degree from civil engineering or relevant faculty of a well-known university
• Documented experience in community development projects
• At least 4 years’ experiences in field of engineering (site/field Engineer) with NGOs or UN agencies
• Experience in implementation of engineering project activities in the field
• Fluency in Dari, Pashto and English written and spoken
• Familiar with report writing
• Ready to work, live and travel in an intricate and strenuous environment
• Being an Afghan citizen

Main Responsibilities:

• Over all responsible for technical survey, estimation, implementation, quality control and quality assurance of infrastructural projects
• Ensure overall procedures during the project implementation are applied as per Rural Development Program (RDP) engineering manual and donor requires
• Read, understand and apply the RDP technical manual
• To establish a good communication between different councils, representative from PRRD, and other governmental agencies, GNOs and contractors working more or less involved in the RDP and local governance activities.
• Ensure the selected land for construction is suitable for project implementation
• Ensure the project will not affect negatively environment and assure social and environmental safeguard in the implementation for the project
• Prepare and provide project progress report to the immediate supervisor in timely manner
• Ensure projects are technically sound and the progress is made as per the scheduled timeframe in accordance to the technical proposal
• To prepare project expenditure documents
• Assist guide and participate in community participatory monitoring and accountability events at the project level and prepare relevant reports accordingly
• To watch over fulfilment of tasks given to skilled and unskilled labors to expedite construction work
• To properly allocate skilled and unskilled labors according to plan for the task to be completed
• To guide people under his responsibility about the way to fulfil their assignment
• Ensure quality of work and especially construction materials brought in to the project site
• To verify presence on the work site of ll personal under him and report to the immediate supervisor
• Any other relevant task required

Application Procedures:

• Interested qualified candidates should submit a full CV (maximum four pages) with a cover letter explaining their motivation in applying for the job and highlighting their relevant skills and experience;
• To apply online please send your application / CV to vacancies.sermo@sca.org.af
• Candidates may also submit applications by letter (hard copy) directly to the SCA HRM Unit in either Kabul, Ghazni, Kunduz, Wardak, Taloqan, Mazar-e-Sharif, Laghman or Jalalabad;
• Academic certificates or references need not to be submitted at this time. These will be requested if called for interview.
• Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written test and interview

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