Site Engineer

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

The level of municipal services in most urban centres in Iraq has significantly deteriorated with the ongoing conflict. UNOPS continues providing support to the Government of Iraq and contribute to stability in Iraq. UNOPS is proposing a project to restore access to critical urban services through an integrated approach to selecting and implementing activities in order to maximize cost effectiveness and to ensure complementarity across sectors, which will improve the living conditions of returnees.

Under the direct supervision and overall guidance of the Project Manager / Chief Engineer, the Site Engineer will be responsible for performing the following duties, ensuring effectiveness, transparency and integrity:

• Oversee the planning, technical assessments, design, and installation of water and sanitation facilities and networks expansion or rehabilitation (pumps, pipes, water tanks and related facilities) , roadway rehabilitation, and renewable energy solutions (solar water heaters and/or solar water pumps and/or solar street lights), etc...  In the Governorates of Anbar in Iraq.

• Coordinate with governmental authorities and other stakeholders to facilitate the implementation and handover of the project’s activities, carry out data collection / field information at the beginning and at the end of the project, analyse them, and report the output and outcome.

• Prepare technical specifications, drawings, bill of quantities, cost estimates and timescales for the supply, installation, commissioning and testing of water and sanitation facilities, roadway rehabilitation, etc...

• Perform on-site inspections and testing (recording, analyzing and interpreting test data) and ensuring the suppliers / contractors works are in progress and meet the contract schedules, specifications, project plans, quality, health and safety standards.

• Attend project sites on a daily basis in order to monitor progress of works, identify problems, and provide appropriate solutions / guidelines to suppliers / contractors in resolving site problems as needed through application of sound engineering standards in consultation with the Project Manager / Chief Engineer.

• Provide technical advice, solutions to problems and provide calculations for the selection of the water and sanitation facilities taking into consideration technical and non-technical criteria inputs.

• Prepare progress reports on construction / installation activities according to the agreed timeframe of works and submission of such on a weekly basis to the Project Manager / Chief Engineer.

• Assess the work activities of contractors, measure completed work, and make recommendations to the Project Manager / Chief Engineer for progress payments to contractors.

• Maintain diaries and compile periodic reports and any specific reports required by the Project Manager / Chief Engineer.

• Provide specialized technical trainings and guidance to the beneficiaries on the operation and maintenance of the installed water and sanitation facilities
• Inspect, develop and maintain a database of the available items shipped and delivered to the project, and monitor the quality and progress of the project activities.
• Perform any other duties as may be requested by the Project Manager or Chief Engineer.

This position will require travel and work in logistically challenging environments. A valid civilian driving license is required, as is willingness to travel to the construction locations and to the sites in the above-mentioned governorates.

• A first level of university degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering  in the field of Water and Water Sanitation Engineering.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Civil or Mechanical Engineering and site construction supervision, design works in water and sanitation sector in Iraq is required.
• Working experience in Auto CAD is required;
• Experience of working in liberated areas of Iraq will be an asset.
• Relevant experience in the local market in water and sanitation works is desirable 
• Prince 2 or similar project management certification is an asset.
• Fluency in English and Arabic languages is required. 

Contract type: Local ICA  Contract level: ICA Specialist - LICA 8 
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance. 

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  
• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
• Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.