Associate Water 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.

• Improve quality and reach of water supply services and increase access to community and household sanitation (Infrastructure);
• Provide more effective, gender-responsive and transparent WASH services through enhanced capacity of government and communities (Capacity Building);
• Reduce waterborne diseases and improve resilience of communities through improved community and household hygiene practices (Behavioral Change).

UNOPS Pakistan (Project Office) is part of the Bangladesh Multi Country Office in the Asia Region. UNOPS commenced operations in Pakistan in 1999 and significantly up-scaled activities from 2005 onwards to support populations affected by and vulnerable to earthquakes. In 2010, UNOPS opened a permanent office in Islamabad to support the Government of Pakistan and other partners to undertake humanitarian and reconstruction services, following the most devastating flood in the nation’s history.

UNOPS Pakistan has been implementing projects in the areas of early recovery and reconstruction of community infrastructure, project management, monitoring and evaluation, community development, fund management, human resources management, procurement and infrastructure design and implementation.

Supported strategically by a regional operational hub and UNOPS headquarters in Copenhagen and within the overarching framework of the ONE UN Programme, UNOPS Pakistan continues to deliver projects across the country under its core delivery practices of sustainable infrastructure, sustainable procurement, and sustainable project management. 

With a steady growth of the project portfolio in recent years and a new strategic direction, UUNOPS in Pakistan is currently implementing projects in the following thematic areas: Green and Clean energy; Rule of Law; Health Procurement; and HR services.

• Support in conducting technical assessment with the contractor prior to commencing of works and notify the lead engineers if there is a change in scope.
• Support lead engineer in technical assessment to the targeted activities
• Support Lead Engineer in liaising with the Public Health Engineering Department, Tehsil Municipal Administration, bureaucracy, law enforcement agencies, local authorities, headmasters/Mistresses of schools,  to guarantee the smooth implementation of the project.
• Facilitate the enumerators for getting information in the field for training need assessment 
• Support WASH team on preparing and conducting any survey

• Supervise the contractors daily works on site and assure quality assurance and adherence to the provided parameters.
• Record every issue identified in the field and forward it to lead engineers for a timely solution. 
• Inform Lead Engineers on any urgent issues during construction. 
• Assist in the implementation of full health, safety, social and environmental (HSSE) procedures (monitor the HSSE practices of the Contractor, assess risks and issues on site, address HSSE risks and issues observed with the Contractor, report weekly on risks and issues, sensitize and train the Contractor’s workforce to improve their HSSE practices (weekly briefings, specific toolbox talks), report on HSSE incidents, participate in incidents investigations, manage emergency contact list, ensure presence of PPEs, first-aid kit and fire extinguisher, provide first-aid when required.
• Report to Lead Engineers through the remote monitoring application RMS (training will be provided), enter accurate data on assessments and works performed, make recommendations on issues and seek instructions when needed;
• Confirm that the civil works and solar PV systems are installed according to approved specifications, drawings and BOQs, perform regular quality checks.
• Perform any other tasks as may be assigned.

• Daily report on quality of material, process, BoQs follow up, etc
• Weekly report to Lead engineer on work progress, including issues, actions taken, risks and mitigation measure for each risk etc
• Support lead engineers with recording lessons learnt
• Report any changes in the original design, structure and plans
• Report on progress as per indicated/submitted plan by contractor
• Weekly reporting on Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Plan for each site

• Support capacity building team with the training, supervising the process and its timely delivery
• Facilitate the monitoring process of the trainings as per capacity building plan and training documents
• Support on the capacity building follow up period after implementation and refresh trainings

Education:

• Secondary School education, preferably supplemented by technical or university engineering courses in a field related to civil works, WASH and Water resources.
• A professional diploma in Civil Engineering, Water Resources, Environmental Engineering, or a similar field may substitute 2 years of work experience 
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resources, and Environmental Engineering with 2 years of work experience is desirable
• Masters degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resources, or Environmental Engineering is highly preferred

Experience:

• Minimum 6 year of relevant professional engineering experience in WASH
• Experience in assessment, preparation of specifications for water and sanitation parts of the design and other tendering documentation in the process of building design and construction is required
• Experience in supervising the construction of toilet, tubewells, RO systems, surface water storage and treatment etc. is required
• Work experience on multimillion dollar projects as a responsible WASH Engineer is an asset
• Experience in using engineering softwares especially Auto-cad will be an added advantage
• A degrees of knowledge of solar power plants design and working is required 

Language:

• Excellent working knowledge of English, both spoken and written.

• Fluency in local language, Sindhi for Sindh province is desired.

• Contract type: Individual Contract Agreement Agreement (ICA)
• Contract level: Local ICA Support (L-ICA 6)
• 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.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• 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
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• 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.


Gender mainstreaming: 

In line with UNOPS’ global gender parity strategy, female candidates are especially encouraged to apply.