Lead Quality Engineer-UNOPS

Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
December 5, 2024
Permanent Full Time
Urgent
Application deadline closed.

Job Description

Together, we build the future UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development. We are proud of our people. The UNOPS family brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 UNOPS personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners. Spread across 80 countries, our workforce is rich in diversity and culture – with inclusion at its core. We understand the importance of balancing professional and personal demands and offer several flexible working options. Explore what we offer: https://bit.ly/3fpqivR

Duty station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Application period: 05-Dec-2024 to 18-Dec-2024.

  1. Strategic Planning and Portfolio Support
  2. Set-up and closure
  3. Monitoring and Reporting
  4. Delivery Support
  5. Quality Assurance
  6. Knowledge Management and Innovation
  7. Personnel Management

Strategic Planning and Portfolio Support

  • Provides suggestions to the Infrastructure Team Leader for maintaining and implementing appropriate standards and best practices in line with UNOPS policies, guidelines and procedures.
  • Development and planning of new infrastructure programmes and projects; promoting best practices and lessons learnt from past experience, including scheduling and covering DNP stages; including planning necessary staffing resources, and logistical resources to implement the infrastructure management systems, contributing to  ensuring synergies across the MCO.
  • Development, continuous improvement and assumes custodianship over tools and systems for infrastructure programmes and projects.  Ensures application of infrastructure tools and systems across the MCO.
  • Analyses, identifies and provides solutions to potential risks and issues related to the delivery of infrastructure programmes and projects and advises mitigating measures to the Head of Programme/Head of Infra in a timely manner.
  • Guides the PMO Specialist with necessary project analysis and information relevant to the PMO (i.e. Direct Costs, Procurement Plans, Resources Plans, Forecasts, etc.).
  • Provides guidance and advice to the PMs in the development and implementation of Quality/Construction Management and Supervision plans
  • Contributes to Environmental Screening for all Infrastructure projects, provides guidance to PMs, as required.
  • Provides technical input in the drafting of ToRs for different technical disciplines, as needed.

Set-up and closure

  • Actively involved in the start up of new infrastructure projects; in the absence of a PM, leads the startup of infrastructure projects including the recruitment of the project team and preliminary activities.
  • Development of project plans/schedules for infrastructure project delivery.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education:

  • A Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other relevant technical discipline is required.
  • A combination of a Bachelor’s degree  in the above subjects, along with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.

Certification:

  • AutoCAD certification is desirable.
  • Prince 2 Foundation or equivalent is desirable.
  • Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent is desirable.

Experience:

  • A minimum of at least five (5) years of experience in the field of infrastructure project management is required.
  • At least  two (2) years experience with the design and procurement stages of the infrastructure life cycle is required.
  • At least one (1) year experience implementing Health and Safety systems is required.
  • At least two (2) years experience managing the performance of site/construction supervision teams is required.
  • Experience delivering training/capacity building/knowledge transfer workshops on infrastructure related topics is highly desirable.
  • Experience in works contract management, preferably FIDIC contracting is desirable.
  • Experience managing projects with multiple sites, in remote locations, with complex logistical characteristics is an asset.
  • Experience working with government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on donor funded projects is an asset.
  • Proven experience working with Management Information Systems (MIS), ERP, Planning Software, Data analytics and/or reporting is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of the UN system and familiarity with UNOPS procedures is a distinct advantage.
  • Good knowledge of internationally recognized building codes and standards is desired.
  • Experience implementing infrastructure projects in post-conflict, post-disaster environments will be an advantage.

Language

  • Fluency in spoken, written and reading  English is required.
  • Knowledge of the local language (Amharic) is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of other UN languages will be considered an asset.

Contract type, level and duration

Contract type: Local Individual Contractor Agreement (LICA)
Contract level: LICA/ICS -10
Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link:
https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements.aspx