Site Engineer - Civil

Org. Setting and ReportingSupervisor: The incumbent of this post reports to Field/Area Construction Engineer or Field/Area Maintenance Engineer . Responsibilities1. Is responsible for all day-to-day activities of construction/maintenance project site; supervises the work carried out by contractors on site ensuring that works are implemented in accordance with the Contract Documents, and that quality, health and safety, gender requirements are met. 2. Monitors the quality of materials and workmanship used in the project, ensuring that they comply with the specifications and that all necessary tests on materials are carried out including inspections at the manufacturers’ location, as per the standing procedure and instructions. 3. Valuates, measures, and agrees with the contractor on the quantities of the executed work; verifies the contractor’s requested interim and final payments and ensures the conformity of these payments with the executed quantities and submits them to his/her supervisor for certification. 4. Assures correctness of levelling and surveying of construction site; checks the locations of existing utilities for possible conflict and resolves any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise in consultation with supervisor. 5. Checks and records working, shop and as built drawings prepared for this purpose, the actual levels and details of foundations, the type of strata encountered in the excavation and full details of any deviations from the working/as built drawings which may have been made during the execution of the work. 6. Prepares and discusses with his/her supervisor the necessary Variation Orders, Extension of Time and any other changes required to the Contract where necessary; assesses and records all relevant details of the additional works, including costs of labour, materials, and equipment. 7. Maintains and enters into Facilities Management Information System (FMIS) records, forms, payments, variation orders, extension of time, progress, tests, and other project actions carried out on the construction and/or maintenance site; prepares daily and weekly technical/financial progress and ad hoc reports/statistics and information as may be required including costs and time requirements and provides recommendations as appropriate. 8. Examines and approves, in consultation with the supervisor/s, methods proposed by the contractor to ensure safe and satisfactory execution of the construction/ maintenance works. 9. Performing other duties as may be assigned. CompetenciesUN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default. Functional 1. Applying Technical Expertise 2. Following Instructions and Procedures 3. Relating and Networking 4. Planning and Organizing EducationUniversity degree in civil engineering from an accredited university/ institution. Job - Specific QualificationNot available. Work ExperienceAt least three years’ experience on site supervision of construction/maintenance/infrastructure projects is required. Indicate your current involvement in any outside activities, as it is required. Including but not limited to employment, independent contractor/freelance consultant, board member (corporate, academic, etc), expert group, lobby, public speaking/writing (article, book, blog, social media etc), teaching, conferences, training, press statement, voluntary work, political activity, fundraising/donation for non-UNRWA entity, running for public office, role in political party or orgs., owning business, work for gov./NGO/private company/charity, UNRWA partner/vendor, full/part-time, paid or not. A “yes” answer doesn’t necessarily lead to exclusion from future work at UNRWA, yet misrepresentation in providing accurate/complete info can lead to disqualification/termination of appointment, if hired LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English is required. There are no additional desirable languages specified. The table below shows the minimum required level for each skill in these languages, according to the UN Language Framework (please consult https://languages.un.org for details).