Construction EngineerNew

Manages and monitors UNICEF education-construction activities in Afghanistan, with a focus on school infrastructure in complex and disaster-prone settings. The UN Volunteer develops technical documents, supports competitive contracting, oversees site progress and quality, certifies payments and variations, and coordinates engineering firms, contractors and government services.

• Develop construction scopes, deliverables and payment modalities
• Review drawings, specifications and bills of quantities for compliance
• Prepare tender documentation and technical bidder responses
• Monitor sites, milestones, quality and health-and-safety precautions
• Certify payments and variations and maintain expenditure records
• Manage defect correction and issue work-reception certificates

• Experience in complex environments and large infrastructure or civil works
• Experience managing and supervising medium-to-large-scale public-sector construction works
• Experience dealing with contractors and local partners
• English is required

• Technical design experience for high-rise structures
• Knowledge of UN rules, procedures and regulations
• Emergency-response familiarity
• Dari language skills
• Pashto language skills

• Construction supervision
• Technical documentation
• Contract management
• Quality assurance
• Community engagement

• Design drawings
• Technical specifications
• Bills of quantities
• PowerPoint

• Assignment operates in a complex security environment with restricted movement