Senior Project Manager (Infrastructure)

Provides rapid infrastructure project leadership to UNOPS offices worldwide, stabilising complex assignments, managing delivery from design through closure and strengthening surge readiness through technical guidance, quality assurance and shared practice.

Department: Surge Team, People and Culture Group

• Mobilise rapidly to lead or stabilise complex infrastructure projects
• Develop implementation plans, milestones, designs and design-review processes
• Manage project delivery within time, cost, scope, quality, risk and benefit tolerances
• Embed social, gender, environmental and economic sustainability in project delivery
• Monitor results, financial performance, delivery data and project variances
• Build stakeholder relationships and coordinate project communications
• Coordinate quality reviews and ensure deliverables meet technical standards
• Maintain project documentation and support audits and corrective follow-up
• Organise project teams and manage personnel performance and safety
• Develop training content and share lessons that strengthen surge readiness

• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable engineering discipline with nine years of relevant experience, or master’s degree with seven years
• Experience implementing and managing infrastructure projects
• Experience defining technical and design requirements
• Knowledge of infrastructure quality-assurance methodologies and tools
• Experience managing infrastructure project risks in a multi-stakeholder context
• Fluent English

• Home-based retainer pool for rapid remote or in-person surge assignments worldwide. International travel, including to hardship locations for missions of up to four months, is required. The contract is capped at 220 working days in one year.