Job Description:
A Site Engineer is a professional who is responsible for all technical and engineering aspects of their assigned project. They plan, schedule, predict, and manage all the technical tasks of their assigned project to assure accuracy, proper resources, and quality from start to finish.
A Site Engineer oversees all aspects of an assigned project, including planning, budgeting, and logistics. They spend time at the job site ensuring work is completed efficiently with no errors or negative impacts on the timeline. The Site Engineer also provides feedback to all team members and facilitates communication throughout the project’s lifecycle.
A site Engineer must Know the knowledge of construction material and standard codes for designing and implementation of projects.
Shelter for Life implements safe and PSEA-sensitive human resources practices and processes throughout recruitment, contracting, and performance management to ensure the safety and well-being of all staff and beneficiaries.
Shelter for Life has zero-tolerance policy on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA).
Job Requirements:
Having good behavior with community with beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor the assigned engineering projects
Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications
Interact daily with the clients to interpret their needs and requirements and represent them in the field
Perform overall quality control of the work (budget, schedule, plans, personnel’s performance) and report regularly on project status
Assign responsibilities and monitor project team
Cooperate and communicate effectively with project manager and other project participants to provide assistance and technical support.
Review engineering deliverables and initiate appropriate corrective action
Proven working experience as a Project Engineer
Excellent knowledge of designing and visualizations software such as AutoCAD, Civil3D, GIS, Water Gem and Water CAD.
Excellent knowledge of surveying, Estimation and calculations.
Familiarity with rules, regulations, best practices and performance standards
Ability to work with multiple discipline projects.
Skills in supervision and site management.
Decision making ability and leadership skills on district level.
Qualification/ Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
4 to 5 years relevant work experience in the field of construction with NGOs, INGOs or UN agencies.
Fluency in English and Dari and/or Pashto, both written and spoken.
Experience using / processing data software (Ms. Office package, designing programs (Auto Cad, Civil3D, Arc GIS Water Gem, Water Cad and etc.)
Experience using / Level Machine, GPS and Total station for technical surveying.
Have a good ability of technical surveying, analysis of project as per effectiveness and impact of projects and also Site Selection of projects.
Previous experience working with data collection and analysis preferred (both quantitative and qualitative).
Good communication skill and able to pass the massage/questions in local languages to the respondents.
Have good interpersonal skills and ability to plan work.
Supervisory, team worker, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
Regional and cultural knowledge of areas of SFL field operations in Afghanistan
Willingness to work long hours when required
Ability and willingness to travel to the project sites and outside of duty station within Afghanistan and adjust to the SFL environment as frequently as required
Honest, proactive, well mannered, and must share values of SFL.
Willing to stay in field locations
Ready to work, live and travel in an intricate and strenuous environment
Jab Location: Badakhshan Ghazni Kabul
Submission Guideline:
nterested qualified candidates should submit a full CV with a cover letter explaining their motivation in applying for the job and highlighting their relevant skills and experience and send your application / CV to the below email account; afghanistaninfo@shelter.org. Please do not forget to write Position Title and Vacancy Number in the subject of your email and indicate in your subject email the province you are applying for.
Academic certificates or references need not to be submitted at this time. These will be requested if called for an interview.
Only short-listed candidates will be invited for a written test and/or interview.
Applications after announcement closing date or Application in hard copy will not be accepted.
The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a Background & Reference check and be compliant and sign up to Shelter for life’s Code of Conduct, PSEA (Prevention from Sexual exploitation and abuse) and other SFL’s policies prior to a final offer being made.
Submission Email:
afghanistaninfo@shelter.org