Project Field Engineers

Location: Dollow, Garbahaarey & BardheereOverview of position

Our client has been added to KFW funded phase III of multiyear multistakeholder grant joint action for resilience building in Somalia along two other UN UNICEF & WFP where our client implements FSL components under outcome 3 households maintain & improve FSL status through improved & diversified agricultural production & income generation. This position is therefore required to manage KFW joint resilience project in Gedo region, Somalia. This is a 17$ mil USD resilience project that requires technical team on the ground for quality control & implementation.

Role objectives

To ensure the project is implemented in a timely & professional manner, according to objectives, goals & indicators, in line with donor requirement & based on beneficiary needs. The post holder, Field Project Engineer; under the overall guidance of our clients representative in Somalia & the direct supervision & technical guidance of the Resilience Field Project Manager, the Field Engineer will provide crucial program & operational support in the management of infrastructure activities. The incumbent will be responsible for planning all infrastructure activities, the delivery & provision infrastructure designs & BoQs, identification of construction sites with risk analysis reports, ensure quality insurance of the infrastructure, implement high quality agricultural & water infrastructure, flood protection, rangeland rehabilitations (NRM), fodder stores, roads, markets, grain silos etc. & submission of timely plan & reports. Other key tasks s / he will undertake include:

• Develop provision agricultural, livestock, water, market, roads infrastructure designs & BoQ for KFW joint resilience action project locations & target beneficiaries.

• Responsible of identification of construction sites & generating risk analysis report.

• Ensure quality insurance & accountability of KFW infrastructures.

• Develop a comprehensive infrastructure schedule.

• Implement all KFW infrastructure plan timely.

• Follow up all infrastructure procurements & bides to achieve project goals.

• Close collaboration in the assessment of infrastructures related to the flood protection.

• Supervise the works of contractors on site & ensure quality is maintained through all the construction stages.

• Ensure organize high level hand over & work on functionality & sustainability plan.

• Support the contractors in the correct interpretation of design working drawings on site.

• Assess works completed & recommend contractor’s invoices for payment or non-payment.

• Staff to verify, approve or reject construction materials delivered by contractors on site.

• Weekly reports to the Resilience Field Project Manager & Resilience Program Officer.

• Perform any other duties as may be requested by the supervisor from time to time.

Expected output:

• Interpretation of BOQ & contract documents.

• Develop agricultural, livestock, water, market, roads infrastructure designs & BOQs for KFW joint resilience action project. Ensure all specified infrastructures are delivered & in the right quantities & quality.

• Implement KFW infrastructure plan with quality based on community priority needs:

• Field Engineer in charge to implement KFW infrastructure timely & report each progress time. 

• Consider all infrastructure are accessible for people with special needs.

• Building community ownership & sustainability on community infrastructure.

• Project Field Engineer train community leaders & target community on community ownership & sustainability for each infrastructure & come up with maintenance resources & plans. Develop the necessary MoUs for this matter.

• Organize asset hand over with report. 

• Review of contractor’s invoices. 

• Before contractors submit invoices for payment, conduct an assessment of completed work items & make recommendations for payment. If items requested for payment are not complete, advise contractor to revise invoices accordingly.

• Monitoring & supervision of rehabilitation / implementation of infrastructure works including.

• Review of construction / rehabilitation progress reports, contractors’ work schedules, support partners in helping contractors interpret contract specifications, ensuring the contractor has enough work force on site & reviewing weekly progress reports shared by partners.

Project reporting

This role reports to the Resilience Field Project Manager.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, Irrigation Engineering etc. from recognized institution.

• More than 7 years of professional experience in implementation & site supervision of resilience infrastructures including agricultural infrastructures, livestock, water, roads, market constructions & market infrastructures.

• Must have experience in ensuring projects follow agreed timelines, ability to evaluate completed works for payment purposes & able to prepare good technical progress reports.

• Ability to effectively use construction designing software’s, standard office software, such as MS Office (Windows, Word, Outlook, Excel) etc.

• Ability to use software & other computer systems to prepare weekly progress reports in the appropriate format.

• Good in site supervision.

• Experience in material / labor control.

• Excellent coordination & collaboration skills with other actors (UN, NGOs & govt.).

• Gedo region experience is highly preferred

• Must be fluent in English & Somali.

Team management:

This role has no team management responsibility.

Further information:

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this role.

Disclaimer: At no stage of the recruitment process will CTG ask candidates for a fee. This includes during the application stage, interview, assessment and training.

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