Dutystation: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Functional responsibilities
1. General construction
Support Project Manager/ project team to plan and coordinate work activities.
Provide expertise/support to prepare technical specifications, Bills of Quantities, bidding documentation, engineering drawings, construction methodologies, construction planning and programming, and assessments of contractors’ technical capacity to deliver.
Support the Project Manager in preparing monthly reports to summarize all project matters including quality, health, and safety, environmental, as well as any issues relating to possible delays, cost overruns, variations, and any other matter related to network cabling in hospitals.
2. Design Management
Support the Project manager to outline design requirements (e.g. timeline) to procure design services, including concept, preliminary and final stages where applicable.
Support the Project Manager to manage the design process.
Support the Project manager with their design review submissions to HQ.
Assist the procurement team with technical assistance and in addition to project teams, in preparation of tender documentation and bid analysis where required.
Support Project Manager/project team to complete a needs assessment, organize preliminary studies and monitor/supervise consultants.
3. Construction supervision (network cabling) & Contract Management
For all certified detailed designs ensure that tender documents are finalized and complete,including Scope of Works (SoW), site information, budget, technical specifications, schedules, Bill of Quantities (BoQ), calculations, and construction drawings.
Participating in construction approval and inspection activities.
Liaising closely with the contractor’s engineering staff ensuring engineering accuracy of construction activities.
Mentoring and directing contractor’s supervision staff including teaching dimensional control, best practices etc.
Collect and document information on the contractor’s workforce, the progress of work, and any other related information, and report accordingly on a daily basis.
Conduct regular contractor coordination meetings.
Identifying and solving construction issues in a timely fashion and keeping the Project Manager informed.
Support Project Manager in managing and coordinating negotiations with all interested parties including contract disputes and claims.
Conduct regular site visits for all projects and verify that works are consistent with the project technical specifications and inform promptly of eventual deviations.
Support the overall management of works implementation to ensure construction works are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
Provide spot checks of supervision of the project work progress and quality for on-time delivery.
Assist the Project Manager/ project team in the preparation of project/contracts-related documentation such as periodic progress reports, site monitoring reports, stakeholder meeting minutes, engineer’s instructions and variation orders, contractor’s bills review reports, certifications, client hand-over documents, and contracts close-out reports.
Undertake measurement of works in support of contractor payment requests.
Submit requisition for all approved projects and coordinate with the Procurement Unit to facilitate the competition of the procurement process, including the Development of relevant tender documents, evaluation of tenders, and issuing and management of works contracts.
Implement quality controls (QC) and quality assurance (QA) procedures, to ensure all infrastructure projects are correctly initiated, managed, monitored, reported and closed in accordance with UNOPS policies and procedures.
4. Health and Safety/Quality
Ensure awareness and compliance with health and safety requirements on the Project site.
Ensure implementation of the Goal Zero approach (zero incidents, zero injuries, and zero accidents) and completion of actions to improve health and safety on the Project site.
Cultivate a Goal Zero mindset with actions such as identifying and addressing health and safety risks, monitoring the adherence to health and safety requirements on the Project site.
Direct contractor’s and supervision staff on the development and monitoring respective Quality, Health, and Safety, Environment plans.
5. Monitoring and Progress Controls
Report site work progress to the Project Manager on a daily basis.
Coordinate with networking designers and contractors to achieve the targeted progress.
Coordinate with the hospital authorities to allow the consultant and contractors to perform planned work activities without delays.
6. Knowledge management
Assist in providing training and technology transfer to national personnel and contractor’s personnel and advice on good construction practices, good environmental management practices, and appropriate health and safety standards during construction.
Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned for development planning and knowledge building.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or Higher) in engineering, construction management or any other relevant disciplines is required.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management with additional 2 years of relevant work experience can substitute for the requirement for a Master’s degree.
Experience
Minimum 2 years experience(After the completion of a Bachelor’s degree) in managing or supervising construction activities is required.
Demonstrable experience in civil engineering projects within hospital or healthcare environments is required.
Proficiency in google documents, MS Project are required.
Drafting skills with AutoCAD software is essential.
Basic knowledge of network cabling standards (e.g., Cat 6, Fiber Optic), pathways etc
Basic understanding of the requirements for installing and maintaining active and passive network equipment.
Basic understanding / ability to read and interpret network diagrams and specifications.
Experience in implementing works under complex quality and safety plans is desired.
Experience directing and mentoring engineering staff is required.
Experience in providing advice and oversight is desirable.
Language Requirements
Fluency in English is required.
Intermediate proficiency in spoken Sinhala and Tamil is required.
Basic proficiency in reading and writing Sinhala and Tamil is desirable.
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