The ongoing conflict in Yemen has caused significant disruptions to the supply chain and to the overall availability of services across all sectors. UNOPS is undertaking a project that aims at increasing access to primary and secondary health services in Yemen. This position will be responsible for ensuring the design and rehabilitation works of the health facilities, ensuring highest standards in design and rehabilitation works, and respect of ‘state of the art’ requirements for safety, sustainability, security, and disability access.
The Construction Management Engineer will be responsible for the day-to-day coordination with contractors, ensuring that construction and rehabilitation works meet high-quality standards and are completed within the specified timeframe. The incumbent will provide technical support and guidance, monitor progress, and ensure compliance with contract specifications.
1. Site Coordination and Supervision
- Responsible for day-to-day coordination with the contractors according to the needs and requirements on site.
- Inspects and reports on Contractor’s works in progress ensuring that the Contractor meets the high quality standards expected by UNOPS.
- Checks contractors’ and suppliers set out and works, including compliance with contracts specifications and ensures that contractors and suppliers comply with their work plans to complete work with specified time frame.
- Provides support and guidance to the contractor and assists in resolving site problems, as necessary.
- Attends daily the project site(s) in order to monitor progress of works, identifies the existing problems and provides appropriate solutions through application of sound engineering standards in consultation with the Project Manager.
2. Reporting and Documentation
- Responsible for preparation of progress reports on construction activities, according to the agreed timeframe of works and submission of such on a weekly basis to the Project Manager. -
- Responsible for the preparation and verification of a database for the available materials shipped to the project, schedules of labor force, and monitoring of quality of such during the progress of works.
- Maintain records, compile periodic reports and any specific reports required by UNOPS standard procedures.
- Checks all laboratory reports, operation and maintenance manuals, and keeps records and report to the Project Manager accordingly.
- Assesses and reports on the project closing plans, archiving of cost and progress report and hands over all related reports to the Project Manager.
3. Contractor Management and Payment Verification
- Assesses the work activities of contractor/s, measure completed work and make recommendations to the Project Manager for progress payments to contractors.
- Evaluates and assesses works schedules and programmes, including the comparison with the schedule baselines and reports to the Project Manager accordingly.
- Checks, verifies and approves the interim payments submitted by the Contractor/s and submits detailed reports to the Project Manager.
4. Coordination and Communication
- Co-ordinates between Contractors, Suppliers, and UNOPS.
- Responsible for supervision of technical staff and consultants assigned to the project, and the assignment and monitoring of duties during the progress of works.
5. Other Duties
- Performs other related duties as required from Project Manager.
