Technical Lead (Senior Civil Engineer)

Job Description - Technical Lead (Senior Civil Engineer)

Period of Employment :  Initially 4 months [September to December of 2020]. Thereafter, it will be subject to the extension of the project period.
Direct Reports to : Project Coordinator
Reporting to this post : Civil Engineers and Sub-Engineers
Duty Station : Dhulikhel Office (with frequent field visit; up to 60%)

Overall Responsibilities:

• Provide overall leadership and guidance to the housing construction, WASH schemes and other community infrastructure development technical team comprising of 3 Civil Engineers, 9 Sub-Engineers and 60+ Sub-Overseers/Craftsmen
• Survey, Design, Estimates, DPR Finalization and other necessary technical works and required documents
• Supervise, support, mentor and mobilize technical team and ensure technical target of the project
• Frequent monitoring, quality assurance and progress of the reporting to the project’s technical team
• Lead in planning related to infrastructure schemes developed by the technical teams of the projects by thorough checking of the technical documents.
• Ensure the compliance of relevant rules, mode of operation and other requirements set in the programme documents of CDP with respect to infrastructural activities
• Ensure timely accomplishment of milestones set for different schemes in order to facilitate the reimbursement process under pre-financing arrangements.
• Monitor and supervise the project activities to ensure the efficient and effective implementation of infrastructure development activities.Provide necessary orientation and trainings to the staffs and other stakeholders of the programme in relation to the technical as well as effective management of the infrastructural projects.
• Ensure the quality of the infrastructure projects in all aspects as envisaged in the programme documents.
• Undertake any other responsibilities that may be required to achieve the objectives of the programme.
• Provide technical and strategic guidance to the district and region based staff for the implementation of activities in the community based disaster management sectors as per project documents.

Major Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead overall planning of the project for whole period, quarterly and monthly, and based on that staffs’ monthly individual planning that should also be inter-related and complementary to each other.
• Lead monthly planning and review meeting, and collecting project’s progress and staffs’ individual progress and time-sheet (plan vs progress).
• Lead, ensure and track the target vs achievement/progress monthly, quarterly and staffs’ individual level.
• Provide guidance and support to the technical staffs for selection of impactful WASH schemes for the most needy communities.
• Ensure budget allocation from each user’s committee for training/orientation on post construction maintenance/ repairing of the schemes for respective users’ groups.
• Ensure effective involvement and supports of Senior Engineer (Technical Lead), Civil Engineers, Sub-Engineers and Social Mobilizers in the entire planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting field level activities.
• Ensure individual project team’s monthly and quarterly planning with targets and regular follow up and support to meet the targets.
• Oversee the financial management and effective and efficient utilization of the budget and resources
• Match the monthly program target and budget plan.
• Ensure effective implementation of the project activities
• Identify and collect relevant issues and take initiatives for timely address and response.
• Frequent field visit and ensure presence of field staffs in the assigned field – on-duty  and result-oriented performance
• Frequent monitoring, quality assurance and progress reporting
• Prepare inception report, monthly report, mid-term (quarterly) and final report in the given format/standards and requirements of CRS Nepal.
• Mentor, supervise and support the project team members and track their progress of targets and performance.
• Coordination within team, inter-projects coordination, coordination with different level’s stakeholders and elected representatives of the respective palikas.
• Represent SJASK and project team in coordination meetings and programs of likeminded organizations, relevant line agencies, and stakeholders.
• Represent or coordinate in the district or other level if needed.

• Apply Before : Aug-20-2020
• How to Apply for this job?

• Apply latest by 20th August 2020 (before 17:00, local time) with your detailed updated CV, copies of citizenship, academic, experience and relevant training certificates and PP size photo via e-mail to: krrp.kavre@gmail.com or hard copy in the SJASK's Office (Admin Section), located at Dhulikhel-6, Dhulikhel, Mukti-Marga, Kavre.

  Note: Phone call is not entertained except location information. Only experience candidates can apply for the position. Any kind of influence is unaccepted and that leads to disqualify the candidacy in any step of recruitment process.