Project Engineer
Organizational Context
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), through its Facility Management Unit, is responsible for the planning, development, construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of mission facilities and infrastructure across all camps. This role provides technical and managerial oversight for these critical operations.
Job Purpose
The Project Manager serves as the focal point for project management and compound maintenance within UNISFA's Facility Management Unit. This role is crucial for ensuring that all mission facilities, including accommodations, offices, power, water, sanitation, and waste management systems, are safe, functional, sustainable, and cost-effective. The incumbent provides technical and managerial oversight throughout the entire project lifecycle, from planning and design through construction, commissioning, close-out, operation, and maintenance, ensuring compliance with UN regulations and engineering standards.
Responsibilities
Lead assigned projects from initiation to closure, ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements. Develop comprehensive project plans, schedules, resource requirements, and risk registers. Oversee the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of mission facilities and infrastructure, coordinating preventive, corrective, and emergency maintenance programs. Ensure compliance with UN engineering standards, environmental policies, and occupational health and safety regulations. Coordinate and monitor construction and repair works, maintaining accurate project, asset, contract, and technical documentation. Conduct technical inspections, assessments, and audits, preparing and reviewing technical specifications, cost estimates, and procurement documents. Utilize project management tools for tracking, procurement, asset management, and financial monitoring, and advise management on project risks and resource requirements.
Work Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in construction project management, facilities management, construction supervision, or infrastructure support operations in complex environments is required. Experience in project scheduling, cost control, risk management, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams and contractors is also necessary. A driving license for cars is required.
Skills
Project management, facilities management, construction supervision, infrastructure support, project scheduling, cost control, risk management, team coordination, technical report writing, CAD software, MS Project, Primavera P6, standard office applications, construction methodologies, quality assurance, quality control, engineering standards, driving.