Asistente Técnico/a de Ingeniería de Construcción
Organizational Context
UNOPS operates in Latin America and the Caribbean, delivering high-impact solutions for sustainable development, focusing on resilient infrastructure, public health, and institutional capacity building. The Honduras Multi-Country Office (CEMCO) manages operations in Honduras and El Salvador, partnering with the government on key sectors like health and infrastructure, and emphasizing sustainability, gender, diversity, and inclusion.
Job Purpose
The Assistant Construction Engineering Technician provides comprehensive technical and administrative support for the management and execution of infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with UNOPS regulations. This role is crucial for ensuring the technical and management teams have the necessary administrative, logistical, and technical backing to develop projects efficiently and to high-quality standards. The position contributes to the successful delivery of infrastructure projects by facilitating smooth operations and adherence to project objectives and organizational procedures.
Responsibilities
Provide technical and logistical support in infrastructure project management, ensuring adherence to UNOPS norms and procedures. Coordinate technical agendas, organize site meetings, technical committees, and site visits. Assist in drafting, formatting, and consolidating meeting minutes, agendas, and routine correspondence. Maintain and update project documentation, databases, and control matrices, both physical and electronic. Support logistical arrangements for site supervision visits. Assist in data tracking and collection, creating spreadsheets, calculation notes, quantity take-offs, and quality control for designs and shop drawings. Manage databases for mailing lists and maintain organized electronic and paper files. Assist in all project stages, including Quality Assurance (QA), and monitor construction progress against schedules, identifying deviations. Register material tests and laboratory tests. Support verification of executed work volumes and assist in administrative management of estimates. Monitor the correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), site orderliness, and safety measures. Assist in managing contract amendments and variations. Provide technical support in project formulation, drawing, and surveying, contributing to designs and site visit reports.
Work Experience
1 to 4 years of experience in supporting infrastructure project management, preferably within international organizations. Knowledge of AutoCAD and Microsoft Project is desirable.
Skills
AutoCAD, Communication, Microsoft Project, Organization Skills, Teamwork