Overview
The Senior Associate Construction Management Engineer supports infrastructure project implementation and oversight by providing technical expertise, ensuring quality, and managing site operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in overseeing day-to-day site operations, ensuring adherence to project specifications, timelines, and quality standards.
- Monitor work progress against approved plans and Bills of Quantity (BoQs), reporting potential risks, delays, or cost deviations.
- Verify that works comply with contract documents, technical drawings, and applicable safety and environmental standards.
- Conduct regular site inspections and prepare detailed progress, quality, and HSSE reports.
- Supervise contractors’ work, assess completed quantities, and recommend interim and final payments.
- Review and verify variation orders.
- Support the preparation and implementation of risk assessments, method statements, and HSSE plans.
- Lead or participate in site meetings with contractors and stakeholders.
- Identify and address construction issues proactively.
- Assist in coordinating technical documentation, drawings, and specifications.
- Contribute to developing and updating work plans and schedules.
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Prepare and review technical reports, inspection checklists, site diaries, and contractor correspondence.
- Draft and review Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs).
- Support quality management activities.
- Review and maintain records related to design modifications, variation justifications, and lessons learned.
- Prepare regular project progress reports.
- Maintain updated risk and issue registers and propose mitigation measures.
- Track contractor performance against milestones.
- Assist in preparing management summaries for project reviews.
- Support bid evaluations and preparation of tender documentation when required.
- Provide input for project close-out reports and lessons-learned documentation.
- Maintain effective communication with contractors, suppliers, local authorities, and implementing partners.
- Assist in guiding and mentoring junior engineers, architects, and site personnel.
- Participate in coordination meetings.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with community representatives and site visitors.
- Support the organization, facilitation, and delivery of training and learning sessions.
- Participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives and Communities of Practice (CoPs).
- Conduct research on infrastructure- and project management-related topics.
Required Experience
- Relevant experience is work in building construction, site supervision or infrastructure project management or similar fields.
- Experience in quality control, monitoring and reporting within construction projects is required.
- Demonstrable proficiency in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office, G-Suite, etc) and web-based management systems are required.
- Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
- Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.
- Experience in project documentation, report writing and technical communication is desired.
Qualifications
- Secondary school (or equivalent) with 7 years of relevant experience OR Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or related disciplines with 3 years of relevant experience is required.
- A recognized professional certification or membership in a civil, structural or construction engineering association, at the national or international level, is desirable.
