Sub Engineer

ABOUT ACTED PAKISTAN: ACTED is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris, founded in 1993. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED respects a strict political and religious impartiality and operates according to the principles of non-discrimination and transparency. ACTED has been present in Pakistan since 1993. ACTED Pakistan programmes range from short-term emergency responses to recovery and rehabilitation, as well as longer-term development initiatives. ACTED strategy is to target vulnerable communities affected by natural and conflict-related disasters as well as lack of socio-economic development.

JOB PURPOSE: The Sub-Engineer, under the operational guidance of the Civil Engineer, is responsible for ensuring proper implementation of ACTED’s project in District Tharparkar. The Sub-Engineer oversees field operations and ensures effective and timely completion of activities, delivery of quality outputs, and achievement of outcomes with maximum impact for beneficiaries. The Sub-Engineer works with the project staff in day-to-day WASH construction activities management of all aspects of the project and liaises with relevant internal departments and external partners and project stakeholders.

OBJECTIVE: To ensure the project is implemented in a timely and professional manner, according to objectives, goals and indicators, in line with donor requirements and based on beneficiary needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under the overall supervision of the Project Officer and Civil Engineer, the Sub-Engineer is required to manage and implement technical activities in the field.
• Have a complete understanding of the project implemented.
• Plan construction / rehabilitation activities according to project objectives, timeframes, and designs.
• Supervise and provide guidance and technical support to other field teams.
• Support and supervise daily skilled and unskilled workers / project volunteers and give them useful instruction regarding their work improvement, through coordination with the relevant skilled staff.
• Providing technical guidance, training, and support to individuals targeted by each project in line with the programme strategy and intended outputs.
• Ensure on-time completion of the tasks in line with BoQ’s and designs.
• Report to the Civil Engineer daily about progress and challenges faced.
• Liaise with programme staff of other ACTED teams to ensure that information is shared and that lessons learned are developed.
• Directly fix and repair damaged installations or facilities.
• Participate in the elaboration of designs and BoQ’s when required.
• Support community mobilizers and village steering committees in the identification and verification of skilled laborers.
• Supervise the unloading of the material on-site as well as quality and quantity of the items.
• Ensure the construction documentation requested by the line manager is correctly completed.
• Control that construction materials and tools are used properly, and complete waybills to accompany any movement of stock/tools between locations in the field / between the base and field.

Requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent local language proficiency skills. Good English and Urdu language proficiency skills and familiarity with local customs and traditions will be an added advantage.
• Excellent management, team building, communication & networking skills.
• Must be flexible and adapt changes quickly with the requirements of the changed situation.
• S/he must have the ability to work effectively with colleagues from varied cultures and professional backgrounds.
• Ability to travel for work assignments in targeted union councils.

Accountability: All ACTED team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

PSEAH Obligation:

• ACTED has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and strives to recruit those who share our values.
• All candidates will be subject to a pre-employment check that includes satisfactory references, screening, and criminal checks in line with legal requirements.
• All candidates who have been offered a position will sign and respect ACTED’s Code of Conduct and related policies as part of their work contract. All staff are expected to abide by the standards of behaviour outlined in those documents.
• Managers will have a special responsibility to foster a safe environment.
• Misconduct can lead to serious disciplinary sanctions.

Skills:

• Pro-active, well organized with sound planning, organizational, prioritization and problem-solving skills as well as effective verbal and written communication.
• Great mobilization skills.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

• Completion of WASH construction and rehabilitation works on time as per the approved work plan.
• Completion of WASH facilities in compliance with approved technical specifications and quality standards.
• Maintenance of complete technical documentation, including site inspection reports, measurements, BOQs, and completion reports.