Assistant Field Engineer

Base Location: Dera Ismail Khan

Field Location: DI Khan

Number of Positions: 01

Gender: Male/Female

Reports to: Project Engineer

Job Purpose: To ensure timely identification & completion of construction activities related to Shelter and  WASH (Construction of Shelters, Water Supply, Water storage kits, Celebration of special days for instance world water day, world toilet day, hand washing day and EVI latrines construction), Livelihood (Food for work/cash for work, lining of irrigation structure) and solar packages at field level in close coordination with team lead, Project Engineer and Government Departments, as well as capacity building of communities and labors.

Key Accountabilities:

The job holder is accountable for fulfilling his / her roles and responsibilities in line with Islamic values and principles of fairness, humanity, honesty, respect and fair treatment of his/her colleagues and team members.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Technical

• Supervision of Shelter, WASH and livelihood CPIs construction activities at field
• Study the Shelter and CPI documents (construction drawings & specifications) in detail, keeping in view Implementation Work Plan, and discuss the quarries with line manager/Program Engineer, if any, to reduce the threats of delayed work progress.
• Maintain the Measurement Book (MB) of work done at site in presence of contractor’s representative on daily basis and should be signed by both representatives.
• Workout the total actual quantities of all as per construction drawings and specifications.
• To ensure the layouts, levels and all activities at site. Either construction works are being done as per drawings and specifications or not.
• To prepare the shop drawings of different activities as per requirement.
• For maintaining the records of all documentation (hard & soft copies) and pictorial progress.
• To be able to get different materials sampling, on different intervals, for testing and quality work assurance.
• To prepare daily, weekly, monthly and other progress reports to submit to his supervisor.
• Motivate and morally/ technically support the contractor, communities and his team for managing a perfect material supply chain. And closely follow-up them for arranging materials before planned execution/consumption date/time of that material.
• Analyze and prepare plans for material requisitions.
• Assist to Design all work plans and identify and resolve all construction issues on site.
• Document all civil field activities and perform regular inspection to check progress of construction works.
• Assist in performing quality assurance inspection to verify the work is performed in compliance with the plans and specifications.
• Processing daily project documentation and construction observations.
• Preparing weekly project status updates
• Performing other duties as required by the work and assigned by the Project manager any other task assigned by supervisor.
• Conduct regular field visits with 80% time in field and 20% for reporting.

Safety and Security

• Liaise with the supply chain department & project lead to ensure compliance with the organization’s Security Guidelines and their effective application in the local context;
• Monitor the operational environment with respect to increased level of threat and advise the District Coordinator and the organization’s Security Officer/Security Focal person.
• Follow the appropriate communications means to meet operational and security requirements;

Administration

• Ensure that administrative support functions are supported in accordance with the organization’s administrative policies and procedures;
• Ensure compliance with country legal, contractual, labour and statutory requirements.

Financial Management and Planning

Ensure with the Finance department, the maintenance of the organization’s financial protocols and accounting systems for all field interventions.

Person Specification: It is essential that the post holder shows a good understanding and sympathy with the organizational values & principles, vision and mission as well as commitment to its PSEAH (preventing sexual exploitation abuse and harassment) protocols. The organisation has a zero-tolerance policy towards PSEAH and don’t support any action that promotes or encourages PSEAH.

The organisation is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom the organisation engages. The organisation expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Qualification: B.E / B-Tech Civil Engineering or DAE-Civil

 Experience: Relevant experience of 2 years with DAE and/or 1 year with B.E / B-Tech

Language: Urdu, English and local languages

Computer/other Skills:

• The candidate shall be computer literate and having good skills of MS office, MS excel, power point and AutoCAD.
• Have good communication Skills, can effectively communicate with local communities.
• Can work in Stressed environment and have ability to meet deadlines.
• Have time management skills.

Language:

• Urdu, English and local languages
• Pashto and Saraiki will be an additional asset

Please note, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to live and work in the Pakistan. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship. 

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

The organisation is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom the organisation engages. The organisation expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. The organisation also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• Screening clearance
• Receipt of satisfactory references

We are an equal opportunities employer.

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