Engineer - SC8 - Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan

The World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian organization, is seeking an Engineer for an 8-month service contract based in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. This role involves providing professional engineering and construction management services for the implementation of the Humanitarian Response Facility (HRF), upgrades at Benazir Nashonuma Programme (BNP) Facilitation Centers, and related infrastructure projects. The Engineer will act as WFP’s on-site representative, ensuring construction activities comply with approved designs, quality standards, safety regulations, and project timelines. This position supports WFP’s mission to strengthen disaster preparedness and emergency response capacity in Northern Pakistan through strategic infrastructure development.

Key Responsibilities

Construction Supervision and Implementation: Oversee daily site operations, monitor contractor performance, and ensure all construction works adhere to approved drawings, specifications, and contract requirements. Supervise civil, structural, architectural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and infrastructure works, while resolving technical issues promptly.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC): Implement and monitor QA/QC procedures, conduct routine inspections, verify material testing, witness field tests, and ensure compliance with technical specifications and international engineering standards. Identify and address non-conforming works.

Contract Administration: Monitor contractor compliance with contractual obligations, review work programs and progress schedules, assess claims and variation orders, verify payment certificates, and maintain comprehensive records of site instructions and correspondence.

Payment Certification and Financial Verification: Review and certify contractors’ interim payment applications and final accounts based on actual progress. Prepare payment certificates, verify supporting documentation, and ensure accurate reflection of completed works and contractual deductions.

Project Planning and Progress Monitoring: Track physical and financial progress against schedules, identify risks and delays, recommend corrective actions, and prepare regular progress reports. Support project planning, scheduling, and forecasting.

Health, Safety, Environment and Security (HSES): Ensure compliance with WFP safety standards and national regulations. Monitor contractor implementation of HSE plans, conduct site safety inspections, promote PPE use, investigate incidents, and support environmental mitigation efforts.

Benazir Nashonuma Programme (BNP) Facilities Support: Conduct technical assessments of BNP facilities, prepare condition reports, supervise rehabilitation and maintenance works, develop scopes of work and cost estimates, and ensure facilities meet operational and WFP standards.

Reporting and Documentation: Maintain project records, prepare inspection and progress reports, manage photographic documentation, review as-built drawings, and support project closeout activities.

Stakeholder Coordination: Liaise with contractors, consultants, WFP units, government authorities, and partners. Participate in technical and coordination meetings, support management and donor visits, and facilitate effective communication among stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Education: Advanced university degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline. Accreditation as a Professional Engineer/Chartered Engineer or equivalent is preferred. Candidates with a first-level university degree plus two years of managerial experience will also be considered.

Experience: Minimum one year of progressively responsible experience in construction supervision, contract management, and infrastructure project implementation. Proven experience with warehouses, PEB structures, logistics or institutional facilities, contract administration, quality control, and project monitoring. Experience working in remote or mountainous environments is highly desirable. Prior involvement with UN agencies, international organizations, or humanitarian projects is an asset.

Languages: Fluency in English and Urdu is required. Knowledge of local languages spoken in Gilgit-Baltistan is advantageous.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

WFP is a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate offering a diverse, inclusive, and multicultural work environment. The organization invests in professional development through training, coaching, and internal mobility. Employees benefit from a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including social security, medical insurance, annual and parental leave. This vacancy is open to Pakistani nationals only, with women strongly encouraged to apply. The position provides an opportunity to contribute to impactful humanitarian infrastructure projects in a challenging and rewarding setting.

Applications must be submitted online through WFP’s official careers portal by 18 November 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. WFP is committed to equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.