Field Engineer

Background/IRC Summary:  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years, and manages & delivers large, complex programs to meet needs in health, education, protection, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor & conflict-affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview/Summary:

This role would specialize in the management of engineering operations on daily basis in Health facilities. He/ She would have a more oversight, monitoring and streamlining engineering operations related to COVID-19 activities as per IRC and Donor guidelines.   

Major Responsibilities:

1.       Work jointly with health team for their environmental investigation efforts i.e. sanitary surveys, WSS scoping/mapping etc. to effectively bridge these efforts with accessibility options for the deprived groups.

2.       Find ways, means and innovate to reduce the hazards of poor wash services in the target facilities.

3.       Monitoring progress of EH infrastructure during implementation phase of the project.

4.       Provide technical support to implementing partners in verification of WASH Inclusive infrastructures i.e. drawings, design and BOQ’s through field visit as per National/international codes/standards such as ACI, ASTM, ACP, CBM etc. for improved quality and inclusiveness.

5.       Site Engineer will ensure that all construction sites meet legal/standardized guidelines, health, and safety requirements, and keeping in view universal access guidelines.

6.       Site engineer is responsible for ensuring that designs and solutions are developed in consultation with health facilities staff, and are designed to meet the Health needs, with enough and effective feedback on designs from the clients.

7.       Site Engineer will responsible for ensuring WASH designs comply with environmental and health regulations.

8.       Site Engineer is responsible for professional/technical engineering designs/drawings and review standards, surveys and inspections.

9.       Ensuring health care waste management system and present successful models to line department for replication.

10.   Provides technical assistance and consults with other Governments departments and sister organization regarding engineering functions and site selection & development.

11.   Establishing minimum requirements for safeguarding public health and safety of marginalized groups i.e. PLWD, TGs, elderly, chronically ill etc. Ensuring meaningful engagement and access to WASH services and facilities.

12.   Provides interpretations of construction codes, State laws and departmental/organizational policies and its translation or reflection in IRC work.

13.   Provides guidance to the IRC-EH team on code compliance keeping in view the IRC standard operational procedures.

14.   Assess potential risks, provide advice, and resolve creatively any emerging problems/deficiencies during implementation of EH project.

15.   Supervise all the technical assessments and monthly evaluations of engineering activities and report all the activities to Senior EH Manager in a timely manner.

16.   Supervision/development/review the following.

·         WASH infrastructure both in Health facilities

·         Inclusive WASH infrastructures provision in health facilities through health department.

·         Technical aspects of the project related to Environmental Sanitation

·         Inclusive WASH approaches

·         Development of BOQs

·         Designing and construction of water supply/sanitation schemes,

·         Designing and construction of solid/liquid waste management system.

·         Designing of different types of hand washing facilities.

17.   Carry out other WASH and Engineering related tasks as assigned by supervisor

Program Support

·         In coordination with the field team, support the maintenance of programs MIS.

·         Update program information and support in developing relevant project documentation, including monthly/quarterly reports, monitoring tools, fact sheets, newsletter etc.

·         Support planning and coordination with teams, including organization and support of Humanitarian Program Meetings, information dissemination.

·         Collect, compile and disseminate program work plans

Position Reports to:  Technical Coordinator EH     

Position directly supervises:  none

Indirect Reporting: none   

Job Requirements:

Education:

Must hold a Bachelors’ degree in Civil Engineering/Technology or related field

Work Experience:

Total Work Experience 3 years in the Health focused infrastructure, WASH

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

·         Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. 

·         Experience of working on DRR focused water and sanitation facilities

·         Strong knowledge of local living conditions and infrastructure

·         Sound knowledge of SPHERE standards

·         Ability to work without close supervision

·         Good Command on engineering plans, design, BoQs, layout and use of Auto Cad

·         Knowledge of Computer, MS Office

Language Skills: 

·         Strong oral and written English, Urdu

·         Local languages would be an asset

Desirable criteria:  

·         Work with INGOs

·          Experience of working in North Sindh

The IRC Core Values and Commitments;

·         The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

·         IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

o   Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children

·         IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.

·         IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

Women candidates and differently abled persons are highly encouraged to apply