GOAL
General Description of the Programme:
GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.
GOAL has been working in North Aleppo Governate since 2019, through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, as well as emergency support for recently displaced household.
Job purpose:
The Shelter Engineer is responsible for the implementation of GOALS’s Shelter programme in Idleb. This includes overseeing the quality of construction, electrical and water/sanitation work for shelter rehabilitation and infrastructure projects. He/she will ensure the work carried out meets safety standards and the expected quality, budget, and timelines.
On a day-to-day basis the Shelter Engineer will be involved in a wide variety of activities involving procurement processes, liaising with local authorities, supervision, and quality management
Duties, objectives and competencies
- Contribute to identifying people in need of Shelter and infrastructure assistance in collaboration with GOAL team, local authorities, beneficiaries’ representatives, and other stakeholders following the project targeting, eligibility, and selection criteria.
- Conduct technical assessments, Engineering studies and designs for various Shelter and infrastructure activities in shelter units, collective shelters, or construction sites within communities and IDPs camps.
- Prepare BOQs of shelter units repair and any other infrastructure projects including roads gravelling and construction of rainwater drainage systems in line with Shelter and/ or CCCM cluster guidelines.
- Facilitate appropriate community involvement in design and delivery of essential shelter projects activities.
- Follow up on the implementation of the rehabilitation and construction activities and monitor the quality of the delivered work to ensure adherence to the agreed standards and processes and in compliance with donor and GOAL standards, beneficiary accountability, and other professional standards.
- Provide technical input in the general supervision, progress of construction activities and control of quality of materials and workmanship.
- Support outreach staff and liaise with beneficiaries, landlords to ensure the adherence to the HLP guidelines.
- Produce weekly/daily progress reports on the construction activities, contract status and beneficiary participation as required.
- Quantity surveying and verification of quantities of materials and works provided by the contractor.
- Prepare all the supporting documentation including completion certificates, logs, reports in hard and soft copies for payment to contractors.
- Conduct technical assessment following emergency at the request of the Shelter Deputy Shelter Programme Manager.
- Ensuring quantity and quality control measure are in place for all works related to the road’s rehabilitation and construction of housing units.
- Help plan and carry out needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies, and feedback findings to the stakeholders for Shelter interventions.
- Contribute to emergency response activities as needed.
- Carry out other related tasks as directed by the line management
Requirements (essential)
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- Minimum 3 years’ work experience in a WASH and Shelter sector in an NGO.
- Familiarity with the minimum construction standards in Humanitarian interventions (e.g., Sphere)
- Experience in conducting shelter and infrastructure technical assessments, preparing BOQs, monitoring construction and managing contractors is highly desirable.
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office) and AutoCAD is a must and other engineering software knowledge is an asset.
- Excellent communication skills in Arabic, a reasonable level of English in reading and speaking.
- Computer literate (Microsoft Office) and AutoCAD is a must and other engineering software knowledge is an asset.
- Willingness to work on site, and travel to construction sites all the time.
- Able to communicate, collaborate and share tasks with other GOAL teams, and other NGO field staff.
- Flexibility, willing to assist in other areas of work as relevant and needed.
Requirements (desired)
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
- High level of engineering designing programs (AutoCAD, Water CAD, GIS, Revit, SAP, ETABS, Sewer Gems, etc.)
- Previous experience in camps infrastructure projects.
Please note that GOAL does not charge a fee of any kind or any other financial obligation at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, processing, training, induction) or other fees, or request information on applicants’ bank accounts. GOAL does not work with intermediary institutions and individuals or employment agencies during the recruitment process. If any fee or payment requested from you at the application or any stage of the recruitment process, please do not respond.
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Closing date: 8/30/2022