Under the overall supervision of the Programme Manager of UNOPS – South Su...
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Manager of UNOPS – South Sudan Operations Centre, the Bridge Engineer will be required to perform the following duties and responsibilities:
- Establish a procedure to develop standard documentation for any bridge works under construction;
- Review the existing standard documentation for the construction of bridges in South Sudan and propose any improvements deemed necessary;
- To review the design drawings as per the alignment of any existing bridge and/or acquired land for the project;
- Make any necessary changes in the design drawings as per the site conditions. Conduct an initial survey for the selected bridge works;
- Review the bills of quantity as per the final design drawings and calculate the final quantities;
- Conduct engineering surveys for the selected bridge workss and structures;
- Review the hydrological and drainage design and modify it as per the project requirements on site;
- Develop geometric design from the survey results on either AutoCAD and/or Civil CAD programmes;
- Develop a procedure to establish norms to define the project alternatives that will be evaluated for each bridge. As a minimum, two project alternatives will be evaluated, but preferably many project-alternatives will be evaluated for each bridge;
- Conduct quality assurance for the bridges under construction;
- Develop a procedure to establish norms to estimate the life-cycle cost of the project-alternatives being evaluated for each bridge, based on the condition survey of the bridges, traffic demand and the estimates of recurrent and periodic maintenance needs for each project-alternative;
- Assess the work activities for which labour-based construction methods are appropriate;
- Prepare and maintain proper record of daily progress reports. Assess and evaluate the contractor’s performance and resources;
- Manage a team of national and international staff. Prepare the Bill of Quantities and the contract documents for each section of the bridge under construction;
- Prepare the drafts for contractual correspondence, interpret the contract conditions and specifications, monitor the progress of works, prepare work plans, minutes of meetings, etc. Follow up on bidding and contracting;
- Maintain good relations with all stakeholders and local authorities. Define a procedure for using the cost norms to establish the cost of rehabilitation and maintaining the bridge;
- Prepare the 'as-built drawings' and keep records of all events related to the works;
- Supervise the contractors in the implementation of the work;
- Perform any other duties deemed necessary by the Programme Manager.