The home-based Transportation
Engineer will be responsible for the provision of transportation engineering
services to IPMG work streams, country offices, and project teams. The scope of
these services will be defined with each request for services and may include
technical review, design, and technical guidance.
Transportation Engineering
designs within the classifications of roads, bridges, tunnels, ports,
airstrips, and railways are regularly prepared and submitted to the Design Review team by UNOPS country offices.
As part of his/her regular design
evaluations for access/egress networks and roads configurations for all the
above classifications, the Transportation Engineer for this TOR will include
considerations for site conditions (including geotechnical), projected traffic
loading, materials selections, temporary works and diversions, and impacts of
climate change on resilient infrastructure. Additional, specialty engineering design
review support related to some classifications (such as ports, airstrips, and
railways) will be obtained by Design Review when necessitated by project
design complexity.
The Transportation Engineer will
play a key role in ensuring the safety and quality of UNOPS infrastructure
works. On a request basis from IPMG and country offices, the Transportation
Engineer will be expected to fulfil the following responsibilities in line with
industry standards and applicable national and international codes and
guidelines:
- Technical review of design
documentation
Review transportation
infrastructure design drawings and calculations, technical specifications, and
Bill of Quantities (BOQs) in terms of accuracy and suitability to overall
design objectives, identifying aspects where designs do not align with applicable,
technical codes and standards and also established IPMG policies and technical
design guidance, and providing detailed comment for design improvement.
2. Support to design development
Applying technical expertise and
professional experience, the Transportation Engineer will support projects by
providing technical guidance in the development and/or implementation of
transportation infrastructure designs to achieve technical objectives through
independent, 3rd party design review and also possible direct field
support.
3. Application of professional
judgment
To ensure protection of
life/safety, functionality and fitness of purpose while recognizing the
circumstances and constraints of the UNOPS operational context, the
Transportation Engineer will be required to apply professional judgment in the
technical assessment and mitigation of project design risks and ranking of
importance for recommended design adjustments.
4. Independence, integrity, and
objectivity
In the performance of professional
services, the Transportation Engineer will act as an independent technical
person , free of conflicts of interests, and must be able to maintain the
integrity of his/her technical opinion.