Junior Civil Engineer (Internal advertisement)

The Junior Civil Engineer will be accountable for the following:

1. Support the technical review of design documentation

   1. Assist in the review of technical documentation for completeness, quality and fitness for purpose, against the requirements of the relevant UNOPS Design Planning Manual and applicable codes and standards;

   2. Carry out verification of peer reviews of low-risk infrastructure works;

   3. Support the coordination and management of the design development and design review processes with project teams, peer reviewers, and third-party design reviewers for medium and high-risk infrastructure designs.

2. Support to coordination and progressive development of design review program 

   1. Provide support as required to the day-to-day activities and progressive development of the design review process for the projects, including:

   2. Maintenance of databases and client-facing dashboards, production of reports based on independent research and analysis and processing of payments;

   3. Development of guidance, templates, case studies and other documentation as part of the continuous improvement of the design management processes within UNOPS.

3. Knowledge building and knowledge sharing

1. Organize, facilitate and/or deliver training and learning initiatives for personnel on areas of expertise;

2. Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice by synthesizing lessons learnt and disseminating best practices in his/her area of work;

3. Collect feedback, ideas, and internal knowledge about processes and best practices and put to use productively;

4. Undertake research on a range of issues related to portfolio support and provide content for notes/reports including quarterly and year-end reports for monitoring, statistical and review purposes by management.

1. Assist in monitoring quality of works

2. Provide guidance to Field engineers on quality assurance, HSSE, technical documents such as BOQ, work plans, etc.

3. Successful compliance with delivery deadlines.

4. Completion of progress reports, as required.

5. Provide guidance to the field team on contract management.

• Bachelor's Degree  in Civil Engineering or another relevant infrastructure engineering diploma from an accredited university is required;
• Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering or another relevant infrastructure engineering diploma from an accredited university will be an asset.

• A minimum of four years’ experience in technical infrastructure engineering design production is required;
• Knowledge and experience of UNOPS Design Review procedures is essential;
• Experience in the international development sector experience is required;
• Experience with one or more engineering software applications (i.e: AutoCAD, SAP2000, Prokon, ETABs) is an added advantage;
• Knowledge of google suite and particularly dashboard production using Google Data Studio is an added advantage;

• Fluency in written and oral English language is required;
• Working knowledge of another, official UN language is an asset.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

• The position is based in a family duty station.

Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement 
Contract level: IICA 1
Contract duration: Ongoing ICA – ‘Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.’

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.