About Citizen’s Charter/MRRD:

The Citizens’ Charter is a National Priority Program (NPP) of the National Unity Government (NUG) of Afghanistan. The Citizens’ Charter is an inter-ministerial, multi-sectorial NPP, where Ministries have cooperated in providing basic services to rural communities.

Job Details:

Position Title:                District Engineer  

Nationality:                    Afghan

Category:                       Engineering

Employment Type:        Full-time

Vacancy #:                    435/HRMD/CCNPP/MRRD

Organization:                 Citizen Charter/MRRD

Working experience:     3 years of relevant experience

Salary:                           According to the salary range of the project

Contract duration:         6 months

Gender:                          Any

Closing date:                 2 December 2020

Summary of vacancy

Citizen Charter/MRRD is recruiting 15 District Engineers for Paktia province. The incumbents will work to implement the organization’s project(s) there.

Job Description:

Roles and responsibilities of the incumbents include:

·         Reading, grasping and applying the CCNPP Operational, Technical Manuals, and FAQs to the job.

·         Technically supporting the community infrastructure subprojects at various phases of subprojects.

·         Carrying out technical survey of communities’ subprojects with precise details and in compliance with Operation Manual (OM) and Technical Manual (TM) and ESMF.

·         Strictly considering the sustainability of subproject and economic consideration during the technical survey conduction.

·         Paying cautious attention during the preparation of the subproject technical proposal with high quality and according to technical requirements.

·         Developing technical proposals together with all relevant ESS Forms, technical forms, and checklists.

·         Strongly controlling materials cost and unit cost of construction activities during proposal review.

·         Preparing environmental/social inputs for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities on the basis of NSP Environmental Social Safeguards Management Framework (ESMF)

·         Rechecking of “As Built Drawings” and final estimation of large-scale subprojects at the field level during the approval of the final status report or SFSR.

·         Following up and considering all contents and guidelines of the Technical Manual.

·         Monitoring the technical checklist (TIMC) and provide detailed monitoring reports and submit them to the relevant supervisor/manager.

·         Specifying and coordinating large-scale subprojects for survey and design with Main PMU engineers.

·         Submitting the large-scale subprojects technical proposals to the Main PMU Engineering Team for endorsement and further processing.

·         Providing mandatory information to Main PMU, HQ engineering department, and ESS Unit (if needed).

·         Frequently tracking the subprojects data entry in the MIS database and ensuring its accuracy.

·         Giving on-time feedback on the TPM outcomes as per the approved deviation format.

·         Communicating and coordinating the TPM monthly findings with the pertinent stakeholder to take corrective steps.

·         Promoting the utilization of procurement forms, specifically when construction contracts are employed.

·         Tracing the Project Cost Data Base (PCDB) every trimonthly and hand it over to regional offices and use it to create sub-project proposals and budget.

·         Suggesting necessary training from the Regional Office and HQ engineering department.

Job Requirements:

Education:

• At least a BSc in Civil Engineering, with a suitable understanding of four engineering sectors, i.e., Road & Bridge, Water Supply, Irrigation, and Renewable Energy.

Experience:

• At least three years’ experience in survey, design, and implementation/observation at the community level or rural development subprojects.
• A unique experience and good ability in the small and medium-size subproject design, review, and checking.
• Good practical experience in applying required technical survey tools like Theodolite, Level, Abney Level, Pipe Level, etc.
• Sound practical experience with relevant engineering software (SAP, ETABS, Civil 3D, Water Cad, etc.).

Other qualifies and qualifications:

• Knowledge and ability to provide training to district engineers involved in the project.
• Good understanding of and skill in Auto Cad and practical usage of it (it is necessary).
• Sound knowledge and skill in MS Office, particularly project design, estimation, and BoQ preparation in excel program (necessary).
• Be proactive in identifying and solving technical and procedural problems in the field.
• Knowledge and ability to consider all contents of the Technical Manual and also Operational Manual during subproject survey, design, and implementation and also handover.
• Ability to provide on-the-job training to district engineers in survey, design, and implementation.
• Be able to prepare good technical reports from subprojects monitoring.
• Ability to work under pressure and be able to speak Pashto, Dari, and English.
• Able and willing to work in all related districts if necessary.
• Punctual and on time.

How to apply for these posts?

Prospective job seekers can apply by emailing their up-to-date CV, including Bachelor’s degree MoE-certified documents, and all work experience certificates as per their CV, before the deadline (please make sure that the size of documents does not exceed 4MBs).

Note: Any application not including the above-mentioned documents will be considered incomplete.

In addition, while sending your CV (clearly indicate “the job title and vacancy number, E.g., District Engineer- 435/HRMD/ CCNPP/MRRD” on your email subject line; otherwise, your applications will not be taken into consideration.

Submission Email:  m.farooq@ccnpp.org

Note: CCNPP especially encourages women to apply, and the above criteria will be less strict towards female applicants.