About Citizen 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 jointly to provide basic services to rural communities.

Job Details:

Position Title:                District Engineer  

Nationality:                    Afghan

Category:                       Engineering

Employment Type:        Full-time

Vacancy #:                    441/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:                         Male and Female

Closing date:                 2 Dec 2020

Job summary

Citizen Charter/MRRD is seeking 20 District Engineers for Zabul province who will work to implement the proposed project(s) there.

Job Description:

Duties and responsibilities:

• Read, comprehend, and apply the CCNPP Operational, Technical Manuals, and FAQs to the job.
• Technically support the community infrastructure subprojects at various stages of subprojects (Site selection, Environmental Screening Impact, ESMP development, technical survey, design, estimation, Bill of Quantities, technical proposals preparation, project implementation supervision, projects status report preparation, and more)
• Conduct a technical survey of communities’ subprojects with precise details and in line with full consideration of Operation Manual (OM) and Technical Manual (TM) and ESMF.
•  Strictly consider the sustainability of subproject and economical consideration during the technical survey conduction.
• Pay full attention during the preparation of the subproject technical proposal with high quality and according to technical requirements.
• Prepare and develop technical proposals together with all relevant ESS Forms, technical forms, and checklists.
• Strongly control materials cost and unit cost of construction activities during proposal review.
• Prepare environmental/social inputs for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting activities based on NSP Environmental Social Safeguards Management Framework (ESMF)
• Recheck 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.
• Strictly follow up and consider all contents and guidelines of the Technical Manual.
• Oversee the technical checklist (TIMC) and provide detailed monitoring reports and submit them to the relevant supervisor/manager.
• Specify and coordinate large-scale subprojects for survey and design with Main PMU engineers.
• Submit the large-scale subprojects technical proposals to Main PMU Engineering Team for approval and further processing.
• Provide required information to Main PMU, HQ engineering department, and ESS Unit (if needed).
• Regularly follow up the subprojects data entry in the MIS database and ensure that related data is accurate and entered properly in the database.
• Give on time and complete feedback on the TPM findings as per the approved deviation format.
• Share and coordinate the TPM monthly findings with the relevant stakeholder to take corrective steps.
• Promote the utilization of procurement forms mainly while construction contracts are employed.
• Follow up the Project Cost Data Base (PCDB) every three months and hand over it to regional offices and use it to create sub-project proposals and budget.
• Suggest necessary training from the Regional office and HQ engineering department.
• Job Requirements:

Education:

• At least a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with an appropriate understanding of four engineering sectors (Road & Bridge, Water Supply, Irrigation, and Renewable Energy).

Experience:

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

Other qualifies and qualifications:

• knowledge and ability to deliver training to district engineers of technical survey tools like Theodolite, Level Machine, Abney Level, Pipe Level, etc.
• Good knowledge 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 seriously 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.
• Ability to prepare a good technical report 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 required.
• Punctual and on time.

How to apply for these posts of CCNPP-MRRD?

Applicants can apply by sending their up-to-date CV, including Bachelor’s degree MoE-certified documents, and all work experience documents as per their CV, before the deadline (please make sure that the size of documents you annex is not more than 4MBs).

Note: Any application not having the above-mentioned documents will be considered incomplete and therefore, the applicant will not be shortlisted.

Also, while sending your CV (clearly quote “the position title and vacancy number E.g., District Engineer- 441/HRMD/ CCNPP/MRRD” on the subject line of your email; otherwise, your applications will not be taken into account.

Submission Email:  a.arsalan@ccnpp.org

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