District and Feeder Roads Inspection and Maintenance Senior Engineer Under Statute at RWANDA TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENTAGENCY (RTDA):Deadline: Oct 20, 2023

Job Description

Reporting: District & Feeder Roads Inspection and Maintenance Senior Engineer reports to the District and Feeder Roads Division Manager.



Duties and Responsibilities
The District & Feeder Roads Inspection and Maintenance Senior Engineer is responsible for:
1. Develop an inventory of existing District and Feeder roads and their current status;
2. Follow up the planning, design, construction and maintenance of District and feeder roads network;
3. Conduct the inspection, inventory and set a database on District and Feeder roads network;
4. Train Districts Engineers and local communities in feeder roads management; planning, rehabilitation, maintenance and preparation of terms of reference for feasibility design studies;
5. Provide technical support to the Districts in the preparation of bidding documents for feeder roads projects, review of conducted studies, preparation of BoQs, conducting inspections on District and feeder roads
6. Define together with Districts broad priorities in inspection and maintenance of the District and feeder road network;
7. Review and approve invoices submitted for payment, and keep updating database of payments done as well as projections/cash flows up to the end of the project;
8. Manage and report on all projects assigned regularly to hierarchy any issue that may affect time period, cost and quality within 14 days from the date the issue was identified;



9. Prepare and avail terms of references and technical specifications required for the procurement activities in accordance with the rules and procedures of Rwanda Public Procurement Law;
10. Elaborate a maintenance plan of District and Feeder roads based on road condition survey, roads inspections and set up priorities based on the level of service and cost analysis;
11. Set up mechanisms and oversee timely and quality implementation of projects assigned;
12. Prepare mandatory reports and technical memoranda on the implementation status of the District and Feeder roads projects under (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annually) ;
13. Review and approve Interim Payment Certificates submitted to RTDA for payment and keep updated database of disbursements as well as projections/cash flows up to the end of the project;
14. To ensure that on District and Feeder roads routine, recurrent and periodic maintenance are planned and executed effectively based on priorities;
15. Prepare Term of References for technical audits and ensure that technical audits are carried out for District and Feeder roads when needed;
16. Set up mechanisms and oversee timely and quality implementation of assigned District and Feeder Roads projects to ensure optimization on Compliance and Value for money
17. Prepare and enforce quality control plans, materials, test procedures, specifications and work methodologies with the national and International Standards/manuals/guidelines as well as projects technical specifications;
18. Perform any other duties as may be assigned by a competent authority.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s in Civil Engineering

  1 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Road Engineering and Construction

  1 Year of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Civil Infrastructure Engineering

  1 Year of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Pavement Engineering

  1 Year of relevant experience

• Master’s Degree in Highway Engineering

  1 Year of relevant experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Building and Construction Technology

  3 Years of relevant experience