Civil Engineer Under Contract at CommercializationmDe-Risking for Agricultural Transformation Project :Deadline: Oct 25, 2022

Job Description

Reporting directly to the Senior Irrigation Engineer and will be responsible for ensuring that the infrastructure funded under the project are of high technical quality and conform to the technical specifications and other relevant design parameters that are applicable to the concerned infrastructure. In addition to this primary function of quality assurance, the Civil Engineer shall also work closely with and assist external consultants and project Engineering team and be responsible for the following tasks:

 Oversee the civil engineering aspects (Civil/structural design and engineering techniques) of the project implementation;
 Planning and independently carrying out work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of engineering techniques and procedures;
 Analyze the working drawings and interpret them before commencement of executing the works for various components of the engineering activities;
 Prepare or evaluate and modify drawings, specifications, calculations, charts and graphs, and monitor work for compliance to applicable codes, accepted engineering practices and statutory standards;
 Assist with Computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment in preparing the engineering design documents of the project;
 Perform of field activities such as observe and record existing field conditions, take and verify measurements within project area;
 Support to procurement and Quantity Surveyor (QS) team in finalization of quantities, billing break ups, bill justification etc;
 Supervise all works conducted by external contractors;
 Any other duties requested by supervisors.

Qualifications and Experience

 Master’s Degree or Bachelor’s degree in Civil engineering, Architecture, Quantity surveying engineering;
 Three (3) years relevant experience for Master’s Degree and five (5) years’ relevant experience for Bachelor’s Degree;
 Familiarity with Donors projects implementation procedures and guidelines is an advantage.
 Demonstrated experience in preparation of Bill of quantities and BOQ variance analysis.
 Ability to work under pressure, multi-task, be self-motivated, coordinate, and link with multi-disciplinary experts.
 Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English or French is required; fluency in both English and French an advantage.