District and Feeder Roads Design and Development Senior Engineer at RWANDA TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENTAGENCY (RTDA):Deadline: Jun 6, 2022

Job Description

Reporting: District & Feeder Roads Design and Development Senior Engineer reports to the District and Feeder Roads Division Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities
The District & Feeder Roads Design and Development Senior Engineer is responsible for:
1. Identify existing District and Feeder roads network surveying information (District roads and Unclassified; paved and unpaved) including the source and location of the borrow pits and stone quarries along the road network;
2. Prepare network referencing and inventories (i.e. roads geometric data, as built data, and rehabilitation or upgrading history);
3. Prepare technical classification of road geometry in terms of type and function, proper benchmarking on the road network right of way;
4. Propose ways and means of maintaining the district and feeder roads network benchmarks established to ease road construction, rehabilitation, and upgrading of unpaved road, whilst ensuring that all benchmarks are not disturbed;
5. Prepare proposed financial requirements for surveying new roads or for the upgrading;
6. Undertake road audits on geometric features on the entire network including drainage channels, road furniture, bus bays, bridges location, and other necessary parameters which impact on the traffic comfort and safety;
7. Develop and regularly update technical specifications to keep RTDA abreast of technological improvements and innovation;
8. Identify and develop surveying database for network management system;
9. Prepare Terms of References and Technical Specifications of all consultancy services required for surveying District and Feeder roads, on the, feasibility studies and technical design of District and feeder roads networks;
10. Provide specialist advice for geometric design during road network construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and maintenance works when required;
11. Establish a framework wherein all Divisions feed in data for the road planning and management. The data include; construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and road safety;
12. Manage the collection and processing of road geometry inventories and condition data for inclusion in a network management System to be used for the planning and implementation of road design, rehabilitation and construction works;
13. Review and maintain all geometric designs and other services carried out by consultants and staff in-house to meet all the standards in accordance with the defined roads design procedures;
14. Establish and operationalize modern management and control systems throughout the Division in order to have proper planning, design and supervision of works carried out on District and Feeder Roads;
15. Lead planning and organizing financing for feeder roads network;
16. Prepare mandatory reports and technical memoranda on the implementation status of the District and Feeder roads projects under (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Annually) ;
17. Work closely with all RTDA staff in the preparation of road condition map for the District and Feeder roads and in preparation of priority list of District and Feeder roads for maintenance interventions;
18. 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;
19. Prepare Terms of Reference to procure consultants and contractors, review and validate detailed study reports, for road projects in conjunction with District technical staff;
20. Manage and report on all projects assigned to the hierarchy issues and solutions that may affect time period, cost and Quality within 14 days from the date the issue is identified;
21. Prepare and deliver trainings to Districts staff in charge of roads and local people/companies on routine, periodic and recurrent maintenance of District and Feeder roads;
22. Draft contractual documents/ letters, to make sure they are in line with the conditions of contract for the projects;
23. Prepare Term of References for technical audits and ensure that technical audits are carried out for District and Feeder roads when needed;
24. 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
25. 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;
26. Perform any other duties as may be assigned by a competent authority.