With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
Back ground
World Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 43 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.
Position: Project Engineer – MOFA Japan Project
Report to: Project Coordinator
Location: Terego District
Advert Start Date: 31st March 2023
Advert End Date: 7th April 2023
Purpose of the position:
To provide technical oversight to MOFA Japan Project building and construction works in West Nile.
Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
1. Oversee the technical implementation of MOFA Project constructions in West Nile Region
2. Supervise Engineering activities such as building constructions; Classroom renovations; Water System constructions including all processes from designs, specifications, BoQs, quotations and procurement through to implementation to impact of program in liaison with Procurement and Project Manager.
3. Supervise community mobilization teams, to engage in participation of beneficiaries in designs, and maintenance of infrastructure/construction activities as well as contributions of labour and materials where appropriate.
4. Network/partner with district officials/other stakeholders to ensure standards, regulations, procedures are adhered to.
5. Supervise contractors and assigned staff undertaking project implementation.
6. Develop Monitoring tools and undertake M&E function of Program activities/construction for quality assurance.
7. Give technical oversight/guidance and advise to the project team concerning construction and engineering works
8. Facilitate design of community operation and maintenance of engineering plans of buildings/ infrastructure and be involved in trainings for such committees.
9. Data collection, accurate record keeping and management of information to measure progress and impact of program activities
10. Provision of weekly updates and monthly reports to the project manager and National Construction Engineer
Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.
- University Degree in Civil Engineering.
- At least 3 years of previous experience in designs and Construction work supervision with development agency.
- Computer literacy is needed
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Epanet, GPS mapping software is added advantage.
- Good command of oral and written English is a must; local language skills are an asset. Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Motorcycle riding /Driving skills are an asset.
Applicant Types Accepted:
Local Applicants Only