Lead Construction Management Engineer (Prison Infrastructure Specialist)

B. General Construction

• Liaise closely with engineering personnel, ensuring accuracy of prison engineering activities.

• Support the Lead Construction Management Engineer in identifying and solving prison construction issues in a timely manner.

C. Monitoring and Progress Controls

• Support the Lead Construction Management Engineer in the implementation of quality plans for the project to ensure the specified quality of work from the penitentiary perspective is achieved.

• Support monitoring and evaluation of prison infrastructure activities.

D. Knowledge Sharing

• Participate in the prison project evaluation process, highlighting challenges associated with the project and feeding back into a continuous improvement cycle.

• Provide training and knowledge transfer about prison building best practices and lessons learned to national &/or contractor personnel, including advice on good prison construction practices, and appropriate security standards.

c. Key Skills

• Ability to use G-Suite software: Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets is an advantage.

• Ability to write technical and executive reports is an advantage.

d. Language requirements

• Proficient in English (spoken & written) is required

• Knowledge of Dutch is an important advantage.

• Knowledge of Spanish or another UN language is an advantage.

UNOPS is an inclusive employer, so we invite women and men to apply regardless of their ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity. We are committed to promoting equitable representation. We appreciate that people who self-determine themselves as Afro-descendants, indigenous as well as people with disabilities, members of the LGTBIQ+ communities and/or other underrepresented groups in national contexts, voluntarily indicate so in the motivation letter when applying for this vacancy.