Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development
Rural water supply, sanitation and irrigation program
Position:
Department, Program,
Pillar
Section/Project
Provincial chief engineer
Duty Station:
Nimroz
Duration:
12 Month
Vacancy no.
21
Ru-WatSIP/MRRD
Nimroz water supply project
Background:
Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Irrigation Ru-WatSip is working in the structure
of Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development MRRD. The main responsibilities
of this department is provision of safe potable water and sanitation facilities as a
basic need for allover rural inhabitants in the country
In this programme many donors such as MOF, UNICEF, NORAD, WB are providing
financial assistance to MRRD for capacity building and implementation of water
supply projects.
Among the others MOF, is provided support for implementation of Water Supply,
Scheme in Nimroz province.
Duties & Responsibilities:

Prepare design and construction specifications for Water Supply projects and
supervise activities of contractors on construction sites (gravity and pressure
line, distribution network, wells, pumping station, reservoirs and other hydrotechnical structures)

Produce engineering products and cost estimates for option analysis.

Prepare detailed designs, calculations, and scope of works, specifications, bills
of quantities and drawings for contract work packages.
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Reply to technical bid inquiries and prepare technical bid evaluations.
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Submit work to head of unit for approval.
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
Supervise the contractors to ensure all work is performed in accordance with
the plans, specifications and agreement.
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Maintain, through RRD staff, coordination of IPs with community to ensure
participation (Process).

Assists the contractor/IPs in resolving the technical issues.
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Record measurements and tests in accordance with project quality control.
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Monitor regularly construction activities for safe work practices.
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Review extra work or change order requests.
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Ensure that all designs and technical specifications are shared with WSG
technical working groups and their comments and agreements are obtained.
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Ensure all the layouts and lines are as per the drawings.
Review the designs in terms of quality control, grades of concrete,
quality of pipes and other useable materials.
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Ensure all the activities in the site are going on as per drawings, to
prevent activities against scope of work.
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Collect the samples for testing and insure the proper testing as per
specifications with the help of site engineer.
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Report any inconsistency or problem on the site to the site office.
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Assist in preparing of the work plans and schedules for work progress.
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Inspect and supervise the Quality of any type of construction
materials.
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Strictly follow the specification and be well aware of the contents of
specification and Request for Proposal (RFP).
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Maintain all the documents and submittal for insuring the proper
documentation.
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Perform other duties as are assigned.
Knowledge/Experience, Qualifications/Skills & Abilities Required:
Qualification/Skills:

University degree in Civil/Hydraulics Engineering.
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Five years overall design and construction experience for infrastructure/Water
Supply projects.
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
Two years of experience in the development and preparation of project
budget estimates, scope of works on multidiscipline engineering designs for
infrastructure/Water Supply.

Two years experience in managing projects for construction of infrastructure.

English: fluency in the language, expected to work independently using the
language
required,
to
prepare
a
variety
of
written
communications
(correspondence, reports, working papers, etc.), to participate actively in
meetings and in work related discussions.

Ability to use computers and have knowledge of MS Office, Auto Cad, Water
CAD & EPANET.

Familiar with engineering designs to recognized standards, relating to
new/upgrades water supply RCC structures.

Knowledge of international standards for water supply and others.

He should have excellent problem solving skills
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The Provincial Project chief engineer will be based in Nimroz Province
Reporting:
The Provincial Project chief Engineer will report directly to the Project Manager.
Prepared by:
Sign:
Approved by:
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Accepted by:
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Submission guideline for both mechanical and provincial chief engineer
Interested and qualified Afghan candidates are invited to submit their update resumes
along Application letter quoting the job title in the subject line of application and clearly
explaining their suitability by addressing key competency for the position to the attention
of RU-WATSIP Human resource department officer, email it to
vacancies.watsip@mrrd.gov.af or drop it in Rural water supply department ministry of
Rural Rehabilitation and development (MRRD) Afghanistan, no later than 13 Jan 2013
20:00 sharp. The interview date and venue will be determined soon after the expiry of
the deadline for applications.
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