SUB-ENGINEER

1. Background

• Support the rollout of a detailed damaged assessment of schools in the affected districts, in coordination with District Education Officers (DEOs) and Assistant Education Officers (AEOs)
• Assisting structural engineer (consultant) in Structural assessment of damaged schools and developing retrofitting strategies and detailed cost estimation of damaged school if any due to floods.
• Review Test reports and flag issues timely and instructing contractors to rectify defective work if any.
• Collecting feedback from the teachers and education departments on the school functionality of the buildings and WASH facilities.
• Review the IPCs and variations orders submitted by the contractors and assist processing of those payments and Variation Orders.
• Supervise the implementation and monitor all construction-related activities in line with approved design, drawings and BOQs.
• Check workmanship especially checking plum, Levels, smoothness and other workmanship related issues and rectifying the issues if any.
• Assist Senior Engineer and design team in developing building design, drawings, Bill of Quantities and cost estimation.
• Ensure that all design, planning and site activities comply with appropriate local, national and international standards and regulations as required.
• Maintain good relationship with local people, parent Teacher Councils and staff of Education department and coordination with all stakeholder in the district.
• Documentation of the activities including taking pictures of the work.
• Preparing project progress reports.
• Conduct training of the masons, carpenters and steel fixers.
• Ensure environmental disposal of the excavated, dismantled or construction wastes.
• Ensuring safety of the construction workers through following safety practices.
• Prepare & review the work schedule of different activities to ensure progress and advises contractors to adjust work plan/schedule to meet the project requirement.
• Supporting closures of the project activities including handover and DLP management.
• Any other tasks assigned by the team Senior Engineer/DPM

3. Remuneration:

Payments will be made on monthly basis.

4. Corporate Competencies:

• Promotes UN’s values and ethical standards (tolerance, integrity, respect, results orientation, impartiality)
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

5. Knowledge Management and Learning:

• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners,
• Respectful and helpful relations with all UN staff

6. Required Qualifications:

• Diploma of Associate Engineer in civil technology with minimum 3 years of relevant experience in building construction work.

Experience:

• Strong experience in developing drawings, estimation, and construction work and construction supervision preferably school building construction.
• Experience in earthquake resistant construction and damage assessment of school buildings.
• Proficient in Auto Cad or any Drafting tool is must.
• Strong experience of managing contractors.
• Expert in developing Bill of Quantities.

Desirable:

• Experience of Seismic retrofitting of buildings is highly desired.
• strong experience in developing and implementing quality management plans.
• Work with UN-Habitat Pakistan or another UN agency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is an asset.
• Basic Technical Training on Earthquake Resistant Construction is desired.

Language:

Fluency in English as well as the national/local language of the country (both oral and written) is required.

Other skills:

• Flexibility; ability to work as a team in a multicultural context

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong team building and management skills

• Excellent English and Urdu written and oral communication skills, knowledge of other local language (Pashtu) an asset

• Willingness to spend 75% of time in the field

• Physically fit, able to go to villages for prolonged hours per day

TOTAL POSITIONS

2

POSTED ON

April 21, 2026

EXPIRY DATE

May 10, 2026

BUSINESS

UN-HABITAT

CATEGORY

N.G.O./Social Services

JOB TYPE

Full Time/Permanent

MINIMUM EDUCATION

Diploma

CAREER LEVEL

LICA-4 (equivalent to GS-4)

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE

3 Years