Job Description

CTG overview

CTG was established in 2006, almost 20 years ago, in Afghanistan. We currently operate in 35 countries and have approximately 11,500 staff members committed to good!

But do you know who we are? And what do we do?

We provide tailored Human Resources and Staffing Solutions that support critical global initiatives across Humanitarian and Development sectors, and are now strategically foraying into new industries, including Construction, Energy, and IT, with a focus on high-risk regions.

Here’s a list of services we offer:
• Staffing solutions and HR management services
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Fleet management and logistics
• Facilities management
• Sustainability and Communications Advisory
• Election monitoring and observation
• IT professional services
• Medical assistance

Visit www.ctg.org to find out more.

Overview of Position

Our client, is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development projects around the world. Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, our client provides sustainable project management, procurement, and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors, and United Nations organizations. With over 6,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, our client offers its partners the logistical, technical, and management knowledge they need, where they need it. By implementing around 1,000 projects for our partners at any given time, our client makes significant contributions to results on the ground, often in the most challenging environments.
Our client is undertaking a three-year project (Local Infrastructure in Rural Anbar LIRA) with financial support from the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW Development Bank. This phase III project was designed as an extension to LIRA phase I and II. LIRA III aims to improve basic living conditions for returnees in the liberated rural areas of Al-Anbar governorate and Sinjar through the rehabilitation of up to 2,000 housing units and restoration of decentralized services. The decentralized services component will entail the provision of solar street lighting, the rehabilitation of selected community roads, and of water and sanitation networks and/or stations. When feasible, the rehabilitated housing units will be connected to the restored decentralized services, taking into consideration the whole neighborhood. The rehabilitation of housing and basic services will be guided by a needs-based approach.

To hire a professional Consultant Engineer able to provide a variety of engineering services required by our client under instructions and directions of the Project Manager, Lead Engineers. The scope is to support preparation of technical designs, Bill of Quantities (BOQ), and tender documents of electrical and solar system and/or genset system solutions to target facilities in accordance with our client guidelines and standards. Carry out field visits to target facilities - which may include traveling to various governates to:

Inspect and verify the actual needs.
Consult with the facility’s management and administration about the expected needs.
Identify the required space for system required components such as Solar PV panels, distribution and control boards, batteries, Diesel generators and fuel tanks.
Identify connection points and assess their ability to withstand new sources.
Estimate the average electricity loads of targeted facilities.
Data collection for the electricity consuming equipment within the facility along with their wattage and its daily operational hours.
Prepare accurate single line diagram for the facility’s electrical network.
Identify possible cable routs and any possible obstacles.
Instruments. The engineer shall be familiar with measurement instruments and apparatus required for such assignment including Power Quality Analyzer (PQA) with data logger and clamp meter as minimum.

Prepare appropriate energy system designs for target facilities based on actual electricity measurements and needs and according to site suitability. This will include the following:

A full description of the target facility including its location (with GIS coordinates), existing capacity, functionality, provide photograph for the available electricity sources, loads, and the available areas for the system.
AutoCAD drawings for the available areas presenting the south direction and azimuth, illustrating the proposed location for the inverter and storage systems and/or Gensets and fuel tanks.
The design shall consider HSSE and aesthetic concerns.

The consultant will prepare and deliver the required documents in a professional way within specified working period which will include but not limited to:

Technical assessment report.
High quality digital photographs.
AutoCAD detailed design using approved layout templates.
Sizing Calculation sheets.
Bill of Quantities (BOQ), including detailed specifications and cost estimation.
The Consultant shall review all material approvals and submittals and compare them against the project design specifications and drawings to ensure full compliance. Based on this review, the Consultant shall provide technical evaluations, comments, and recommendations to confirm suitability, quality, and conformity with project requirements.

Provide technical and administrative support throughout all stages of designing processes and respond for any inquiries and modification requests from design review team through our client energy specialist until getting final approval and design certificate. Working in coordination with Design, Construction Engineers and Social Safeguard Officers.

Role objectives

Responsible for Quality Assurance QA of all electrical works, performing QA Assessments of work by Technicians. Conduct on- site observations to assure conformance with the contract documents regarding work, materials and equipment.
Arrange and attend field observations where issues of conformity with approved design and specifications arise.
Make sure that the contractor is adhering the minimum safety and quality policies and procedures.
Review shop drawings and advise of any significant changes required.
Issue field instructions for correction of any work that does not conform to the approved contract documents, and if needed, Request change orders when required for review, discussion and approval.
Review the project file maintained on the site by the Supplier/contractor to ensure that the necessary tests have been performed and the results were satisfactory, issue remedial instructions if the test results were found unsatisfactory.
Review the project file maintained at the site by the Supplier / contractor to ensure that all the necessary documents, such as, but not limited to, warranties, guarantees, test results, shop drawings, field instructions, reports and change orders, etc. Are filed and kept at a place.
Review the implementation progress against the most current implementation progress schedule with the Supplier/contractor, evaluate its suggestions and submit recommendations.
Review the payment requisitions presented by the Supplier/contractor and certify consistency with the implementation progress.
Conduct an inspection of the development, or a portion of it, on request from the Supplier/contractor for issuance of a substantial completion certificate and develop a punch-list of incomplete items.
Conduct an inspection of the development for the completion of the punch-list items.
Inspect the material storage for their conformance with the contract requirements and general suitability, issue written recommendations, if necessary.
All team’s members shall working side by side and perform all tasks assigned cooperatively.
Protecting the confidentiality of work.
Any additional duties required as needed within the scope of the project.

Project reporting

This role reports to the Senior Project Manager.

Key competencies

University degree in Electrical engineering.
More than 4 years working experience in project assessment, design, supervising and management experience in Solar PV systems and diesel gensets projects is essential.
Experience in the usage of computers and software packages (Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft office).
Very Good Knowledge in written and oral of English and Arabic languages is required.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.

Team management