Chief of Section, Engineering, P5

The Chief of Section, Engineering provides expert technical advice on engineering activities, establishes work priorities, and develops plans for design, procurement, construction, and maintenance of mission facilities and infrastructure. The role involves managing engineering projects in a high-risk environment and supporting mission start-up and liquidation phases.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert technical advice on technical documents and overall policies, procedures and guidelines pertinent to the mission’s engineering activities.
• Establish work requirements and priorities based on the mission’s deployment status and mandate.
• Develop short and long-range plans for design, procurement, construction/commissioning, and operation/maintenance of field mission facilities and infrastructure.
• Develop annual engineering budgets and associated work schedules based on engineering resource planning.
• Prepare the mission’s engineering staffing management plan and manage engineering staff members.
• Monitor progress and report on key activities such as construction, maintenance, and infrastructure projects.
• Support site selection/assessment process and asset disposal process during mission start-up and liquidation phases.
• Work closely with Chief Service Delivery and/or Director of Mission Support in developing guidance and procedures for engineering support.
• Prepare communication management plans and liaise with DFS officials and national/international officials for engineering support.
• Respond to audit observations and interface with auditors to improve management of engineering tasks.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in Architecture, Construction management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related fields.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience with facilities and infrastructure, or similar, in the areas of planning, designing and supervising engineering-related construction/commissioning projects, and managing routine and non-routine maintenance and repairs is required.
• Seven years of supervisory experience at the international level in project management and contract management for large design/construction projects and facilities maintenance programs is required.
• Experience in designing physical security upgrading facilities, including physical blast and bullet protection structure is required.
• Experience in developing capital masters plans in highly hostile field missions is required.
• Experience in managing outsourced engineering contractors is desirable.
• English is required; either French or Spanish is desirable with UN Level II proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

Skills

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Construction Management
• Facilities Management
• Infrastructure Planning
• Environmental Project Management
• Contract Management
• Supervision Experience
• Physical Security Design
• Blast Protection Design
• Bullet Protection Design
• Capital Master Planning
• Outsourced Contractor Management
• Maintenance Management
• Procurement Planning
• Construction Supervision
• System Commissioning
• Mission Facilities Management

Languages

English, French, Spanish