Org. Setting and ReportingUNRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5.8 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. UNRWA's services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East with more than 30,000 staff. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions. If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to make a tangible difference for one of the most vulnerable communities in the world, UNRWA would like to hear from you The Incumbent: Title of Supervisor: Field Maintenance engineer Title of Supervisee/s: NA ResponsibilitiesThe incumbent: 1. Is responsible for all day-to-day activities of construction/maintenance project site; supervises the work carried out by contractors on site ensuring that works are implemented in accordance with the Contract Documents, and that quality, health and safety, gender requirements are met. 2. Monitors the quality of materials and workmanship used in the project, ensuring that they comply with the specifications and that all necessary tests on materials are carried out including inspections at the manufacturers’ location, as per the standing procedure and instructions. 3. Valuates, measures, and agrees with the contractor on the quantities of the executed work; verifies the contractor’s requested interim and final payments and ensures the conformity of these payments with the executed quantities and submits them to his/her supervisor for certification. Assures correctness of levelling and surveying of construction site; checks the locations of existing utilities for possible conflict and resolves any unexpected technical difficulties and other problems that may arise in consultation with supervisor. 4. Checks and records working, shop and as built drawings prepared for this purpose, the actual levels and details of foundations, the type of strata encountered in the excavation and full details of any deviations from the working/as built drawings which may have been made during the execution of the work. 5.Prepares and discusses with his/her supervisor the necessary Variation Orders, Extension of Time and any other changes required to the Contract where necessary; assesses and records all relevant details of the additional works, including costs of labour, materials, and equipment. Maintains and enters into Facilities Management Information System (FMIS) records, forms, 6. payments, variation orders, extension of time, progress, tests, and other project actions carried out on the construction and/or maintenance site; prepares daily and weekly technical/financial progress and ad hoc reports/statistics and information as may be required including costs and time requirements and provides recommendations as appropriate. 7.Examines and approves, in consultation with the supervisor/s, methods proposed by the contractor to ensure safe and satisfactory execution of the construction/ maintenance works. 8. Carries out site visits to discuss and resolve problems arising during the implementation; makes sure that the contractor meets contractual requirements including environment, health and safety and insurances; certifies schedules for labour and equipment; reviews shop drawings, identifies, analyses, verifies and discusses claims of work changes, and accordingly prepares draft variation orders; ensures that a complete set of project(s) documentation including all developments/changes are available at all times on the site. 9. Reviews, monitors maintenance time schedule, cost, and quality on daily/ weekly basis; ensures performance is in compliance with the contract requirements, specifications and local regulations; monitors and tracks completion of all independent testing and inspections as required. 10. Performing other duties as may be assigned CompetenciesUN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default. (i)Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others in team environment. (ii)Good communication skills. (iii)Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor and control repair works. (iv)Ability to develop clear goals and prioritize activities and assignments. (v)Ability to manage projects; (vi)Proven team leadership skills and commercial awareness; (vii)Proven ability to perform at the supervisory level with minimal direct supervision. EducationUniversity degree in civil engineering from an accredited university/ institution. Job - Specific QualificationNot available. Work ExperienceAt least three years' experience on site supervision of construction/maintenance/infrastructure projects is required. -Please confirm if you live/ reside in West Bank or Jerusalem? And if you have West Bank or Jerusalem ID. please to mention its number down, as it is desirable. LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this job opening, English and Arabic are required. The table below shows the minimum required level for each skill in these languages, according to the UN Language Framework (please consult https://languages.un.org for details).