1. Job Purpose

The Infrastructure Engineers will be responsible for providing technical support, field supervision, monitoring, and follow-up of rehabilitation works to ensure that activities are implemented in accordance with approved designs, technical specifications, quality standards, work plans, and agreed timelines.

In addition, the Infrastructure Engineers will be responsible for supporting, monitoring, and following up on any other activities or events as directly assigned or requested by the Project Manager.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and monitor rehabilitation works for social infrastructure projects in targeted areas.
• Conduct regular field visits to project sites and provide technical supervision as required.
• Monitor contractors' progress and ensure that works are implemented in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, and contractual requirements.
• Review and provide technical input on work plans, technical documents, drawings, and other project-related documentation.
• Follow up on the quality and progress of construction and rehabilitation works.
• Identify technical issues, implementation challenges, and potential risks, and propose appropriate solutions.
• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, local authorities, project teams, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Verify and document progress achieved at project sites.
• Support the review of contractors' work and completion of activities in accordance with agreed requirements.
• Prepare regular technical updates and reports on the progress of rehabilitation works.
• Maintain proper documentation of site visits, technical observations, progress, and follow-up actions.
• Ensure that identified technical issues are followed up and resolved in a timely manner.
• Undertake any other relevant technical duties assigned by the supervisor.

3. Training and Facilitation

• Monitor and follow up on the implementation of QA/QC requirements throughout the rehabilitation works, ensuring that all activities comply with approved quality standards, technical specifications, and project requirements.
• Ensure the implementation and compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirements and applicable environmental mitigation measures throughout project implementation.
• Coordinate and ensure the necessary arrangements, documentation, and technical requirements for sustainability sessions, including the handover of completed project outputs to relevant stakeholders and community representatives.
• Support and coordinate the project handover process, ensuring that completed works, technical documentation, relevant records, and required handover procedures are properly completed and documented.
• Follow up on the maintenance and defects liability period after completion and handover of rehabilitation works, including monitoring identified defects, coordinating with contractors, and ensuring that required corrective works are completed within the agreed timeframe.
• Ensure that all required QA/QC, environmental, handover, sustainability, and maintenance documentation is properly maintained and available as evidence of compliance and completion of project outputs.

4. Coaching and Mentoring

Provide coaching and mentoring to project staff, contractors, and relevant stakeholders on technical requirements, quality standards, construction practices, and compliance with project procedures.

5. Peer Learning and Knowledge Exchange

• Facilitate peer learning and knowledge exchange among project engineers, technical staff, contractors, and relevant stakeholders by sharing technical experiences, lessons learned, good practices, and practical solutions related to rehabilitation and infrastructure works.
• Document and share lessons learned, technical challenges, good practices, and practical experiences throughout project implementation to support continuous learning and improve the quality and effectiveness of project outputs.

6. Training Quality, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Ensure that all capacity-building activities meet KOHRW and UNDP quality standards.
• Coordinate handover and sustainability sessions with relevant stakeholders, ensuring that all required arrangements, documentation, and follow-up actions are properly completed.
• Monitor participant attendance, document training outputs, and follow up on the practical application of acquired knowledge and skills in the field.
• Identify, monitor, and document the needs and requirements of women, youth, minorities, and persons with disabilities within the infrastructure and rehabilitation projects to be implemented.
• Work closely with the MEAL team to measure capacity-development results, learning outcomes, and institutional change.

7. Inclusion, Conflict Sensitivity and Safeguarding

• Ensure that rehabilitation and infrastructure activities are implemented in an inclusive, conflict-sensitive, and safeguarding-compliant manner, taking into consideration the needs and concerns of affected communities.
• Ensure that the design and implementation of rehabilitation works consider the needs of women, youth, minorities, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable or marginalized groups, where relevant.
• Identify and report potential conflict-related risks, social tensions, protection concerns, and unintended negative impacts that may arise during project implementation, and support appropriate mitigation measures.
• Ensure that field activities and interactions with communities, contractors, and stakeholders comply with relevant safeguarding, protection, and do-no-harm principles.
• Promote equitable and safe access to project benefits and ensure that rehabilitation activities do not unintentionally exclude or disadvantage any community group.
• Coordinate with the relevant project, safeguarding, and MEAL teams to identify, document, and follow up on inclusion, conflict-sensitivity, and safeguarding concerns throughout project implementation.
• Ensure that community feedback, concerns, and relevant safeguarding issues identified during field visits are appropriately documented and referred through the established reporting and referral mechanisms.

8. Coordination and Reporting

• Coordinate regularly with the Project Manager, project team, contractors, consultants, local authorities, and relevant stakeholders to ensure the effective implementation of activities and achievement of project outputs.
• Prepare and submit regular technical, field visit, and progress reports, documenting the status of implementation, achievements, challenges, risks, and required follow-up actions.
• Document and share relevant information regarding work progress, technical observations, implementation issues, and matters requiring follow-up or management decisions.
• Follow up on agreed actions with relevant stakeholders and ensure that outstanding issues, technical observations, and corrective actions are addressed and closed in a timely manner.
• Provide regular updates to the Project Manager on implementation progress, quality of works, risks, delays, challenges, and achievement of project outputs.
• Coordinate with the MEAL team and relevant technical teams to provide the required data and information for monitoring, evaluation, documentation, and reporting purposes.
• Participate in relevant technical and coordination meetings, document key decisions and agreed actions, and follow up on their implementation.

9- Travel

Regular travel to project sites in Salah aldin , Diylan and Anbar based on PM instructions.

 10. Key Performance Indicators

• Timely implementation of rehabilitation works: Percentage of assigned rehabilitation activities completed according to approved work plans and agreed timelines.
• Quality compliance: Percentage of inspected works that comply with approved designs, technical specifications, QA/QC requirements, and applicable construction standards.
• Site supervision and monitoring: Completion of planned field visits and timely submission of site inspection and monitoring reports.
• Progress and output verification: Accurate verification and documentation of completed works and project outputs against approved plans and technical requirements.
• Issue resolution: Timely identification, reporting, and follow-up of technical issues, quality concerns, delays, and corrective actions.
• Environmental and social compliance: Level of compliance with EIA requirements, environmental mitigation measures, safeguarding, inclusion, conflict sensitivity, and Do No Harm principles.
• Project handover and sustainability: Timely completion and proper documentation of handover, sustainability, maintenance, and defects liability requirements.
• Documentation and reporting: Timely and accurate submission of technical reports, site visit reports, progress updates, measurements, photographs, and supporting documentation.
• Stakeholder coordination: Effective coordination with contractors, consultants, local authorities, communities, project teams, and other relevant stakeholders to support timely implementation.
• Community and inclusion considerations: Appropriate identification, documentation, and follow-up of the needs of women, youth, minorities, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups within the project sites.
• Risk management: Timely identification and reporting of technical, operational, environmental, and implementation risks, with appropriate mitigation or corrective actions proposed.
• Achievement of project outputs: Contribution to the timely, quality-assured, and sustainable delivery of the project’s planned infrastructure and rehabilitation outputs.
  
  
  

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Relevant professional experience in infrastructure, construction, rehabilitation, or similar projects.
• Experience in supervising and monitoring construction or rehabilitation works.
• Good knowledge of construction methods, technical specifications, and quality control.
• Experience working with contractors and relevant stakeholders.
• Strong reporting, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly to project locations in Kirkuk and Nineveh.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Core Competencies

• Strong technical knowledge in infrastructure rehabilitation, construction supervision, and site management.
• Strong understanding and practical application of QA/QC requirements, technical specifications, drawings, and construction standards.
• Ability to conduct effective field supervision, site inspections, measurements, and verification of completed works.
• Knowledge of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirements and environmental and social safeguards.
• Ability to identify technical risks, implementation challenges, delays, and quality issues, and propose appropriate corrective actions.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder engagement skills, including working with contractors, consultants, local authorities, communities, and project teams.
• Ability to prepare clear and accurate technical reports, site visit reports, progress updates, and project documentation.
• Strong understanding of conflict sensitivity, inclusion, safeguarding, and the Do No Harm principle in project implementation.
• Ability to support project handover, sustainability, maintenance, and defects liability processes.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work effectively in the field, travel regularly to project locations, and work under changing operational conditions.
• Strong attention to detail, accountability, and commitment to quality and timely delivery of project outputs.

Language Requirements

• Arabic: Excellent written and spoken.
• English: Good professional working proficiency.
• Kurdish: Desirable.