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Winrock International · 3 weeks ago

Long Term Consultant: International Specialist: Rural Infrastructure Engineer - ADB LAO Sustainable Agrifood Systems Sector Project

United States

Part-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Winrock International is recruiting an International Specialist: Construction Design and Supervision Specialist for an Asian Development Bank (ADB) opportunity focused on Sustainable Agrifood systems. The role involves coordinating with Rural Infrastructure Engineers, providing training to consulting firms, and ensuring compliance with construction management standards.

Agriculture

Responsibilities

Coordinate with the Rural Infrastructure Engineers to support the Team Leader in establishing an operational system from the central to the provincial levels for organizing surveys, detailed designs, cost estimates, and preparation of BoQs, as well as supervising construction activities undertaken by the national consulting firms. Ensure that the system functions effectively and complies with the general contractual provisions, including but not limited to change requests, review and control of Interim Payment Certificates prior to submission to the PMU Director for payment approval, and other related matters

Work closely with other consultants under the IPS to recommend appropriate gender responsive design features and nature-based solutions to the two National Design and Construction Supervision Consulting Firms — one based in the north (serving Houaphanh and Phongsaly provinces, with a connectivity road focus), and another in the south (based in Pakse, serving the three southern provinces of Champasak, Salavane, and Xekong) — for integration into their infrastructure technical designs

Provide training to the National Design and Construction Supervision Consulting Firms, local related construction management departments/authorities, and contractors to strengthen their capacity in contract management, including preparation of IPCs, handling change requests, calculation and management of price adjustments, dealing with force majeure (when applicable), and managing time and cost claims, as well as conducting Tests on Completion, in full compliance with FIDIC MDB 2010 procedures

Qualification

Civil EngineeringConstruction DesignSupervision of ConstructionFIDIC Red BookIrrigation ProjectsNature Based SolutionsMicrosoft OfficePublic SpeakingFluent in EnglishCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

Master's qualification or tertiary qualification from a recognized institution majoring in civil engineering, preferably at M.Sc. level in civil engineering, water resources engineering, roads engineering or a related field

At least 10 years experience in experience in irrigation or rural roads project construction design and supervision with demonstrated experience in nature based solutions

Extensive experience working with other specialist engineering design consultants dealing with engineering topics hydrology, geotechnics, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering with a demonstrated ability to cooperate in a team with agriculture, social, environment and marketing specialists as well as those involved in other aspects of the overall project design

Experience with FIDIC Red Book (required)

Proficiency in using Microsoft Office software, including Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint

Strong written and verbal communication skills are required, including effective public speaking and the ability to communicate complex issues both verbally and in written form

Fluent in English (written and spoken)