Assistant Engineer US Non-profit Careers – Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Job Title: Assistant Engineer
Organization: Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Engineer
About US:
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a non-profit international health organization composed of nearly 2500 people from more than 74 nationalities working in over 50 countries. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partners, we are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.
Job Summary: The Assistant Engineer will support UHSC planned expansion and renovation of health facility storage space in up to 30 selected high volume Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) health facilities. The storage expansion and improvement efforts will range from minor renovation to installation of prefabricated storage space (e.g., “storage-in-a-box-SIB”) in facilities with severely constrained space to ensure facilities conform to Good Pharmacy practice standards. Expansion and rehabilitation of facility storage will be done in collaboration with; USAID mission engineers, Ministry of Health engineers, district engineers, and other district authorities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Support to ongoing prefabricated storage unit construction activities
- Support site and plans approval for prefabricated storage unit at selected facilities from district and/ or hospital administration.
- Support on-going monitoring and supervision of installation of prefabricated storage units at selected health facilities
- Work with prefabricated storage unit contractor to review any cost variabilities during the cost of implementation and advise UHSC project accordingly
- Together with district engineers, conduct final inspection of installed prefabricated storage unit and rehabilitated structures before handover to facilities and districts
- Perform all other tasks found necessary and related to implementation of prefabricated storage unit construction and renovations activities.
Support to renovation of health facility stores
- Review and detail rehabilitation needs for identified health facilities stores
- Develop appropriate technical drawings for rehabilitation needs at health facilities
- Ensure adherence to technical and environmental approvals from the districts and ministry of health engineers for rehabilitation of health facility stores
- Develop appropriate bills of quantities for rehabilitation needs at health facilities
- Support contracting process for a firm to undertake construction and rehabilitation of selected high volume sites stores
- Work with contracted firm(s) to ensure renovations or construction scope are executed within acceptable time, and is of high quality and within budget
- Regularly monitor and supervise renovation/construction sites
- Measure and prepare payment certificates of work,
- Prepare Certificates of completion of works,
- Coordinate with the district and ministry of health engineers to ensure rehabilitation/new construction works adhere to national and district standards
- Recommend completed works for final Inspection and,
- Arrange for handover of completed and approved/accepted facility stores.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicants for the Management Sciences for Health (MSH) Assistant Engineer job placement must hold a Higher diploma or Professional degree in Civil Engineering with at least five years’ experience and knowledge in supervision, quantity surveying and building structures
- Additional training and qualification in construction management would be an added advantage
- Previous experience in overseeing multiple construction sites
- Experience in supervision and installation of prefabricated structures
- Previous experience with USAID would be an advantage
- Ability to work comfortably with Archi/AutoCAD, Microsoft Office software, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Must demonstrate personal attributes such as loyalty and integrity in addition to being successful in challenging environments and difficult situations, which is inherent in this position.
- Fluency in English is required, although Kiswahili is a bonus.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the Management Sciences for Health in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to Apply Online by clicking on the link below.
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