- Review designs of the construction activities, and bring to the attention of the Project Manager any issues that might affect the technical soundness of the works; check and review the shop drawings as submitted by the contractor.
- Provide daily supervision tasks of the construction activities to ensure that works are implemented in accordance with the designs and technical specifications.
- Supervise contractors performance in all matters related to safety and workmanship at the project site.
- Closely monitor the progress of the construction works and ensure compliance with the construction schedules and, where needed, bring to the attention of the Project Manager, and the contractor any delays in the schedule.
- Measure and accurately record the quantities of the executed works, and check interim payment requests submitted by the contractor for completed works.
- Assist the Project Manager in conducting regular assessment of contract quantities to ensure they do not exceed allocated contract amounts.
- Verify the contractor’s material and equipment submittals versus the specified ones, and provide feedback to the Project Manager with all information’s necessary for the approval of material and equipment submissions.
- Request regular testing of different material used in the construction works.
- Participate in regular site coordination meetings with all technical project personnel, counterpart engineers, contractors, and suppliers to discuss project matters, and prepare the minutes of such meetings ;
- Verify and record the daily site reports submitted by contractors, and prepare monthly progress reports for the construction activities in line with the projects planning, reporting and monitoring guidelines and the requirements of the project document.
- Issue site instruction memos to contractors for any technical matter related to the construction works or to any matter related to the safety of the works or personnel at the project site.
- Ensure proper filing on site for all correspondence, minutes of sites meetings, equipment and material submissions, site instructions, information and drawings issued subsequent to the start of the contract, as well as clarifications and interpretations of the contract documents, progress reports and any other related documents.
- Assist the Project Manager in the review and evaluation of suggestions made by contractors for modifications to the drawings or specifications.
- Participate in the committee for final inspection and handover of the construction works.
- Assists in the performance testing and commissioning of equipment.
- Review and checking the as-built drawings for the completed works.
- Enhance the management structures and help to improve /establish communication and coordination mechanisms and procedures among the various stakeholders.
- Ensure the achievement of outputs in line with the approved work plan through the day-to-day planning, management coordination and implementation of activities.
- Assist in implementing the project activities in accordance with the objectives and outputs and ensure the implementation of all components as per the UNDP/ PAPP guidelines and standards.
- Participate efficiently and transparently in the process of selecting and evaluating beneficiaries’ applications, technical evaluation of the target areas and cost estimates of many activities (taking into consideration implementing all the project socioeconomic and technical criteria and relying on UNDP/PAPP’s accumulated experience in implementing projects).
- Monitor all aspects of project implementation and its progress and undertake periodic field visits to project sites to identify and analyze and resolve technical, operational and financial issues.
- Maintain close cooperation and coordination with other implementing agencies in target locations.
- Perform other relevant duties as assigned by the Team leader for Poverty Reduction and the Project Management.
Impact of Results
The key results of the post strengthen UNDP/PAPP’s contribution to enhance agricultural land use and irrigation schemes in the West Bank |