Focal Point at Host Institution

Essa Mohamoud: Essamohamoud@gmail.com

Background Information about Host Institution

Somaliland Ministry of Public Works, Land and Housing is a government institution that exists to formulate policies, plans, set standards, build capacity, and has mandate of all governmental properties. This can be governmental buildings that are operational as well historical heritage buildings and land. The Ministry also provides policy and strategic guidance to several departments within the ministry and it has close co operations with all municipalities across the nation. The mandates of the Ministry Public Works, Land and Housing include;

• Overseeing personnel within the public work departments including, developing government land allocation policy, maintenance of the city’s public buildings services such as public buildings, construction safety and heritage sites
• Setting up Town Planning and the formulation of the construction laws.
• Safeguarding and protecting the general town plans from violations and alterations.
• Archive Management: The Ministry of Public Work Land and Housing will always keep in its archives the Original Copies of all town plans in the country, while some other copies will be distributed to the local municipalities throughout the country for them to govern their land issues

POSITION INFORMATION

Ministry of Public Work Land and Housing has 8 departments namely:

1. Admin & finance Dept.
2. Land & Housing Dept.
3. Building Dept.
4. Planning Dept.
5. HR Dept.
6. Quality Control and Building codes Dept.
7. Communication and regional coordination Dept.
8. Land Urban Management Institute Dept.

Duration of assignment: 1st April until 31st June 2020

Objectives of Assignment

Under the guidance of the Minister of Public Works, Land and Housing, the Structural Engineer consultant will be working on a variety of medium to large scale projects. The duties of the consultant will involve designing of structural components of multiple existing projects and designing new projects, train and build the capacity of the staff, liaising with stakeholders, writing planning reports and preparing and reviewing technical proposals.

Output/Deliverables

• On-Site Construction Management of Civil, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical • Equipment Procurement and Fabrication Progress Tracking • Detailed Project Schedule Tracking • Detailed Project Budget Tracking • Construction Quality Control • Change Order Administration

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Lead team and train team on basic engineering techniques. Represent the Ministry of Public Works, Land and Housing in a professional capacity as we collaborate with city, county and state representatives, attorneys, engineers, local transit and port authority personnel, as well as local business people and the general public
• Supervise, direct and mentor junior team members, including Value engineering and Monitoring
• Coordinate and oversee committees and monitor their progress

Competencies

The resource person is expected to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Presenting the extent of the problem as well as the political, social and environmental of it and pinpointing responsibility
• Sharing the results of policies and plans
• Recognizing and accounting for limitations to findings
• Identifying criteria for proposing and selecting solutions.

Behavioral:

• Can understand multi-cultural
• Respectful
• Decency
• Hard worker
• Flexible
• Punctual
• Honesty/integrity

Technical:

• Identifying and assessing data sources and limitations
• Direct observation and of primary and secondary qualitative data.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil/Mechanical/Naval Engineering, and minimum 5 years of experience with knowledge in civil and/or structural engineering, obtainable usually through a combination of experience and continuing education; or
• Master of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering, and 3 years of experience with advanced technical knowledge in civil and/or structural engineering, obtainable usually through a combination of experience and continuing education; or
• Equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Analysis software capability (Ex: Staad Pro and SACS) to develop structural design.
• Working knowledge of Auto Cad or other drafting software.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Suite.

Language Requirements

• English
• Somali