Organisation: Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Senior Materials Engineer
The
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) was established by an Act of Parliament;
The Uganda National Authority Act, No. 15 of 2006. UNRA became operational on
1st July 2008. The mandate of UNRA is to
develop and maintain the national roads network, advise Government on general
roads policy and contribute to addressing of transport concerns, among others.
Job Summary: The Materials Engineer will be responsible for quality
assurance of soils and
materials
testing; reviewing tests results and proposing necessary amendments to the
design and construction materials.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Carry out independent soils and materials
investigations in line with departmental standards and guidelines; - Conduct regular reviews of contractors and
consultants’ quality assurance procedures and methodologies in line with
departmental standards; - Conduct inspection and independent compliance
checks on designs in line with departmental standards; - Respond to audit reports in line with
departmental guidelines and standards; - Develop a risk matrix and put in place risk
mitigation measures in the materials quality management; - Actively participate in Planning, budgeting
and reporting in line with departmental guidelines and targets. - Perform any other duties as assigned by the Senior
Materials Engineer
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the UNRA Materials Engineer
career vacancy should hold an Honors Degree in Civil Engineering,
Engineering Geology, Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering or any other
related field; - Possession of Post Graduate qualifications in
a related field is an added advantage; - Professional registration with the ERB or
relevant Association of professional engineers in the commonwealth
countries is an added advantage; - Three years’ experience in Soils and
Materials investigations and tests. - Computer literacy skills
- High degree of integrity;
- Excellent track record of outstanding
performance; - Excellent interpersonal, particularly
staff/management relation skills - Excellent oral and written communication
skills
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should hand deliver their
handwritten application letters, filled application form (Download
Here) , an updated CV with copies of academic documents and two referee
letters (one of whom should be work-related) to the UNRA Kyambogo Training
Centre addressed to the:
Office
of the Director Human Resource,
Uganda
National Roads Authority,
Plot
5 Lourdel Road Nakasero, P.O. Box 28487, Kampala.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and
Canvassing or lobbying by applicants will lead to disqualification. Candidates
who present forged documents/testimonials will be arrested and prosecuted.
Deadline: Monday, 1st February 2016 by 17.00 hours
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