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Selasa, 14 Mei 2013

Marine Civil Engineer / Team Leader SMEC - Papua New Guinea


Job Description

  • Flexible and friendly working environment

  • Excellent opportunity to become a valued member of SMEC's multidisciplinary team

  • Outstanding career prospects

About SMEC

SMEC is a professional services firm with Australian origins and a global footprint that provides high-quality consultancy services for major infrastructure projects.

SMEC is ranked among the world's top infrastructure design firms and continues to win industry awards for technical excellence, design innovation and the management of environmental and social risks.

The SMEC Profile:


  • It is our culture to celebrate diversity, employ great people and work on interesting projects

  • We are a private company, wholly owned by our people

  • We have an established network of over 70 permanent offices around the world and over 5,000 employees

  • We offer our people opportunities to work, both in Australia and internationally, in the areas of: Transport; Water; Geotechnics and Tunnels; Environment; Urban Development; Hydropower and Energy; Social Development; Government and Advisory Services; and Mining, Oil and Gas.

The role

We are currently seeking a talented Marine Civil Engineer / Team Leader (30 person-months, intermittently) to work closely with our other specialists for the PNG – Maritime Waterways and safety project.

The specialist will design and manage the detailed work program for all aspects of the Project, supervise and conduct the required analyses and consultations, and develop recommendations to NMSA. He/she will also provide technical inputs to civil works' feasibility studies.

The outline TOR include the following tasks.


  • Establish project performance monitoring systems before subproject commencement

  • Prepare initial list of navaid sites for appraisal and lead the team in conducting feasibility assessments, including baseline data collection and detailed feasibility studies based on results of pre-installation survey to be conducted by a survey Contractor. The assessment will incorporate inputs provided by the Economics and Financial Specialist, Safeguards Specialist, and Gender, Community and Lands Specialist. Feasibility assessments will be carried out in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Projects, ADB's Poverty Handbook (2006) and Handbook on Social Analysis (2007), and ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (2009)

  • Prepare final technical documentation including engineering design and specifications for navaids improvement and safe information infrastructure. Designs should be based on least-life cycle cost principals

  • Ensure that engineering designs for navaids incorporate improved environmental protection standards

  • Supervise preparation of tender documents and conducting of the tender process for all contracts for civil works, equipment, and consulting services under the Project, in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (2010, as amended from time to time)

  • Assist the Procurement Specialist and NMSA counterpart (Project Manager/Navaids Engineer and Procurement Officer) in all bidding and contracting stages and oversee the estimates of the bill of quantities are in accordance with surveys and works requirements

  • Administer, implement, and monitor international and national contracts for civil works and consulting services under the Project

  • Prepare contracts for hydrographic and pre-installation survey works, and AIS transponder and tide gauge civil works, and monitor contractors' performance

  • Provide guidance to contractors after being awarded contracts on how to prepare documents and adhere to required processes for implementation, monitoring, and reporting

  • Work with contractors for pre-installation survey and civil works to ensure that engineering designs for navaids incorporating improved environmental protection and appropriate installation standards to mitigate against potential future natural disasters including flooding, sea level rise, earthquakes, and tsunamis

  • Coordinate with the Environment Specialist/Officer and Gender, Community and Lands Specialist, Community and Lands Coordinators with respect to the surveys and navaid civil works

  • Review all sites' environmental management plan (EMP), and carry out regular audits and monitoring, and provide technical advice to the PIU on ensuring compliance with environmental assurances under the Project

  • Advise on the administration, implementation, and monitoring of international and national contracts for civil works, capacity development, and consulting services under the Project

  • Ensure HIV/AIDS awareness, environmental management and community consultation and grievance resolution provisions are included in civil works contracts

  • Monitor community consultation/liaison programs during stages of project development and implementation.

  • Review and approve civil works contractors' regular monitoring reports and periodically attend site meetings with the Project Manager/Navaids Engineer

  • Review and approve the contractor's installation methodology and work plans

  • Review and approve the contractor's progress claims and certify them for payment

  • Facilitate coordination and consultation with other projects being undertaken by NMSA, development partners, other government ministries, and the private sector

  • In coordination with the NMSA Project Manager/Navaids Engineer prepare regular progress updates to the Project Steering Committee, as well as monthly and quarterly progress reports to ADB.

  • Ensure that the required audits, such as environmental, social, and financial audits, are undertaken and reported, and prepare a project completion report

  • Facilitate the participation of government counterparts in ongoing capacity development activities to ensure skills transfer

  • Build the capacity of NMSA staff through on-the-job training and the establishment of standard procedures that can be replicated in similar NMSA projects, as well as potential future externally funded projects

  • Review training activity reports and overall progress of small craft safety activities

  • Endorse payments for goods and services procured under this component of the Project

  • Review progress in implementation of small craft safety activities

  • Build capacity of counterparts in all of the above

  • Undertake any related duties as required under the Project. With a track record of achievement in a similar role, you will have gained your experience in an engineering design consultancy and have a passion for building trusted relationships to drive positive change and win new work

Suitable applicants will have/be:


  • A tertiary degree in civil engineering

  • Preferably 10 years' experience in designing and analyzing development projects in general, and maritime infrastructure projects in particular

  • Relevant work experience more than 6 months in Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) or similar environments

In return, SMEC offers you the benefits that come from working in a global multidisciplinary consultancy in an environment where your fresh ideas and enthusiasm will be welcomed and rewarded.

How to apply

To find out more about SMEC, please visit our careers page at http://www.smec.com. To apply, click on the "Apply Now" link below and follow the prompts.

SMEC is an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is a source of strength for our people, our clients, our partners and our communities.

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