Bangladesh: Engineering Intern, Infrastructure and Project Management

Background Information – Job Specific

As part of the capacity building of Engineers in the areas of Infrastructure and Project Management, Engineer Interns will be given opportunity through practical “hands-on” approach and exposure to acquire higher level of skills and ultimately contribute to improve their competency. A period of formal structured internship is necessary in order to fully integrate theoretical knowledge to practice, especially in the context of challenging developing country such as Bangladesh. The intern will be systematically introduced to the infrastructure and project management nature of the project and in ‘Resilient Infrastructure’ technical assistance project. He/she will be paired with in-house infrastructure advisor/experts, external technical specialists and local engineers/professionals of the Government of Bangladesh to work together on asset management system and improving project design/project criteria. The level of exposure and actual work experience will contribute towards increasing capacities of Engineering intern on resilient infrastructure planning, information management, providing technical assistance to clients, training and engineering/infrastructure policy framework development. Interns will be systematically introduced and given project level tasks to putting knowledge into practice with the aim of becoming a competent and confident professional engineers.

At the end of this internship, the successful candidate will have gained in:

1. Exposure to UNOPS infrastructure and project management corporate standards and activities
2. Experience in Resilient Infrastructure project implementation in developing country-Bangladesh
3. Exposure and assistance to the technical specialists in the assessment of the current Asset Management System for Local Government Engineering Department in Bangladesh
4. Work with client stakeholders in the design and feasibility of expanded comprehensive Asset Management System for LGED
5. Exposure to field level survey of LGED assets (roads, bridges, culverts, buildings)
6. Participate in the discussion and documentation of standards in the planning, design, compliance and construction processes for new assets and infrastructure systems
7. Hands-on exposure and actual tasks support in developing policies and procedures for project design criteria, project feasibility studies and completion reports for government infrastructure department in developing country.

Functional Responsibilities

Asset Management System and Project management support:

• Support a variety of tasks, work packages and activities as outlined and assigned in the annual workplan for the National Resilience Program – Resilient Infrastructure component
• Responsible for meeting and setting detailed goals, targets and standards set out by supervisor
• Providing analysis and reporting as required; research and information/data collection and documentation
• Providing support on field assessments and surveys related to infrastructure asset management
• Day to day tasks as assigned
• Providing assistance in the training, workshops and meetings with local engineers related to resilient infrastructure
• Providing assistance to the technical experts in the development of technical guidance and policies for Local Government Engineering Department

Communication, Reporting and Tools:

• Willingness and ability to learn resilient infrastructure and project management tools; providing guidance and assistance as required;
• Support the project documentation, best practices and share in the organization;
• As assigned with monitoring and reporting of performance

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https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=15720