Overview of position
Somalia Urban Resilience Project II (SURP II) is a municipal governance & infrastructure development project financed by the World Bank & its partners, aimed at improving access to urban infrastructure & strengthening municipal governance in Somalia. The government of Somalia, through the Benadir Regional Administration (Mogadishu) representing multiple cities has selected our client to provide the consulting services for the urban transport infrastructure works to be executed by the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of the respective municipalities under the project. The works involve construction of urban roads to bitumen standards, construction of bridges / drainage works & installation of street lights, by the contractors engaged by the respective PIU. Our client assists the PIUs in the contracts management, supervision of works implementation by the contractors as well as in other technical areas related to the project activities. The scope of our clients engagement is to provide technical assistance to the PIUs in the works implementation & contracts managements in the areas of design review, technical supervision, performance monitoring, quality control etc., as well as contributing to PIUs capacity building.
Role objectives
The Laboratory Technician will be responsible for material testing & quality controls on road & pavement construction as directed by the Resident Engineer / Material Engineer, as well as proper maintenance of the project?s material testing laboratory. The specific roles and responsibilities are:
Maintaining of the material testing laboratory in good order with timely calibration of the material testing equipment & maintaining adequate stocks of supplies.
Organise & conduct the field & laboratory tests as per the applicable specifications in order to support the material selection & construction quality control activities as directed by the Resident Engineer.
Proper records keeping of the material tests performed, tests results, reports & sharing with the Material Engineer for review & advice.
Support the capacity building of the client nominated staff through on the job training & knowledge sharing.
Perform other related duties as directed by the Resident Engineer.
Expected outputs include but are not limited to:
Performing all required testing.
Recording all results as per our clients standards.
Project reporting
This role reports to the line manager.