This position is located in the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC) in Bogota. The Chief, Engineering reports to the Chief Service Delivery Section. The Chief, Engineering is responsible to provide expert technical advice on technical documents and overall policies, procedures and guidelines pertinent to the mission’s engineering activities, taking into account quality management and risk management best practices. S/he establishes work requirements and priorities, based on the mission’s deployment status and mandate. Develop short and long-range plans for the design, procurement of goods/services, construction/commissioning, and operation/maintenance of the field mission’s facilities and infrastructure. **Responsibilities**: 1. Administration - Develops short and long-range plans for the design, procurement of goods/services, construction/commissioning, and operation/maintenance of mission facilities and infrastructure, taking into consideration that missions are typically established in areas with a risk-environment of medium to high threat, and in areas with mínimal power, communications, transport and service infrastructure. Mission facilities typically include modularized camps for troops and civilian staff, logistics bases and airbases with all required utility infrastructure for electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems and security works. Design, construction and maintenance of road infrastructure, for the movement of personnel and goods amongst the mission facilities, are also commonly performed. - Prepares reports and other associated engineering-related information, for progress reporting, and special reports for quality, cost or schedule variances. - Drafts responses to both internal and external audit observations on engineering tasks and activities in the mission. 2. Planning - Contributes to the development of annual engineering budgets and associated work schedules, based on engineering resource planning, taking into account all required engineering material needs and selected enabling capacities (e.g. commercial contractors, mission support teams, or mission engineering staffing) for the most effective and efficient execution of the engineering work plans. Monitor actual costs and schedule performance against the approved budget and baseline schedules. - Keeps abreast, through relevant engineering literature, of significant trends and the development of improved methods and equipment. - Prepares the mission’s engineering staffing management plan, and acquires, develops, and manages all engineering staff members in support of engineering work plans. - Conducts preliminary site investigations to obtain field data such as soil characteristics, drainage and other data required for building site selection. Develops technical data regarding materials, sizes, dimensions, and quantities and costs to be incorporated in formal specifications. 3. Implementation - Provides expert technical advice on technical documents and overall policies, procedures and guidelines pertinent to the mission's engineering activities, taking into account quality management and risk management best practices. Recommends solutions to unusual engineering problems. - If applicable, fully supports with limited staffing during the mission start-up and liquidation phases, the site selection/assessment process and asset disposal process, respectively. - Performs duties related to asset and material management including daily notifications in dedicated software for issuance of inventory in close coordination with the Central/Integrated Warehouses. - Supervises contractor(s) in implementation of facility maintenance works in wide range, inspects and verifies routine and scheduled maintenance in offices/camps. 4. Performs other related duties as assigned by the Chief Service Delivery and/or the CMS. Competencies Leadership: Serves as a role model that other people want to follow; Empowers others to translate vision into results; Is proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives; Establishes and maintains relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support; Anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable solutions; Drives for change and improvement, does not accept the status quo; Shows the courage to take unpopular stands. Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; Solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; Places team agenda before personal agenda; Supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; Shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings. Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients ” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; Establishes and maintains productive