Associate Civil Engineer
Qualifications of Associate Civil Engineer:
- Location: Lima
- Vacancy No: VA/2025/B5410/30664
- Salary: N/A
- Organization: UNOPS United Nations Office for Project
- Deadline: 29 Sep 2025
Brief details about Associate Civil Engineer:
About
Information about the organization that has offered the job:
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is a United Nations agency responsible for infrastructure, procurement, and project management (General Assembly Resolution 65/176 of 2010). Our mission is to help people improve their lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development. UNOPS’ three priority areas are:
i) Sustainable Infrastructure: UNOPS designs, builds, repairs, and maintains infrastructure in some of the world’s most challenging environments. Its activities focus on infrastructure development in transport, education, and health, among other areas.
ii) Public Procurement: UNOPS is a central procurement resource for the United Nations system and Governments. It emphasizes efficient, transparent, and sustainable delivery of goods and services.
iii) Project management: UNOPS manages more than a thousand humanitarian, development and peacebuilding projects each year for various partners, ensuring quality, effectiveness and results that meet the highest standards.
UNOPS’s work seeks environmental, social, and economic sustainability, which contributes to progress in equity and the common good in the countries where it operates, thus promoting the improvement of the living conditions of the most needy. UNOPS is present in 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its services, products, and technical assistance comply with the public administration principles of transparency, equity, integrity, free competition, impartiality, morality, effectiveness, efficiency, and respect for national institutions.
UNOPS has supported the Government of Peru in promoting sustainable development and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through procurement, infrastructure, and technical assistance services since 1993. This collaboration has enabled nearly US$4 billion in public investments, achieving estimated savings of 20%. UNOPS in Peru operates in more than 14 strategic sectors, including health, education, justice, environment, infrastructure, and energy, promoting more efficient, transparent, and modern public management nationwide.
About Our Culture:
We are driven by a passion to combat inequalities and provide opportunities for the most vulnerable. Our work contributes to building the foundation for countries and communities to achieve peace and sustainable development, guided by our values: Collaboration, Excellence, Accountability for Results, and Transparency, and to assist in developing community capacities.
UNOPS celebrates diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunities. UNOPS encourages qualified female candidates, as well as qualified candidates from underrepresented groups in the UNOPS workforce, to apply. These groups include individuals from racialized or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and persons with disabilities.
About the project:
UNOPS implements various projects in Peru and is currently in the process of closing the Technical Assistance project under the Resource Management modality for the project “Comprehensive Improvement of the Cultural Heritage Interpretation Service through the Creation of the National Museum of Peru in the District of Lurín, Province of Lima, Department of Lima.”
- Support the Project Manager in the technical, administrative and financial control of the work.
- Support the Project Manager in general: documentation review, measurements, team monitoring, subcontract follow-ups.
- Collaborate with the Construction Supervisory Unit’s analysis of results, including inspection and topography results, as well as the results and deliverables from the quality assurance firm.
- Monitor quality control documentation for construction, equipment used, coordination with subcontractors, etc.
- Prepare monthly reports on the projects implemented, gathering all previous information from the project’s supervision and management work, paying special attention to the traceability of field information.
- Participate and collaborate with the Project Manager in coordinating the project or works to monitor progress and the stages yet to be completed.
- Assist the Project Manager in the preparation of instructions, determinations, variation orders and other contractual documents.
- Collaborate and maintain updated records of construction project performance and costs to determine estimated and actual costs and time projections.
- Collaborate in the preparation of budgets and their reasonableness analysis.
- Assist the Project Manager in preparing monthly reports to be presented to the various partners.
- Participate in meetings, field inspections and support activities for the Project Manager
- Support in the management of project document management.
- Monitor and control the project closure schedule.
- Collaborate with technical team members, including but not limited to architects, engineers, project managers.
- Carry out any other activities inherent to the position and assigned by your immediate superior.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
- Secondary education is required.
- A bachelor’s degree (equivalent to a bachelor’s degree) in civil engineering, construction engineering, or another related engineering field may substitute for some years of relevant experience.
- An advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in a related field is desirable.
Work experience:
- Between two and six years of experience (depending on the level of education provided) in construction processes and/or supervision of infrastructure projects is required.
- Experience in the execution and/or supervision of infrastructure projects will be valued.
- Knowledge and handling of AutoCAD, Microsoft Project and related programs will be valued.
Languages:
- Fluency in Spanish is required.
- English language will be valued.
Work environment
- This role will be held at the UNOPS Peru Office, currently located in Lima.
- The work is 100% in-person, 5 days a week (Monday-Friday)
- The office does not have parking space for employees.
Motivation letter:
While your resume showcases your skills, experience, and education, we are also eager to learn more about your interests and motivations. Therefore, we invite you to upload a motivation letter with your application for the position. Don’t forget to share in your letter your motivation for joining the UNOPS team in the advertised position, including your interests and skills. We would also like to know your perspective on the United Nations values: Inclusion, Integrity, Humility, and Humanity. For more information on UN Values, see the attached Values and Behaviors Framework.