The Quality Engineering Technician – Senior Assistant will be responsible for the following duties:

• Monitor the Implementation of all identified public works;
• Guide the community in selection of cost effective sub-projects;
• In consultation with the Environmental and Social Safeguards Assistant, ensure environmental and social safeguards are implemented in all public works activities;
• Provide overall guidance to community mobilization assistant, mobilization clerks and public works clerk on all field level public works activities;
• Contribute in the formation of public works supervisory structure that includes, community level (foreman that oversees all targeted groups and headman in charge of individual groups), and counterpart officials from the government;
• Liaise with the State Ministry of  Physical infrastructure for synergy in public works related activities;
• Ensure proper distribution of public works tools to different project sites based on selected sub projects;
• Do routine checks of tool storage facilities in each boma/quarter councils;
• Carry out periodic tools verification to ensure that areas were tool breakages or losses are experienced get timely replacements;
• Support provision of training at the grass roots level for the communities;
• Implement principles and safety rules to be applied to identified public works activities;
• Contribute to the preparation and operationalization of the monitoring and evaluation system of the PW programme;
• Produce reports for all activities undertaken monthly, quarterly and annually.

Impact of Results

The Quality Engineering Technician – Senior Assistant will assist the Quality Engineer in ensuring that the labour intensive public work activities are selected and implemented in compliance with the project Social and Environmental safeguards. Furthermore, he/she will always address social and environmental issues at the field site  before escalating it.