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Site Supervision Engineers

The project aims to support the Government of Albania, through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports and 4 local Municipalities, which are the beneficiaries of the project, in the rehabilitation of the historical heritage areas in four (4) towns in Albania.

The project is financed by the EU and its main purpose is to provide supervision services for the restoration and rehabilitation works of historical sites, the main goal being to foster economic growth through enhanced tourism activity fostered by preservation, restoration and valorization of cultural historical heritage sites.
The supervision services will mainly involve the following works: upgrading and extending the streets and water infrastructure, the tourist information centre and the lightening systems for the 4 specific historical areas.

The Consultant shall act as Supervisor according to the General Conditions of Works Contract financed by the UE and shall provide its services during the 3 phases of the project: inception phase, construction phase and defect liability period. The project will cover all the aspects of a supervision of works project and will include also contract administration and project management services, technical and financial reporting and technical and contractual support during the Defect Liability Period.

Contract duration: 29 months, out of which 16 months for construction works, 12 months for the Defect Liability Period and 1 month after the end of Defect Liability period.

The estimated date for the commencement of the services Contract: April, 2011.


Minimum time input of the SSE: 246 working days.
The 4 Site Supervision Engineers will carry out their activity in the 4 towns where the works will take place: Shkoder, Elbasan, Korce and Berat.

Requirements:

Qualifications and skills
- At least a university degree in civil engineering;
- Very good communication skills: very good English (at least 2 points in the scale from 1 to 5, (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)) and very good Albanian language skills (at least 2 points in the scale from 1 to 5, (1 - excellent; 5 - basic).

General professional experience

- Site Supervision Experts shall have preferably 10 (ten) years but as minimum 7 (seven) years of experience in supervision of infrastructure construction projects.

Specific professional experience

- Each Site Supervision Expert should have worked preferably 7 (seven) years but as minimum 5 (five) years in supervision of works contracts related to construction or reconstruction of roads projects;
- Experience in Supervision of works contracts related to construction or reconstruction of roads projects funded by international donors will be considered as a strong advantage;
- The experience with contracting procedures ruled by the Practical Guide to Contract Procedures for EU external actions (PRAG) will be considered as an asset.
Interested applicants for the position should send their CV and cover letter via e-mail to r.alexandru@ingedia.ro