Senior Engineers

The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) is a State Corporation under the Ministry of Roads established by the Kenya Roads Act, 2007 with the core mandate of management, development, rehabilitation and maintenance of all public roads in the cities and municipalities in Kenya except where those roads are national roads.

As the leading Government Agency with the above mandate, we wish to competitively fill the positions below with suitably qualified Kenyans as follows:

Senior Engineers
Ref: KURA/REG/11/06

JG 7

18 Posts

The successful candidates will report to the Respective Manager/Regional Manager.

Job Summary

The job holder will be responsible for entire roads project life cycle to include planning, design, construction, project completion and maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in undertaking works in the fields of quality assurance, Axle Load control, Planning, design, construction, maintenance of roads and drainage structures.
• Prepare engineering analysis of urban road projects to include: feasibility studies, detailed design, life cycle cost and equipment selection.
• Perform all functions related to new projects design/ development focusing on emerging priority urban needs.
• Prepare and interpret blueprints, drawings, layouts and other visual aids.
• Prepare construction specifications.
• Perform engineering duties surrounding the following; roads, public works, subdivisions, drainage, traffic, tunnel, bridge and environmental management systems.
• Preparation of Road Works documents.
• Management of project issues, budgets and programmes.
• Assist in the review and critique of proposed changes to urban road engineering standards, policies or details.
• Review project/ programme performance in terms of achieving physical and financial targets and attainment of projects/ programme target goals.
• Assist in the review of development plans for compliance with adopted road engineering standards and best engineering practices.
• Prepare detailed scopes of work for technical assistance and training needs for the department and explore various options for procurement of such services.
• Meet with the general public and/or developers, landowners, and interest groups concerning zoning, subdivision of projects, building projects, building projects, and engineering regulations, standards, or policies.
• Assist in coordinating the activities of the design and construction teams.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the manager in charge.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Degree in Civil Engineering or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Registered Engineer with Engineers Registration Board.
• Be a member of Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK).
• Five (5) years experience, in road design, construction and/or maintenance.
• Demonstrable knowledge in planning, design, construction and maintenance of roads.
• Demonstrable knowledge of public procurement systems and processes as used by the Government of Kenya, Multilateral and Bilateral Development Partners.
• Strong and good communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage staff and provide good leadership.
• Working ICT knowledge for road management system.
• Experience in the Ministry of Local Government, Local Authorities and/or Ministry of Roads will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrable ability to build cohesive teams and achieve set targets through team work.

The successful candidates may be required to work either at the Headquarter Offices or any of the Regional Offices as may be required. If you don’t hear from us by 15th of May 2011 please consider yourself unsuccessful.

Only candidates who meet the set criteria should submit applications together with their updated CVs including details of their day time contacts, current and expected remuneration, notice period required to take up appointment where successful, names and contacts of three referees, while at the same time attaching copies of all certificates and testimonials to be hand delivered or mailed so as to reach the Director General at the address below not later than 11th March 2011 at 5:00PM.

All envelopes/applications should have the respective job reference number clearly marked. Only short
listed candidates will be contacted.

The Director General
Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA)
IKM Building, Bishops Road
P.O. Box 41727-00100, GPO, Nairobi