Kyiv
ERA BACKGROUND
Ukraine’s efforts to win the future – emerging from Russia’s full-scale war ready to accelerate its development as a sovereign, independent, democratic, and prosperous state – require a dynamic, inclusive economic recovery. Through partnerships with the government and robust private sector engagement, ERA has supported economic growth and resilience in Ukraine since 2018. Following Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent occupation of the part of Ukraine, ERA shifted from its focus on Eastern Ukraine to cover development priorities across the country that address Ukraine’s urgent needs in export logistics and infrastructural improvements.
AGRI-UKRAINE GRAIN EXPORT LOGISTICS
USAID’s Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) is one of USAID’s core partners implementing the $350 million Agriculture Resilience Initiative – Ukraine (AGRI-Ukraine) that was established in 2022 to bolster Ukrainian agricultural exports and alleviate the global food security crisis exacerbated by the war. Under AGRI-Ukraine, ERA partners with public and private companies to complement and leverage urgently-needed grain transportation and transshipment investments.
INFRASTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS ERA also directly supports the Government of Ukraine, including the State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine (SARDI), the State Customs Service and Ukrainian Railways, to upgrade 42 of Ukraine’s border crossing points (BCPs). Modern and more efficient border infrastructure and customs procedures will reduce export costs and increase export capacity, enabling Ukraine to scale trade and advance its path to EU integration.
Job Overview
The Economic Resilience Activity (ERA) is focused on facilitating the increased flow of commodities from Ukraine through its EU borders to prepare for better integration with the European Union. Between 2023-2026, USAID is dedicating $115 million to support the State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine (SARDI), Ukrainian Railways (UZ), and State Customs Services to upgrade border crossing points (BCPs) to improve grain trade and export volumes, transportation routes, and passenger traffic. ERA is upgrading border crossing points (BCPs) and adjacent cargo processing infrastructure to increase trade and integration capacity through short-term and longer-term upgrades.
ERA is looking for a candidate to work with the BCP Director and Senior Manager for BCP Upgrades to coordinate the work of subcontractors, oversee construction project design documentation and cost estimates, conduct periodic site visits, closely work with the BCP Project Manager, support them in all construction-related matters on a day-to-day basis ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and according to specifications.
Responsibilities
Engineer Tasks:
- Review, verify, and prepare program-level design and construction schedules.
- Supervision of design and construction subcontractors and site supervision subcontractors for compliance with subcontract requirements.
- Conduct site visits and supervise site visit meetings during periodic site visits to verify quality control processes and results at construction sites nationwide.
- Monitor design and construction progress and support construction schedule updates as necessary.
- General support for ERA’s Construction Management tasks.
- Review all the technical reports submitted by the engineering subcontractor. The reports may include geodetic, topo, geotechnical, hydrology, and hydraulic reports
- Revie design documentation including design reports, plans, specs, and BpQ and Estimated Construction Cost at various stage of pre-design and design phases
- Other duties as assigned by the BCP Director and Sr. Manager for BCP Upgrades.
Procurement: in coordination with the Procurement Team:
- Review estimated construction cost for design, construction, and other activities;
- Review bills of quantity for accuracy and compliance;
Monitoring & Evaluation: in coordination with the M&E team,
- Support data collection during the implementation of the technical tasks;
- Monitor the implementation of activities according to the ERA M&E plan;
- Monitor LOEs of the design subcontractors
- Provide information and data to the M&E team in a required format.
Reporting:
- Prepare accurate and timely reports and other project documentation as required; maintain project files.
- Keep respective activity records in the DAI corporate system (TAMIS).
- Generate progress reports and other project information as required.
- Oversee the monthly, weekly, and daily reporting of subcontractors and direct improvements as required by the Chief Engineer as related to cost, schedule, and other contract requirements.
Job Expectations
In this position, you are expected to share the DAI’s four core values:
- Integrity: commit to civil and ethical behavior, play by the rules, and do the right thing;
- Responsibility: be accountable to clients, partners, grant recipients, beneficiaries, colleagues, and communities where we work. If you fall short, you own up, fix the problem, and get it right the next time;
- Excellence: adhere to the highest technical and professional standards in innovation, learning, and service;
- Global Citizenship: respect the cultural diversity and treat everyone everywhere with professionalism and dignity to make the world a better place.
Qualifications:
- MA/BA in Civil or Infrastructure Engineering or a related field.
- A category certification as “architect/engineer” and/or “expert” level CC2 or higher.
- Technical supervision certification (Technahlyad) is also acceptable if supported by professional experience consistent with design review, construction supervision, and compliance verification experience.
- A minimum of ten years of general professional experience is required, with five years of specific experience in design and construction supervision.
- Mid-level English is required. Verbal English skills will be tested during the interview process.
- Experience with international donor-funded projects is preferred.
WE OFFER
Contract length: 12-month employment agreement with a possibility of extension.
Benefits Package:
- 28 calendar days of annual leave
- 10 days of internal well-being paid leave per annum
- Medical Insurance for ERA staff and their families
- Life Insurance for ERA staff
- Coverage of all expenses for the business trips
- Military reservation is possible and granted if you are on a relevant military register
Start date: August, 2024
Application process
All applicants must send a cover letter and updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English to ukraine@dai.com.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.
Closing date for applications: August 14, 2024.
For further information about DAI GLOBAL LLC, please consult our website era-ukraine.org.ua.
“We believe that modern, efficient, and safe border infrastructure and transparent procedures will reduce export costs and increase capacity to export grain and other vital agro-commodities, which is crucial for Ukraine’s economic recovery and advancement with EU integration” noted Cameron Berkuti, ERA Border Crossing Point (BCP) Director.
“ERA’s contractors have repaired pavements, storm drains, and canopies, painted barriers and fences, replaced traffic signs, striping, and markings, and improved energy-efficient lighting at the first 4 priority road BCPs”, said Oleksandr Burdun, Sr. Manager for BCP Upgrades.
