Additional Chief Engineer - Construction & Execution; Construction Department

Job Description

Title: Additional Chief Engineer - Construction & Execution; Construction Department

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: 30 to 75 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 10000 - 20000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 15 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Engineering Firms, Building & Construction Materials

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering

• At least 15 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Engineering Firms, Building & Construction Materials

• Age 30 to 75 years

• Must demonstrate expert-level integrated project management capability to lead end-to-end civil and electrical delivery across multi-site portfolios, ensuring full alignment between planning, procurement, and execution under strict timelines and budget constraints.

• Deep understanding of construction quality frameworks, BNBC standards, and international best practices is essential to enforce technical compliance, eliminate non-conformances, and sustain audit-ready documentation throughout all project stages.

• Should have professional-level proficiency in technical reporting and stakeholder communication to translate complex site data, cost variances, and risk indicators into structured, decision-ready reports for senior leadership and client teams.

• Advanced financial acumen to monitor cost-versus-budget performance at both project and portfolio levels, ensuring all bills, invoices, and variation claims are verified against actual physical progress and aligned with approved contractual terms.

• Must possess strong leadership and people development capability to build a high-performance, accountable site team through structured KPI-based reviews, targeted mentoring, and continuous capacity building in technical execution and planning discipline.

• Lead integrated lifecycle planning across the portfolio, ensuring seamless alignment between design parameters, procurement timelines, and multi-zone site execution to guarantee uninterrupted workflow continuity.

• Drive the end-to-end delivery of all civil and electrical projects, enforcing strict adherence to approved drawings, Bill of Quantities (BOQs), and timelines to achieve on-time, within-budget completion.

• Serve as the final site-level technical decision authority, conducting rigorous audits to eliminate major Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) and ensure absolute alignment with Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC) and internal engineering benchmarks.

• Oversee portfolio-wide financial operations, verifying running bills against actual physical progress to eliminate over-certification while maintaining transparent documentation for formal audit accountability.

• Orchestrate close coordination with Procurement and cross-functional teams to secure material readiness, proactively mitigating supply chain disruptions, lead-time delays, and critical project risks through a live risk register.

• Formulate structured, periodic performance reports (covering Schedule Variance, Cost Variance, and safety milestones) for the Chief Engineer, while maintaining high-level alignment with external vendors and client teams.

• Champion a zero-harm culture to achieve zero lost-time injuries (LTI) through strict enforcement of safeguarding policies, unannounced inspections, and structured performance mentoring to build elite team capacity.

Safeguarding responsibilities

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

Festival Bonus, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/ Paternity Leave, Wellness Centre Facility, Day Care Facility, and others as per policy