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 above positions with suitably qualified Kenyans
as follows:
Engineer
Ref: KURA/M/12/003 – JG 6 – [2 POSTS]
The successful candidate will report to the Senior Engineer.
Job Summary
The job holder will be undertaking work in the fields of planning, road design, construction, maintenance, and other civil engineering structures.
The job holder will also be providing services in quality assurance and axle load control.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare engineering analysis of urban road projects to include: preliminary design, detailed design, life cycle cost and equipment selection.
- Prepare and interpret blueprints, drawings, layouts, and other visual aids.
- Prepare construction specifications.
- Perform engineering duties surrounding the following: roads, public works, sub-divisions, drainage, traffic, tunnel, bridge, and environmental management systems.
- Assist in the review and critique of proposed changes to urban road engineering standards, policies or details.
- Assist in the review of development plans for compliance with adopted road engineering standards and good engineering practices.
- Meet with the general public and/ or developers, landowners, and interest groups concerning zoning, subdivision projects, building projects, and engineering regulations, standards, or policies.
- Assist in coordinating the activities of the design and construction teams.
Qualifications and Competencies
- Degree in Civil Engineering or its equivalent from a recognized University.
- Three (3) years post qualification experience, Two (2) years of which should be in road design, construction and/or maintenance.
- Registration with Kenya Engineers’ Registration Board as a Graduate Engineer.
- Professional registration with ERB is an added advantage.
- Membership with the IEK is an added advantage.
- 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.
- Ability to manage staff and provide good leadership.
- Demonstrate working ICT knowledge for road management systems.
- Experience in the Ministry of Local Government, Local Authorities and/or Ministry of Roads will be an added advantage.
- Strong interpersonal relations and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to build cohesive teams and adhere to set targets through teamwork.
Senior Surveyor
REF: KURA/D & C/12/001– JG 6 – [3 POSTS]
The successful candidate will report to Manager Survey/Regional Manager.
Job summary
The job holder will report to the Manager-Survey and assist manager survey in all matters relating to survey and administration.
Duties and responsibilities.
- Assist in the preparation of survey annual work plans.
- Assist in provision of survey data during feasibility studies and final design
- Identification of road reserves and mapping of the roads
- Identification of survey requirements and standards for specific areas
- Preparation of survey specification and Terms of reference for survey works to be contracted out
- Supervision of survey consultant engaged by the KURA
- Supervision of the civil works during construction.
Qualifications and Competencies
- Degree in Surveying and photogrammetry or equivalent from a recognized University.
- Be conversant with modern survey equipment (GPS, Total Station etc.)
- Should be competent in computer Aided design (CAD), GIS and Image processing software’s.
- Demonstrate ability work with minimum supervision and be able to lead a team of surveyors.
- Have at least five (5) years working experience in engineering survey in a busy digital map production office. Three of which at a management level.
- Be a member of the Institutions of surveyor’s ok Kenya (ISK) or equivalent.
- Strong interpersonal & communication skills with management and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated 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 the case may be.
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 18th October, 2012.
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
Important notice:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and canvassing will result to automatic disqualification.
KURA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to achieving work force diversity in terms of gender and culture.
