Position Title: District Engineer
2025-03-17        Jawzjan, Maidan Wardak       Full Time        18
Job Location: Jawzjan, Maidan Wardak
Nationality: National
Category: Other
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: According to DACAAR PB salary scale (Grade C) including food allowance& Government Tax.
Vacancy Number: PB-09/2025
No. Of Jobs: 2
City: • One for Centre RO / Wardak– Dai Mirdad Field Office with travel to the field. • One for North West RO / Jawzjan – Aqcha Field Office with travel to the field.
Organization: DACAAR
Years of Experience: At least 3 years of relevant experience in engineer projects (WASH, Construction) is required.
Contract Duration: Project Based till end of June 2025 (Extendable)
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering is required and a higher degree is preferred
Close date: 2025-03-17

About DACAAR:

DACAAR is a non governmental, humanitarian organization that supports sustainable development in Afghanistan through promoting the ability of local communities to decide upon and manage their own development process. The organisation employs around 900 staff of whom 05 are expatriates. Core thematic areas are: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Natural Resource Management; Small Scale Enterprise Development; Women’s Empowerment.

Job Descriptions:

Position Description:

The District Engineer is responsible for maintaining high quality control standards across engineering projects. They will oversee ongoing field activities, collaborating closely with the Field Officer. This role ensures comprehensive supervision of site camps and various construction efforts, ensuring that quality standards, budget constraints, and project timelines are consistently met.

Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to project design of the relevant projects.
  • Monitoring of subproject during the implementation in ensure the quality.
  • Participate in troubleshooting of social and technical problems in the ground.
  • Cooperating with the Field Officer in implementation of activity plan. 
  • Supervise, guide and monitor various activities of engineering in sites
  • To ensure that the project staff follow given instructions, quality assurance and are taking responsibility for the management of site-camps and related projects
  • To assist the Field Officer in recruitment of and proper fulfilment of tasks by the skilled and unskilled labours.
  • The District Engineer should assist the Field Officer in proper site-camp management of tools and equipment, various records and give regular written reports to the Field Officer on progress of work.
  • To do on job training for people under his/her responsibility.
  • When requires represent DACAAR in the external meetings.
  • Maintain good cooperative relation with the local authorities, CDCs and other stakeholders
  • To participate actively in ensuring broad understanding and acceptance by local communities of the project and DACAAR in general.
  • The holder of this position must strictly follow the organization's existing security policies, procedures, and daily instructions of the safety personnel.
  • Any other duties assigned by the line manager.
Job Requirements:

Education/ Qualification and Employment Benefits                                               

Education: Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering is required and a higher degree is preferred

Experience: At least 3 years of relevant experience in engineer projects (WASH, Construction) is required.

Other qualifications’ an advantage:

  • Good knowledge on community base project survey, design and project implementation
  • Ability to plan, execute, and oversee engineering projects
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.

Languages: Oral and written fluency in (English, Dari, Pashto)

Employment benefits:

  • Good training opportunities to enhance employees’ skills
  • Eid bonus on both Eids (after the completion of three months’ service)
  • 36 days of paid annual leave per year
  • 10 days of paid sick leave per year
  • 30 days of paid Hajj leave (after the completion of one-year service)
  • 90 days of paid maternity leave for female employees (after the completion of three months service)
  • 5 days of paid paternity leave for male employees (after the completion of three months service)
  • Public holidays (According to the approved public holiday’s list)
Submission Guidelines:

Procedure for submission of applications:                                                                                      

Interested and qualified candidates should submit an updated DACAAR Job Application Form along with introduction letter and CV online to jobs@dacaar.org or a Hard copy to HR Department in DACAAR main office Kabul.

Important Note:

  • Applications without DACAAR’s UPDATED Job Application Form will not be considered.
  • Application without Vacancy Number will not be considered.
  • UPDATED DACAAR job application form can be obtained from; DACAAR website www.dacaar.org/, acbar website www.acbar.org/; jobs.af websites, and DACAAR Main Office kabul.
  • Applications submitted as .RAR file or if the size exceeds 2MB, will not be accepted by the system
  • Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted and called for the written test/ interview.
  • The salary would be paid in AFN according to the actual exchange rate.

DACAAR is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the society. While all applicants will be strictly assessed on their individual merit, qualified women, people with disabilities and members of minority communities are especially encouraged to apply.

Kabul Office Address:
DACAAR, Main Office, Paikob-e-Naswar, Wazirabad, Kabul, Afghanistan

Postal address: Central P.O. Box 208, Kabul, Afghanistan
Phone: (+93) 0202230752/ (+93) 0202230753
E-mail: jobs@dacaar.org
Web site: www.dacaar.org

Submission Email:

jobs@dacaar.org

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