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SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for a Office Manager for a project in Bangladesh.

The primary purpose of the position is to:

• To work for day-to-day administration and office management of the project.
• Attend visitors and organize and maintain schedule of meetings.
• Assist Team Leaders in implementation of projects in accordance with SMEC’s BMS, Project Management Guide.
• Assist Team Leaders in managing projects in accordance with SMEC’s financial procedures and project budget.
• Assist Project Manager/Team Leader and project accountant in preparing and submission of invoices and follow up invoice collection.
• To ensure timely submission of project accounts.
• Create and maintain proper working condition and environment.
• Maintain Safety and security of the office and staffs.
• Maintain employee database, expatriates movement schedule and leave record.
• Maintain cleanliness and tidiness of office premises.
• Prepare and process stationery and materials requisition.
• Maintenance of office equipment, furniture, vehicle minor maintenance and communication system.
• Arrange Domestic travel for project staffs. International travel for management and expatriate, if necessary.
• Coordinate transports allocation and control fuel consumption.
• Prepare and timely submission of monthly vehicle operation statement.
• Maintain attendance register, personnel and technical files and Technical Library.
• Manage library facility to provide flexible access to the resources at the point of need, maintain and control library materials in and out
• Control of receive & dispatch letters/documents and maintain document register following Document and Record Management System.
• Maintain document scanning (as required) and store in appropriate electronic file/folder.
• Assist to purchase office equipment/furniture and purchase office stationery and computer consumables.
• Assist corporate administration in organizing Visa, Security Clarence, Work Permit and other related documents as necessary.
• Assist to establish Project Guest House (PHG) and assist in maintenance, operation and control.
• Supervise project support staffs tasks and activities.
• Work to maintain Quality Management Systems (QMS) and OH&S procedures.

Key qualifications of our ideal candidates are listed below:

• Appropriate degree/higher degree from accredited university/college,
• Minimum 02 years of practical experience in Administration.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively within a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary environment.

Interested candidate can share his/her updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com. Mention “Office Manager” in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South and Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Junior Field Engineer for Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar Railway project through our local subsidiary ACE Consultants Ltd in Bangladesh.

If you are interested, please share your CV here at hrdbd@smec.com . Mention position name in the email subject line.

Job Responsibilities:

• Timely, adequate monitoring, checking and verification of all the Contractor’s daily work activities for enabling the Contractor to maintain and increase the overall construction progress
• Field inspection as per Contract Document
• Checking of RFI document’s consistency as per contract document
• Correction of drawing of structures and embankments submitted by the contractor under instruction of RE
• In site test inspection in different embankment sections
• Dealing with any other work assigned by the Supervisor

Qualification:

• B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
• 2-3 years of working experience

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Elevated Section Design Lead Specialist to join our team in Bangladesh.

Qualifications of our ideal candidates is given below-

• MSc in Civil Engineering

• Minimum 25 years of working experience with experience of railway or road planning, engineering, and implementing

• Preferably having worked in a similar position on projects with funding from multilateral or bilateral development agencies.

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 15 March 2022. Please mention position name in the email subject line. 

• Assist the Resident Track Engineer to ensure the track work is done according to the shop drawings, work plan/ schedule, quality assurance plan, safety plan and methodology approved by the Engineer.
• Assist the Resident Track Engineer to manage and superintend the day-to-day field working and proper supervision of supply o materials, stacking and placing at site and construction of track works.
• Assist the Resident Track Engineer to address the RFIs submitted by the contractor for track works enduring quality of work.
• Tasks assigned by the Resident Track Engineer.
• Dealing with any other work assigned by the Engineer as per provision of ToR.

• Graduation in Civil Engineering from any reputed education institute.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience of which 5 years proven track record in relevant field.

Interested candidates can send their updated profile here hrdbd@smec.com by 8th May 2022 mentioning the position name in the subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Electrical Engineer (Substation & Switchyard) to join our team in Bangladesh.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting the preparation of substation and electrical sections of the main contract bid documents.
• Supervising the distribution component contracts, purchase of distribution materials and distribution line construction of the project
• Reviewing the design of the site construction power supply and electrical design of buildings.
• Reviewing the design of substation and power plant electrical works

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• BSc in Electrical Engineering
• 25 years of total experience as power plant engineer or in relevant field

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 18 June 2022. Please mention position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Junior Highway Economist to join our team in Bangladesh.

Major job responsibilities include-

The primary purpose of the position is to:

• Key support to Team Leader with project QA management.
• Prepare transport economic models for fright transportation in Bangladesh and road network of Roads and Highways Department.
• Assess benefits of improvements axle load control regime in Bangladesh
• Develop a framework to weigh economic losses due to road damage for overloading and business losses due to enforcing the legal axle load limit in Bangladesh

The specific activities to be performed by the Junior Highway Economist under the supervision of the Team Leader, the Transport Economist, and the transportation planner achieve the expected outputs are as follows:

Task: Developing Bangladesh Freight Transport Model (BFTM)

1. To collect road inventory, condition, traffic, and other economic data of the road networks of Bangladesh.
2. To develop an economic model for axle load control in Bangladesh using Life Cycle Cost Analysis in HDM-4
3. To develop of a strategy for optimizing the number and location of service areas for freight transport using Bangladesh Freight Transport Model (BFTM), HDM-4 and Transport User Benefit Appraisal (TUBA) model.
4. To develop a financial model to determine Optimum and Do Minimum financing required for road maintenance and development management
5. To develop series of econometric models to simulate different scenarios of axle load control regimes.
6. To develop intervention criteria for all types of road pavements including Flexible (Asphalt), Rigid Concrete and Unsealed (Gravel) roads
7. To perform Lifecycle Economic Analysis for different alternative strategies for Axle Load Control using HDM-4
8. To perform financial analysis of the impact of overload fines using HDM-4

OUTPUT:

Numbers of Working Papers (WP) to realize the objectives of the assignments including but not limited to:

1. Comprehensive study on the cost of overloading (both internal and external) in Bangladesh and tradeoffs between damage to the transport system and the benefit of the freight transport operators by transporting goods beyond legal load limit
2. Report on economic cost of each category of freight vehicle for carrying unit amount of freight

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Minimum – BSc in Civil Engineering/ Urban Traffic Planning
• Preferably general experience on highway development and maintenance management modelling and lifecycle economic evaluation.
• Experience in Bangladesh and fluency in the Contract and local language; both written and oral.
• Required Skills:
  • TUBA
  • MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Excellent Presentation Skills
  • HDM-4

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 15th April 2022. Please mention the position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for a Laboratory Engineer for a project in Bangladesh.

Major job responsibilities include-

• Monitor the construction work progress to maintain the overall project schedule
• Assist in implementation of QC/QA on site
• To perform laboratory works and tests
• To assist in construction supervision works

Minimum criteria to apply-

• BSc in Civil Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience with experience of road project

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 24 April 2022 Please mention the position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South and Central Asia region. We are currently looking for experts to join the following positions in ongoing transportation projects and design centre.

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com Please mention the position name in the email subject line.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review Environmental Impact Assessment based on the detailed design and preparing an Environment Management Plans
• Advise on design of environmental mitigation works
• Monitor the contractors’ construction works for compliance with the recommendations of the final environmental impact assessment other environmental criteria contained within the contract specifications
• Perform the work of Grievance redress mechanisms for local residents
• Formulate the scope of Works and conduct various environmental surveys in compliance with environmental standards regulated by relevant Bangladesh Laws and on the basis of international environmental guidelines in similar project
• Investigate and report any environmental complaints
• Prepare socio-economic and poverty profiles for the project area
• Assist in preparation of Inception reports, Monthly/ Quarterly Progress Reports
• Assist the Senior Environmentalist

Key Qualifications :

• Graduation in Relevant Field
• At least 4 years’ professional experience
• Experience in Conducting Environmental Studies & Assessment and Monitoring of implementation during construction of Large-Scale infrastructure Project with minimum requirement of 2 years

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Environmental and Social Specialist to join our team in Bangladesh.

Core Responsibilities:

• Identifying social issues, recommending solutions, and ensuring compliance with government regulations with respect to social policies/ acts/ guidelines.
• Involving in business development, maintaining liaison with the clients, developing proposals and etc.
• Conceiving projects, conducting field activities, collecting data, reporting, conducting training, and capacity building, etc

Qualifications:

• Graduate in Agriculture from any recognized university
• Diploma degree in English language
• 12+ years with minimum 5 years on High altitude infrastructure projects
• Experience in formulation of Resettlement Framework and Land acquisition and Resettlement plans for infrastructure projects and hilly and high-altitude road project

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by May 17, 2022. Please mention the position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Highway Engineer to join our team in Bangladesh.

Key Responsibilities

· To conduct below related tasks together with International Highway/Bridge Engineer.

· To review technical standards

· To review alignment of the roads

· To collect and review all of the available existing data

· To review the preliminary engineering design

· To conduct the detailed design

· To prepare all necessary design drawings

· To estimate quantities

· To prepare the technical specifications

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

· BSc in Civil Engineering

· At least 12 years experience in road and bridge related field with 3 years of experience in highway/bridge engineer and 1 project comprised of highway and bridge (Steel and Concrete).

Interested candidate can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by April 26, 2022 . Please mention position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Underground Station Design Engineer to join our team in Bangladesh.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing underground station design package & construction method
• Designing stairs, walkways, lift, escalators, ventilation, air- conditioning, exits, and other facilities for underground stations
• Conducting structural calculations and submitting relevant reports

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• BSc in Civil Engineering
• At least 7 years’ of work experience as Design Engineer in the relevant field

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 21 May 2022. Please mention position name in the email subject line

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South and Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Senior Survey Engineer for a railway project in Chattogram, Bangladesh.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out tri-partite Pre-work survey;
• Installation of TBMs, fixation of control points, centre line and marking;
• Layout of Bridge/culvert/viaduct/road over bridge/stations/other structure as per approved drawings in association with concern design engineers;
• Survey of utility services to be shifted/newly provided;
• Dealing with any other work assigned by “The Engineer” as per provision of TOR.

Key Requirements:

• Graduation in Civil Engineering from reputed educational institute;
• Minimum 20 years of relevant professional experience of which 10-15 years in the Roads/Bridges/Highways/Railways projects;

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 14th June 2022. Please mention the position in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South and Central Asia region. We are currently looking for Work Inspector(Electrical) for one of the road project in Bangladesh.

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com. Please mention the position name in the email subject line.

Key Responsibilities:

Assisting the Project management Advisor/ Team leader and Deputy Team Leader in the following:

• Review and monitor the electrical submissions from contractor and monitor the installation and commissioning of the works
• Co-ordinate and guide the team members in all stages of the Project
• Assist in preparing and finalizing reports
• Conducting site visits as required
• Related other tasks assigned by Team Leader and Project Director
• Any Task Assigned by the SMEC-ACE management
• Design and supervision of Street lightening and solar panel

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• At least 5-7 years’ of relevant experience

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for experts for the following positions.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide technical data, specifications and other technical contents to the client
• Coordinate with other task teams to gather data and information for bidding document preparation
• Prepare bidding document in accordance with standard bidding documents

Key Requirements:
• BSc in Civil Engineering
• 12 years of professional experience with 5 years in the procurement of railway projects

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 12 July 2022. Please mention position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the
South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for experts for the following positions.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide technical data, specifications and other technical contents to the client
• Coordinate with other task teams to gather data and information for bidding document preparation
• Prepare bidding document in accordance with standard bidding documents

Key Requirements:
• BSc in Civil Engineering
• 7 years of professional experience with 2 years in experience in the procurement of railway projects
Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 12 July 2022.
Please mention position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for a Mid-Level Structural Design Engineer to join our team in Bangladesh.

Mid-Level Structural Design Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Retrofitting design/ construction detailed drawings for beam, column, footings etc
• Field visit, data collection, analysis, design and preparation of drawings for both steel and RCC building.
• Preparation of site visit reports, design reports and other related reports
• Preparation of Technical Specifications and BoQ as required
• Design of shallow and deep foundation in geotechnical as well as structural aspect

Key Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• BSc in Civil Engineering
• 7-8 years’ experience in structural design
• Proficient in software like Etabs, Safe, Staad pro and Midas Civil
• Design knowledge of RCC building and steel factory building with mezzanine floor and crane moving facilities
• Should have knowledge in BNBC 2022, ACI and ASCE, AISC

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 26 July 2022. Please mention position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South & Central Asia region. We are currently looking for a Contract Specialist for Dohazari-Cox’s Bazar Railway Project through our local subsidiary, ACE Consultants Ltd.

Major job responsibilities include-
• Making sure the work is being done following the conditions of contract reviewing contractual
binding and informing BR from time to time
• Assisting the International Contract Specialist in reviewing communications with the
contractors/subcontractors, assisting BR in drafting contract amendments
• Addressing any claim of contractor for time extension, force measure, extra work etc and take
necessary action
• Preparing bidding document and other related works compliance with procurement guidelines,
tender document, tender evaluation & final contract agreement document for the project

Minimum criteria to apply-
• BSc in Civil Engineering
• 15 to 20 years of experience in contract management including 5 years of experience in FIDIC based contract

Interested candidates can send their updated CV to hrdbd@smec.com by 15 August 2022 . Please mention the position name in the email subject line.

SMEC is a global development and engineering consultancy with a strong presence in the South and Central Asia region. We are currently looking experts for the following positions for our  Karnaphuli Tunnel Project through our local subsidiary ACE Consultants Ltd in Bangladesh. Details of the jobs are listed below.

Office Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervising the work of project sites
• Assisting Team Leader in report preparation

Key Requirements: 

• BSc in Civil Engineering
• 3 years of professional experience

Site Supervision Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervising the work of project sites
• Assisting Team Leader in report preparation

Key Requirements: 

• BSc in Civil Engineering
• 0 to 2 years of professional experience

Interested candidates can send their updated CVs to hrdbd@smec.com by 10 September 2022. Mention position name in the email subject line.