Assistant Director, Engineering (Roads), KeNHA Grade 4

Terms of Service: Permanent & Pensionable. Place of Work: KeNHA. Directorates: Planning, Research and Compliance; Highway Design and Safety; Road Development; Road Maintenance; Public Private Partnership. Reports to: Deputy Director Engineering (Roads). Supervises: Principal/Senior Engineer (Roads). Job Purpose: Oversee the planning, design, development, maintenance, and regulation of national road infrastructure, including road safety, asset management, research, and Public Private Partnerships, to ensure sustainable, safe, and efficient highways in line with the Roads Act and national priorities.

Duties and responsibilities

• Developing, implementing and reviewing policies, plans, manuals, strategies, standards, guidelines, procedures and framework pertaining to roads construction and maintenance
• Developing plans and designs and supervising construction and maintenance of roads infrastructure
• Coordinating development and review of road design manuals and other highway manuals
• Coordinating road safety audits/assessments and road safety engineering programs
• Coordinating development and review of risk management plans for road infrastructure
• Reviewing specifications and contract documents for tendering of road works
• Coordinating feasibility studies and environmental social impact assessments
• Designing strategies for protection of road reserves and access to roadside developments
• Coordinating quality assurance, technical and performance audits on road projects
• Preparing road sector investment programmes (RSIP)
• Designing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for road projects
• Identifying research areas and preparing terms of reference, research proposals and reports
• Providing consultancy, capacity building, technical support and advisory services to MDCAs
• Designing professional development, graduate internship and industrial attachment programs
• Preparing progress reports, strategic/work plans, budgets and targets
• Coaching and mentoring staff
• Ensuring compliance with axle load limits and issuing exemption permits for abnormal loads
• Preparing tender documents for PPP projects; assessing technical feasibility and appraising PPP projects; assisting in project agreements, supervision and handback of PPP assets
• Supervising traffic and road condition surveys
• Supervising preparation and monitoring of RSIP and the Authority's Road Development Plan
• Overseeing review of spatial development plans and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP)

Requirements

• Cumulative nine (9) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which in the grade of Principal Engineer (Roads) or comparable position
• Bachelor of Science or Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering or equivalent
• Master's Degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management or equivalent
• Registration by Engineers Board of Kenya as a Professional Engineer
• Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (MIEK)
• Valid annual practicing license from the Engineers Board of Kenya
• Certificate in Leadership Course of not less than four (4) weeks
• Proficiency in computer applications
• Demonstrated high professional competence and administrative capability