Ongoing Recruitment at AIM Consultants Ltd

Job Summary

• To undertake appropriate due deligence of the tunnel aspects of the propsed highway design manual

Responsibilities

• Define minimum geotechnical and other investigations for prescription in the manual
• Proposing amendments to the propsed design options to reflect improved sustainability, safety and other aspects; draft the volume covering tunnel construction of the proposed highway design manual.
• Review as part of the due deligence provisions in existing tunnel design manuals, provisions for lighting, ventilation, fire, communications, drainage and emergency response systems, and propose amendments as appropriate
• propose standard specifications for the tunnel aspects of the manual.

Requirements

• Minimum of Master's Degree in Civil Engineering
• General experience in the design and construction of tunnels for highways and other transport infraustructure.
• Must have been involved in the design and construction of tunnels for two (2) highways and other transport infraustructure in the last ten (10) years.

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Responsibilities

• Working with the Team Leader/Highway Engineer to prepare an assessment of the road safety aspects of all parts of the highway design manual – roads, bridges, tunnels, etc.; draft the Volume covering road safety aspects of the proposed highway design manual.
• Propose the minimum requirements for a standard road safety audit report setting out amendments that must be made to the designs to bring them into compliance with acceptable international standards.
• Ensure that all required road safety facilities and features have been incorporated in the final draft of the manual.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in civil / Highways Engineering or Transport Economics.
• General experience in road safety assessments and audits of major highway projects.
• Must have been involved in two (2) road safety assessments and audits of major highway projects in the last ten (10) years.
• Must have been involved in two (2) road safety assessment and audits projects financed by the EU, World Bank, AfDB or other similar international funding agencies in sub-Saharan Africa