Infrastructure Project Manager

## Vacancy Announcement

**Job Title:**

Infrastructure Project Manager

**Work Location:**

Kono District, Sierra Leone

**Department:**

Infrastructure

**Report to:**

Infrastructure Lead

**Requisition Number:**

4771

**Line Management**

Engineers

**Position Overview**

The Infrastructure Projects Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, technical oversight, and management of healthcare infrastructure, building construction, and WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) projects, ensuring successful delivery within schedule, budget, safety, and quality requirements. The role oversees the full project lifecycle, including planning, design, procurement, construction supervision, testing, commissioning, handover, and operational sustainability.

The position provides technical leadership in the delivery of healthcare facilities and infrastructure systems, including building construction and rehabilitation, water supply, wastewater treatment, sanitation facilities, storm water drainage, and environmental infrastructure solutions. Working closely with PIH program teams, Ministry of Health counterparts, consultants, contractors, and other stakeholders, the role ensures projects meet healthcare standards, regulatory requirements, operational sustainability objectives, and infection prevention and control (IPC) needs.

PIH seeks individuals committed to the mission and values (see PIH Values) of the organization to join the team.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**

1. ### Project Leadership & Coordination

- Provide strategic leadership and direction to project teams throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, donor requirements, and stakeholder expectations.
- Supervise, mentor, and support project staff to strengthen technical capacity, professional growth, and team performance.
- Coordinate daily project operations, assign responsibilities, monitor deliverables, and ensure efficient implementation of activities.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including architectural, civil, structural, MEP, biomedical, environmental health, IPC, and operational stakeholders throughout project implementation.
- Coordinate closely with clinical and operational teams to ensure infrastructure solutions support healthcare service delivery, infection prevention standards, patient safety, and operational continuity.
- Serve as the primary liaison between PIH, government ministries, district authorities, consultants, contractors, utility agencies, donors, and community stakeholders.
- Foster strong stakeholder engagement through regular communication, technical coordination meetings, and collaborative planning processes.

1. ### Engineering Design & Planning

- Lead or support the planning, architectural/engineering design, and coordination of healthcare building infrastructure and WASH systems.
- Oversee the design and planning of water abstraction, treatment, storage, distribution systems, wastewater treatment systems, sanitation infrastructure, and storm water drainage solutions.
- Oversee the design phase to ensure timely completion, technical quality, budget alignment, and compliance with applicable standards.
- Prepare and review technical drawings, engineering calculations, hydraulic models, Bills of Quantities (BoQs), technical specifications, and tender documents.
- Lead procurement and tendering processes, including preparation of technical bid documents, evaluation of contractor submissions, and support for contractor selection and contract awards.
- Ensure all designs comply with national regulations, WHO/IPC guidelines, environmental safeguards, and organizational infrastructure standards.

1. ### Project & Construction Management

- Plan, organize, and oversee project implementation from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to approved scope, schedule, quality, and budget.
- Draft, review, and administer construction contracts and subcontracts to ensure contractual clarity and compliance.
- Provide on-site supervision and oversight of contractors during healthcare facility construction, rehabilitation, expansion, and WASH infrastructure works.
- Oversee civil, structural, architectural, and MEP construction activities to ensure compliance with approved designs, technical standards, and project requirements.
- Ensure construction activities are executed according to approved drawings, technical specifications, safety standards, and environmental requirements.
- Conduct regular site inspections, technical reviews, progress meetings, and quality control assessments.
- Review contractor work programs, method statements, shop drawings, payment applications, change orders, claims, variation requests, and contractor performance evaluations.
- Develop and implement mitigation measures to minimize disruption to ongoing healthcare services during construction and rehabilitation activities.
- Implement p