Founded in 2004, Build Change is a non‐profit social enterprise whose mission is to save lives in earthquakes and hurricanes. Build Change designs disaster-resistant houses and schools, trains homeowners, builders, engineers and government officials to build them, works with governments to develop and implement building standards, partners with the private sector to improve building materials quality and create jobs, and facilitates access to incent ... ive-based capital for reconstruction and retrofitting by partnering with financing institutions and government subsidy programs. Build Change started its work in Aceh, Indonesia after the 2004 earthquake and tsunami and has since expanded to include programs in China, Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, Nepal, and the Philippines. Build Change has trained more than 39,380 people on earthquake-resistant design and construction techniques, guided 74 organizations in using homeowner-driven design, created over 16,768 jobs and provided technical assistance for almost 58,328 safer buildings, impacting an estimated 304,440 people.
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Job summary
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No. of Vacancy
: 1 -
Job Type
: Contract -
Offered Salary
: Negotiable -
Gender
: Both -
Career Level
: -
Experience
: 1-2 Years -
Apply Before
: 2019-06-29 Closed
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- This position reports to the Project Manager and Technical reporting to Lead Structural Engineer.
- Work with homeowners, builders and partners to assist them in design and construction supervision of earthquake-resistant housing reconstruction and retrofit.
- Assist in solving problems and generating solutions in the field for special cases.
- Assist in the revision or development of new structural and architectural drawings, bills of quantities, construction checklists and training materials if necessary.
- Assist in controlling quality of information and implementation for projects in Nepal.
- Communicate and report to the management about the progress/issues of projects implemented by Build Change.
- Prepare field reports and assist in other reporting as requested.
- Prepare required drawings and 3D models for buildings as necessary
- Work on any assignment as deemed necessary by the supervisor
Education + Experience:
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Architecture with minimum 1 year of professional experience in earthquake resistant design and construction of buildings. Work experience in community led building projects will be an advantage.
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit and/or other drafting software is a must. Working knowledge of Revit will be an added advantage.
- Excellence in Microsoft Office tools.
- Capacity to communicate technical topics in an easily understandable way and have capacity to live in community.
- Noego, drama or pessimism; the successful candidate will be flexible, humble, patient, and have a good sense of humor.
- Fluent Nepali and English.
Apply Instruction:
To Apply please go to below link and follow instruction
http://buildchange.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2cn2wdohl6z