Salary $5,198,035 per annum
JOB PURPOSE
Under the direction and management of the Senior Director, Health Infrastructure Project Management & Implementation, the Project Analyst (Engineering) is responsible for purposefully coordinating with key project stakeholders for assigned workstreams in managing the pre-planning, schedule preparation and resource forecasting for engineering and other technical activities relating to the execution of health infrastructure projects, and project delivery management.
KEY OUTPUTS
- Business case and scope work for project engineering activities analyzed and prepared
- Work schedule developed and managed
- Construction materials, methods and quality standards and production specifications defined
- Construction engineering activities (including site visits and inspections) to ensure that assigned health infrastructure projects are implemented coordinated
- Health infrastructure construction budgets and forecasts ensuring alignment with scope of works, plans and designs prepared;
- Project engineering data managed
- Technical advice/information provided
- Reports, technical papers, and publications prepared and issued
- Stakeholder Relationships established and maintained
- Annual/Quarterly/Monthly performance Reports prepared
- Individual work plans developed
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
- Analyses business cases and prepares scope of works, plans and design documentation to support the effective management of infrastructural project developments;
- Interprets development concepts, plans and designs for implementation in health infrastructure construction projects;
- Develops and take an oversight role in the overall work scheduling for assigned project teams, ensuring project milestone dates and appliable standards are met;
- Defines construction materials, methods and quality standards and production specifications, plans and drawings;
- Coordinates and administers construction engineering activities to ensure that assigned health infrastructure projects are implemented in accordance with plans, designs and specifications;
- Prepares health infrastructure construction budgets and forecasts ensuring alignment with scope of works, plans and designs;
- Undertakes quantitative and qualitative safety, environment and quality risk assessment to ensure acceptable quality of structures and finishes;
- Manages project controls framework including project management principles, occupational health and safety, and document & records management mechanisms;
- Escalates project engineering issues and breaches for the attention of Senior Project Engineer for appropriate action;
- Analyses project progress and performance reviews concerning the technical, environmental and financial components of the project, ensuring compliance with plans/scope of works/designs and reporting approaches;
- Monitors project progress in terms of quality, timeliness and budgets including regular programme review and reporting to the Principal Director – Health Infrastructure Project Development & Management;
- Manages assigned consultants, subcontractors & suppliers, ensuring comprehensive scope of works are prepared and included in the tender documentation;
- Provides active professional direction in the supervisory management of works contracts by monitoring the contractors progress and effectively negotiate variations, claims and other issues;
- Assembles and analyses risk scenarios to determine the likelihood and impact of significant events to the project engineering business processes;
- Provides professional advice and guidance to wide range of internal and external stakeholders (such as: Strategic Planning, Public Procurement, Finance & Accounts, Clinicians, etc.) on project engineering function and processes;
- Documents and utilizes learnings from the health infrastructure project engineering work to influence future planning and improvements;
- Uses data collection procedures to facilitate the validation of quantitative and qualitative monitoring tools to support the project engineering functions;
- Conducts analysis of quantitative data as well as qualitative data on all project engineering programme inputs, outputs and outcomes in MoHW and RHAs;
- Ensures full compliance with health and safety legal requirements and procedures in respect of general project engineering;
- Liaises with senior executives in MDAs on plans and strategies for project engineering issues to work activities and evaluation;
- Keeps abreast of project engineering initiatives to ensure adherence to international standards and competitiveness.
MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering, or equivalent discipline;
- Project Management Certifications, in for example:
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)/
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Three (3) years’ experience in managing, designing, implementing, and evaluating large and multidisciplinary projects.
Kindly visit the Ministry of Health & Wellness’ website (www.moh.gov.jm).
Applications with Résumés are to be submitted no later than Friday, January 16, 2026, to:
Senior Director
Human Resource Management & Development
Ministry of Health & Wellness
40 Knutsford Boulevard
Kingston 5
[email protected]
The Ministry of Health thanks all applicants for their interest; however, please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.