UNOPS

In Latin America and the Caribbean, UNOPS operates across 23 countries, delivering high-impact solutions that drive sustainable development. UNOPS focuses on building and improving resilient infrastructure—including roads, bridges, public facilities, sanitation systems, and housing—to enhance quality of life and foster inclusive growth. UNOPS also supports public health by procuring essential medicines and medical equipment, ensuring broader access to healthcare services. By strengthening institutional capacities, UNOPS promotes transparent, efficient, and equitable public management. As a trusted partner to governments and development stakeholders, UNOPS aligns its interventions with national priorities, helping countries advance the Sustainable Development Goals through practical, results-driven support.

Based in Peru, the Andean Multi-Country Office (ANMCO) also oversees UNOPS operations in Ecuador and Colombia. In both Peru and Ecuador, UNOPS primarily provides technical assistance to strengthen local government capacities and improve public service delivery. Active in Peru since 1995, UNOPS has supported a wide array of initiatives across sectors such as health, education, justice, governance, environment, transportation, agriculture, and recreation—contributing to public sector modernization and the efficient, transparent use of public resources. Over the past 32 years, this collaboration has mobilized nearly USD 4 billion in public investments, delivering estimated savings of 20% and supporting progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. In Ecuador, UNOPS works with national partners to enhance access to essential services, with a focus on health, urban mobility, and sustainable development, through public infrastructure modernization and the strategic procurement of goods and services.

El rol apoyará la asistencia técnica de UNOPS en la modernización y repotenciación de centrales hidroeléctricas, centrándose en los componentes de potencia, protección y control de la cartera de proyectos, que incluye:

• Modernización de subestación, enfocada en Protección Diferencial de Barras y Protección de Líneas de Transmisión.

• Supervisión de Generadores Síncronos Trifásicos y Transformadores de Elevación de la central principal.

• Soporte en la protección eléctrica de Generadores y Transformadores para los Sistemas Contraincendios (SCI) de las centrales asociadas.

El Ingeniero Eléctrico Especialista proporcionará soporte técnico especializado en sistemas de potencia, generación, transformación y protección al equipo multidisciplinario de UNOPS en la gestión de las licitaciones y el seguimiento contractual posterior, asegurando el cumplimiento normativo en los proyectos de modernización y repotenciación de centrales hidroeléctricas.

Required

• Título universitario (equivalente a un Bachelor’s degree) en Ingenierìa Eléctrica con cuatro años de experiencia relevante O

• Título universitario superior (maestría) en Ingenierìa Eléctrica con dos años de experiencia.

Desired

• Es deseable un Certificación en Gestión de Proyectos (PMP, PRINCE2).

Required

• Se requiere mínimo de 2 a 4 años de experiencia (dependiendo del grado académico) en proyectos de centrales hidroeléctricas u operación y mantenimiento en centrales hidroeléctricas. 

• Experiencia demostrable en proyectos de centrales de generación o subestaciones en cada uno de estos rubros: i) Subestaciones, ii) Protección diferencial de barras y/o Protección de líneas de transmisión, iii) Control de subestaciones, iv) generadores síncronos trifásicos y transformadores de elevación.

Desired

• Deseable experiencia en proyectos de modernización o repotenciación de centrales hidroeléctricas.

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes. 
• Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.
• Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. 
• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments. 
• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 
• Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities. 
• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process. If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few mandatory courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. Refreshers or new mandatory courses may be required during your contract. Please note that you will not receive any compensation for taking courses and refreshers. For more information on a retainer contract here. 
• For more details about the contract types, please click here.
• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda. 
• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.