The Department of Public Works and Highways (Filipino: Kagawaran ng mga Pagawain at Lansangang Bayan), abbreviated as DPWH, is the executive department of the Philippine government solely vested with the Mandate to “be the State’s engineering and construction arm” and, as such, it is “tasked to carry out the policy” of the State to “maintain an engineering and construction arm and continuously develop its technology, for the purposes of ensuring the safety of all infrastructure facilities and securing for all public works and highways the highest efficiency and the most appropriate quality in construction” and shall be responsible for “(t)he planning, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure facilities, especially national highways, flood control and water resources development systems, and other public works in accordance with national development objectives,” provided that, the exercise of which “shall be decentralized to the fullest extent feasible.”
DPWH is currently responsible for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure, especially the national highways, flood control and water resources development system, and other public works in accordance with national development objectives. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is one of the three departments of the government undertaking major infrastructure projects. The DPWH is mandated to undertake (a) the planning of infrastructure, such as national roads and bridges, flood control, water resources projects and other public works, and (b) the design, construction, and maintenance of national roads and bridges, and major flood control systems. The Department of Public Works and Highways functions as the engineering and construction arm of the Government tasked to continuously develop its technology for the purpose of ensuring the safety of all infrastructure facilities and securing for all public works and highways the highest efficiency and quality in construction. DPWH is currently responsible for the planning, design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure, especially the national highways, flood control and water resources development system, and other public works in accordance with national development objectives.
Interestingly, DPWH-Central Office is looking for interested applicants for the positions of Draftsman II and Engineering Assistant until August 19 & 20, 2022.
Job Vacancies until August 19, 2022
- One (1) Project Manager I (Salary Grade 25)
- One (1) Engineer V (Salary Grade 24)
- Two (2) Engineer IV (Salary Grade 22)
- Three (3) Engineer III (Salary Grade 19)
- One (1) Architect II (Salary Grade 16)
- One (1) Engineering Assistant (Salary Grade 8)
Job Vacancies until August 20, 2022
- One (1) Engineer III (Salary Grade 19)
- One (1) Engineer II (Civil Engineer) (Salary Grade 16)
- One (1) Project Manager I (Salary Grade 25)
- One (1) Engineering Assistant (Salary Grade 8)
- One (1) Engineer V (Salary Grade 24)
- One (1) Engineer III (Salary Grade 19)
Source: Philippine Go