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 below until December 24, 2022.
One (1) Chief Administrative Officer (Salary Grade 24)
- Plantilla Item No.: CADOF-9-2014
- Place of Assignment: Central Office DPWH Head Office, Human Resource and Administrative Service, Cash Division Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
- Education: Master’s degree OR Certificate in Leadership and Management from the CSC
- Experience: 4 years of supervisory/management experience
- Training: 40 hours of supervisory/management training/learning and development intervention
- Eligibility: Career Service (Professional
One (1) Engineer IV (Salary Grade 22)
- Plantilla Item No.: ENG4-156-1998
- Place of Assignment: Central Office DPWH Head Office, Office of the Secretary, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering relevant to the job
- Experience: 3 years of relevant experience
- Training: 16 hours of relevant training
- Eligibility: R.A. 1080
One (1) Engineer IV (Salary Grade 22)
- Plantilla Item No.: ENG4-209-1998
- Place of Assignment: Central Office DPWH Head Office, Office of the Secretary, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering relevant to the job
- Experience: 3 years of relevant experience
- Training: 16 hours of relevant training
- Eligibility: R.A. 1080
One (1) Engineer IV (Salary Grade 22)
- Plantilla Item No.: ENG4-285-1998
- Place of Assignment: Central Office DPWH Head Office, Office of the Secretary, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering relevant to the job
- Experience: 3 years of relevant experience
- Training: 16 hours of relevant training
- Eligibility: R.A. 1080
One (1) Engineer IV (Salary Grade 22)
- Plantilla Item No.: ENG4-94-2014
- Place of Assignment: Central Office DPWH Head Office, Office of the Secretary, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering relevant to the job
- Experience: 3 years of relevant experience
- Training: 16 hours of relevant training
- Eligibility: R.A. 1080
One (1) Engineer IV (Salary Grade 22)
- Plantilla Item No.: ENG4-108-2014
- Place of Assignment: Central Office DPWH Head Office, Office of the Secretary, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering relevant to the job
- Experience: 3 years of relevant experience
- Training: 16 hours of relevant training
- Eligibility: R.A. 1080
How to Apply
This Office highly encourages all interested and qualified applicants, including Persons with Disability (PWD), Members of Indigenous Communities, and those from any Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities (SOGI), to apply.
Applications to any of the vacancies should include the following supporting documents:
- Application Letter citing the Item No. as reference
- Fully accomplished Personal Data Sheet (CSC Form No. 212) and Work Experience Sheet (Attachment to CSC Form No. 212)
- Authenticated copy of Transcript of Records and Diploma
- Authenticated copies of Certificate of Eligibility and Valid License, if applicable
- Copy of Certificates of Training (only relevant to the position)
- Copy of Certificate of Employment, if applicable
- Authenticated copies of Performance Appraisal Reports for the past two semesters (at least “Very Satisfactory”), for current government employees.
The above complete documents should be sent, by mail or personal delivery to the Human Resource Management Division, DPWH Central Office, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila, for positions in the DPWH- Central Office, and to the Administrative Division of Regional Office concerned for positions in the DPWH-Regional Offices.
Applications will be accepted on or before the deadline; applications received beyond the last day of posting will not be acted upon. Applications with incomplete documents will not be entertained. Copies of application documents must be clear for initial evaluation. Only candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted.
For more information, contact: Employment and Staffing Section at 5304-3288/ 5304-3330.
History of DPWH
History of the DPWH stretches back as far as the history of Philippine government itself. During Spanish times, the Spanish constructed the first roads in the Philippines using significant forced labor. These public works projects were not only used in the connection of towns and fortresses, but also in improving communications. As Spain expanded the scale of its public works projects, it resorted to a policy of attraction through public works projects. In 1867, in order to pursue this objective, the King of Spain by decree designated the Spanish Governor-General as the Chief of Public Works assisted by Junta Consultiva through a Royal Degree in 1867.
It was in 1868 that the DPWH was born as the Bureau of Public Works and Highways, or Obras Publicas. Alongside the Bureau of Communications and Transportation (Communicaciones y Meteologia), now the Department of Transportation, the DPWH was organized under a civil engineer known as the “Director General”. It was responsible for all public works projects being done in the islands.
During the Philippine Revolution, public works duties were assumed by a new department known as the Department of War and Public Works (DWPW). Although initially included in the portfolio of the Department of War (now the Department of National Defense), public works projects were so important to the war effort that public works were also prioritized through this department.
During the American period, public works projects were initially put in the hands of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. However, this was transferred to a department known as the "Provincial Supervisions" on February 6, 1901. This eventually became the Department of Commerce and Police (DCP) in 1902, with two public works-related agencies, the Bureau of Engineering and Construction for public works projects and the Bureau of Architecture and Construction for the construction of public buildings. Both agencies were eventually merged into a bureau known as the Bureau of Public Works and was eventually subsumed into the DCP during reorganization in 1905. To keep pace with further developments in transportation and communications, the DCP was transformed into the Department of Commerce and Communications (DCC) in 1921.
In 1931, the DCC was renamed by the Philippine Legislature the Department of Public Works and Communication (DPWC). Upon the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935, the DPWC was reorganized to contain the following bureaus: the Bureau of Public Works, Ports, Aeronautics, Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Metropolitan Water District Division of Marine, Railway and Repair Shop, National Radio Broadcasting, the Irrigation Council and Board of Examiners for Civil, Mechanical, Chemical and Mining Engineers.
During World War II, the DPWC's offices were destroyed in the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. It resumed operations in 1946, albeit with limited funds and manpower. To assist reconstruction efforts, the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads set up an office in the Philippines to coordinate with the Philippine Bureau of Public Works in implementing the Philippine highway network, which was in ruins.
Source: DPWH