Overview
Responsible for effective management and supervision of engineering projects related to water and sanitation, and their preventive maintenance programme.
Tasks Summary
- Contribute to planning and managing the operation of the Water and Sanitation Engineering Unit.
- Analyze and advise on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of wastewater systems.
- Conceptualize and develop mission specific water supply program and relevant water safety plans.
- Prepare Water and Sanitation Unit budget.
- Provide inputs to raise requisitions for procurement.
- Contribute to analysis and advise on the planning, design, construction and maintenance of water supply systems.
- Evaluate, review and revise project documents.
- Supervise the technicians and vendors deployed under the three main elements of Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste.
- Implement environmental policy and guidelines.
- Recommend solutions to water, environmental and sanitary engineering problems.
- Develop mission policy and guidelines for water, environmental and sanitation programs.
- Develop teamwork and close coordination with other units.
- May act as a head of the Unit.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in water and sanitation engineering aspects or related fields is required.
- Experience supervising technicians and/or overseeing outsourced contractors, including work planning, monitoring, quality control, HSE compliance and validation of completed works is required.
- Experience in developing and monitoring engineering budgets and in contract management is required.
- Experience in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Share Point and Microsoft Teams is required.
- Experience with CMMS/asset management tools and/or data dashboards (e.g. Power BI or similar) is desirable.
- Experience providing services in the field of Engineering to or in a field operation of the United Nations Common System or a comparable international organization, or in post conflict environment or military operations is desirable.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent degree) in civil engineering, environmental, water resources engineering or related fields is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
