Overview
The Senior Public Health Engineer Officer will lead and supervise the delivery of public health engineering activities in Oxfam’s emergency response in South Lebanon, supporting integrated WASH interventions for conflict-affected populations and vulnerable communities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise the delivery of public health engineering activities.
- Implement emergency water supply support, water trucking, rehabilitation and upgrading of water systems and WASH facilities.
- Install emergency sanitation infrastructure.
- Provide operation and maintenance support.
- Conduct technical assessments for rehabilitation and construction works.
- Ensure activities are implemented according to Oxfam and donor technical standards, within agreed timelines and budgets.
- Maintain strong coordination with local authorities, service providers, partners, and the South Lebanon Water Establishment.
- Oversee site supervision, preparation of technical designs and BOQs, contractor and partner follow-up, quality assurance, and health and safety compliance.
- Manage and build the capacity of PHE staff.
- Contribute to emergency preparedness and rapid response activities.
Required Experience
- 3+ years of experience as a Public Health Engineer.
- Strong background working in the construction environment, ideally with detailed knowledge of setting out procedures, dimensional drawings, and site supervision procedures.
- Experience in managing teams and projects.
- 3+ years working in Lebanon in the Humanitarian/Development Sector.
- Experience coordinating with contractors (Desirable).
- Experience working on Menstrual Hygiene Management Programming (Desirable).
Qualifications
- Civil, Mechanical or Environmental Engineering degree qualified (or other relevant qualification).
- Experience could substitute for a formal qualification, but not vice versa.
