Water Engineer at Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Key Responsibilities:

Approves the feasibility studies and validate recommended site selection from a technical perspective.
Reviews detailed designs and advises PM on approvals/adjustments.
Designs guidance and templates for monitoring and quality assurance of infrastructure works
Advice PM on adjustments needed in the work processes.

Knowledge Development

Inform Water and Irrigation knowledge agenda to the PM, in line with the direction set by the TRANSFORM: WASH project implementation modalities and donor requirement/USAID.
Support the development of case studies and feed to the Project Manager to disseminate to a larger audience/stakeholder including GoE, USAID, consortium members, SNV global, and other NGOs working in the WASH sector.
Capture lessons learned, stimulate internal and external knowledge exchange, and suggest ways how to translate this into practice to the Project Manager.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Manager/SNV.

Project and process development

Identifies and proposes technical process improvements to the project team. Acts on improvement areas within the local internal organization and processes and gives feedback. Ensures lessons learned are applied in daily practice.

People/Partnership Management

Seek opportunities for different kinds of partnerships for enhanced quality program implementation and leveraging with TRANSFORM: WASH at regional and national levels.
Periodically collect information about what other organizations are best doing/working within the water sector more specifically USAID-funded projects in the kebele, woreda, zone, and region to gain institutional knowledge of the environment.
Engage in the water sector platforms and networking at woreda, zone and region relevant to booster the implementation of TRANSFORM: WASH representing SNV.
Build smooth and strong partnerships in a holistic manner with relevant regional, zonal, and woreda government structures and development partners, USAID, and other consortium members and manage it for successful implementation of TRANSFORM: WASH project.
Contribute in making the USAID TRANSFORM: WASH a flagship project for SNV and USAID in the respective woredas, zones and region/s.
Ensure that respective monthly/quarterly/bi-annually/annually reports are meeting deadlines set by the project internally and externally by the donor/USAID and PSI, prime of consortium.

Positioning

Identifies and analyses market opportunities and threats and ensures relevant colleagues are informed. Actively participates in strategic positioning meetings and acts as a knowledgeable face of the SNV organisation to the client. Analyses, understands and develops (local) networks with relevant stakeholders, identifies new clients.

Qualifications

Education and Skill Requirements:

BSc. preferred MSc. in Water Resource Engineering, Hydraulics, civil and related fields with a minimum of 5 years of directly related experience.

S/he require to have good experience in WASH and small irrigation Engineering Construction Management and Communication Skills and have skills in Engineering software like AUTO CAD, water CAD, EPANET, etc
Proven knowledge and experience in undertaking activities aimed at water facility construction, rehabilitation and upgrading project implementation.
Strong communication skill
The ability to detect problems, recognize important information, and link various data to trace potential causes and look for relevant details.

Competencies: