Overview
The Project Specialist - Engineer will manage and oversee infrastructure activities related to design, supervision, and quality assurance for wastewater treatment projects. The role provides technical expertise to ensure projects meet specified results within time and cost constraints.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure effective project management of large infrastructure projects by maintaining delivery of technical, operational, financial, and administrative outputs.
- Provide expert support and quality assurance to infrastructure-related projects.
- Monitor progress and risks in infrastructure projects, ensuring changes are controlled and problems addressed.
- Ensure quality assurance of all ToRs and Scope of Works for development of technical documentation and/or construction works.
- Manage and coordinate the implementation of respective activities based on project documents.
- Develop comprehensive project work-plans and monitor progress against them.
- Manage the transfer of project deliverables to stakeholders.
- Monitor expenditures to ensure accuracy and reliability of financial reports.
- Present periodic updates/reports on project progress.
- Establish and maintain working relations with national partners, local institutions, and local services.
- Responsible for activities related to contract management.
- Supervise consultants, review and approve technical designs and BoQs.
- Ensure detailed monitoring and supervision of construction works and provide final engineering clearance for payment.
- Coordinate the preparation of terms of reference for the design of complex infrastructure initiatives.
- Conduct field visits when necessary.
- Conduct meetings with key partners and beneficiaries.
- Obtain partner and beneficiary approval for all stages of technical documentation development.
- Support preparation of tender documentation and execution of tender processes.
- Manage project activities requiring engineering interventions.
- Intervene to resolve problems and/or conflicts and recommend corrections.
- Provide early warning of potential problems or critical issues regarding infrastructure improvement and execution of works.
- Liaise with contractors, municipalities, and other partners on project matters.
- Collect, analyze, and present background information for project workplans and progress reports.
- Provide inputs for the creation of project monitoring and evaluation framework.
- Ensure full compliance of activities with established project management rules, regulations, and policies.
- Draft correspondence on project engineering issues.
- Analyze new potential risks and define mitigation measures.
- Prepare and implement a monitoring plan.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years (with Master´s degree) or minimum 7 years (with Bachelor´s degree) of relevant work experience in infrastructure project management, in development of technical designs and in the fields of Civil Engineering (including water supply and sewerage engineering) or Mechanical Engineering.
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems.
- Desired skills: Experience in management of infrastructure projects; Experience in monitoring and reporting on designing, technical control and supervision of work; Experience in the implementation of donor-funded projects (e.g. KfW, EIB, and other international financing institutions); Experience in projects that require knowledge of FIDIC and PRAG procedures; Work experience in international organization and/or government institution would be an asset; Work experience with WWTP would be considered an asset (design and/or supervision); Knowledge of contract management in general and knowledge of international procurement process (preferably EU/KfW frameworks) is desirable; Knowledge of national legislation; Familiarity with Law on Planning and Construction requirements.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Civil engineering (including water supply and sewerage engineering) or Mechanical engineering. A first-level university degree (Bachelor´s degree) in civil engineering (including water supply and sewerage engineering) or mechanical engineering in combination with additional 5 years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of master’s degree.
