Title Water Supply Expert

As a Water Supply Expert, you will ideally hold a master's degree in environmental engineering, public health engineering, hydrological engineering, water resources engineering, civil engineering, or structural engineering from a recognized university. A basic bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent is also acceptable. You should have a minimum of 12 years of general experience and at least 10 years of specific experience as a Water Supply Expert. Your expertise should include undertaking planning and detailed engineering design work for major water supply network infrastructure projects, particularly in urban development, complete water supply (ground and surface water), treatment, and related infrastructure designs. Experience in planning, designing, and implementing externally aided projects in the urban sector would be advantageous. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with the national Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, other Sector Experts, and Climate and Disaster Resilience Expert to plan and design municipal infrastructure development subprojects related to water supply networks, treatment plants, and related structures. Your tasks will involve reviewing existing information, strengthening urban infrastructure vision and improvement plans, preparing urban strategy and city investment plans, prioritizing subprojects, conducting feasibility studies, and preparing comprehensive project reports and bid documents. You will also supervise topographic surveys, integrate survey results into designs, contribute to planning and designing water supply networks and treatment plants, and ensure compliance with national and international standards for climate resilience and disaster risk management. Additionally, you will be responsible for preparing detailed engineering designs, construction drawings, cost estimates, and specifications for water supply subproject components. Furthermore, you will assist in capacity building initiatives, governance reforms, and revenue generation mechanisms, as well as provide inputs for reports and participate in training programs based on your sectoral expertise. Your role may also involve supporting the adoption of value capture financing tools for sustainable revenue generation and contributing to ongoing reform processes as required by the Client and national Team Leader.,