Job Description
Job Title: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Engineer
Reporting to: Deputy Chief of Party – Technical
Location: Amman, Jordan
Position type: Full-Time Local Professional
Start date: December 01, 2022
Duration: One year (renewable as needed throughout project life)
Background
USAID Water Governance Activity (WGA) program is a multi-year project funded by USAID, which aims to support the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to achieve measurable improvements and greater sustainability of the water sector by providing technical assistance to strengthen the GoJ’s reform, policy development and implementation, and capacity-building efforts. USAID WGA will support the following objectives: support the GoJ to define and resolve water sector strategy and policy issues; improve water entities’ performance by reducing network losses, increasing conveyance efficiencies, and improving utility cost recovery; and specific, cross-cutting objectives related to support to gender, youth, persons with disabilities (PWD), and private sector engagement.
Job Summary:
The Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Planning Engineer will work closely with the Deputy Chief of Party-Technical, the governance team of WGA, MWI, WAJ and the water companies in technical activities related to water and wastewater infrastructure master plans, national capital investment plan (CIP) update, and water sector reference booklet
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work on updating the national water and wastewater infrastructure master plans including integrating Non-Revenue Water (NRW) related engineering activities.
• Lead updating the CIP including data collection and assembling, agreeing on the prioritization criteria, and drafting the CIP document.
• Provide technical and engineering support to the efforts made to develop a reference booklet that unifies the nation-wide design criteria, standards, specifications, and drawings for major components related to water and wastewater sector infrastructure covering design, construction, and operation phases.
• Carry out basic and moderate hydraulic analysis and provide oversight and feedback to other hydraulic analysis teams.
• Provide other technical and engineering support related to water and wastewater infrastructure, surface water and NRW relating engineering projects.
• Develop and maintain highly collaborative relationships with counterparts and relevant water stakeholders to successfully develop and implement project activities.
• Perform other tasks as appropriate and as determined by the Deputy Chef of Party – Technical
Education and/or Experience/Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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