Water & Construction Engineer

About the role

World Vision is recruiting a full-time Water & Construction Engineer for its ADP in Loyangalani, Turkana, Kenya. The engineer provides technical leadership in designing, implementing and monitoring water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, construction works and multiple-use water initiatives, delivering them on time, to quality standards and sustainably. The role also requires communicating World Vision's Christian ethos and giving a good example in spiritual life.

Key responsibilities

• Design, feasibility studies, water resource mapping, EIA support and technical designs for WASH and construction projects, and prepare tender documents.
• Supervise construction and rehabilitation of water supply works, inspect works, approve site clearance and earthworks, and prepare payment certificates.
• Monitor contractor progress with Microsoft Project, keep daily site diaries and produce daily, weekly and monthly reports.
• Develop water safety plans, disaster risk management plans and annual operation plans, and ensure projects follow Sphere, WHO, Government of Kenya and WV Kenya standards.
• Train Water User Associations and build the capacity of SMEs, CBOs and communities to manage WASH facilities.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports, document lessons learned and report completed projects in mWater.
• Represent WV Kenya in stakeholder forums, partner with county government and development partners, and educate communities on WASH laws and standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Civil/Water Engineering with 3+ years of hands-on experience, or HND with 7+ years.
• At least 4 years of INGO field experience, including 3-5 years in sanitation and hygiene programming.
• Proven experience managing a large-scale community-based water project.
• Good understanding of contract management, rural water supply O&M, disaster risk management and water safety plans.
• Excellent written and spoken English; registration with EBK/KETREB as a graduate engineer is an added advantage.
• Mature, committed Christian willing to travel to the field.

Required skills

• Preferred: AutoCAD, ArchiCAD and GIS; knowledge of FIDIC contracts.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Microsoft Outlook.
• Ability to use spreadsheets and databases.