Programme Officer- Engineer

Job Description

Title: Programme Officer- Engineer

Company Name: WaterAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Location: Dhaka

Experience:
∎ 3 to 5 years

Published: 29 May 2025

Education:
∎ Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related discipline. Master’s degree preferred

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in designing and implementing water, sanitation, or waste management projects
∎ Demonstrated experience in SWM and/or IWRM projects, especially with NGO, development partners, or government collaboration
∎ Familiarity with engineering design software (AutoCAD, EPANET, SWMM, etc.) and MS Office tools.
∎ At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in designing and implementing water, sanitation, or waste management projects
∎ Demonstrated experience in SWM and/or IWRM projects, especially with NGO, development partners, or government collaboration
∎ Familiarity with engineering design software (AutoCAD, EPANET, SWMM, etc.) and MS Office tools.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Act key role in initiating, facilitating, leading, and supporting implementation of different activities of projects and programme as per organisational requirement to ensure Quality Programme Standard.
∎ Initiate the technical design of SWM and IWRM infrastructure and interventions, including layout, drawings, and cost estimations.
∎ Review and validate technical designs, BoQs, and estimates submitted by partner organizations
∎ Ensure quality assurance during the construction and implementation phases through regular monitoring and technical support.
∎ Identify potential design improvements or adjustments based on field realities and suggest modifications accordingly.
∎ Contribute in the preparation of project implementation plans (PIP), work schedules, and timelines from a technical perspective.
∎ Provide on-the-job mentoring and technical guidance to engineers from partner organizations.
∎ Support the Technical Specialist and IWRM Expert in organizing and conducting training/workshops for partner staff on SWM and IWRM technical aspects.
∎ Coordinate closely with the IWRM Expert to ensure technical alignment of activities and consistency in field-level execution.
∎ Conduct regular field visits to monitor the progress and quality of technical activities.
∎ Prepare technical progress reports, field visit notes, and documentation of lessons learned
∎ About the Role
∎ Through this role s/he is expected to perform specific tasks which will contribute to but not limited to specific activities/ projects managed by GO4IMPact Project. S/he will support tasks and activities across the team and shall work under direct supervision of a senior team member. Also, responsible to replicate activities with high degree of consistency, communicate across the team, occasionally support activities under programme/ project cycle (capacity review, gap identification, assessment, analysis, design, planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation).
∎ You’ll also:
∎ Act key role in initiating, facilitating, leading, and supporting implementation of different activities of projects and programme as per organisational requirement to ensure Quality Programme Standard.
∎ Initiate the technical design of SWM and IWRM infrastructure and interventions, including layout, drawings, and cost estimations.
∎ Review and validate technical designs, BoQs, and estimates submitted by partner organizations
∎ Ensure quality assurance during the construction and implementation phases through regular monitoring and technical support.
∎ Identify potential design improvements or adjustments based on field realities and suggest modifications accordingly.
∎ Contribute in the preparation of project implementation plans (PIP), work schedules, and timelines from a technical perspective.
∎ Provide on-the-job mentoring and technical guidance to engineers from partner organizations.
∎ Support the Technical Specialist and IWRM Expert in organizing and conducting training/workshops for partner staff on SWM and IWRM technical aspects.
∎ Coordinate closely with the IWRM Expert to ensure technical alignment of activities and consistency in field-level execution.
∎ Conduct regular field visits to monitor the progress and quality of technical activities.
∎ Prepare technical progress reports, field visit notes, and documentation of lessons learned

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ In addition, festival bonus, provident fund, gratuity, life insurance for self, health insurance for self, spouse and children, cell phone allowances etc. are applicable as per policy provision.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Dhaka

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