Technical Expert
Job Description
Title: Technical Expert
Company Name: WaterAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: --
Age: Na
Job Location: Dhaka
Salary: Tk. 94000 (Monthly)
Experience:
- At least 5 years
Published: 2026-01-11
Application Deadline: 2026-01-26
Education:
- Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Environmental Engineering, or Water Resources Engineering from a recognized and reputable university in Bangladesh or abroad. A master’s degree in relevant field or a closely related discipline will be considered an advantage.
Requirements:
- At least 5 years
Skills Required:
Additional Requirements:
At least five years of professional working experience with demonstrated involvement in design and implementation phases (including but not limited to preparation of designs, drawings, BoQs, and technical supervisory support during construction) of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructures, water supply/ treatment systems, septage/ waste management unit including FSTP/ STP/ landfill etc.
Responsibilities & Context:
Contract type: Long Term | Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Location: WaterAid Bangladesh Country Office Dhaka, Bangladesh
Change starts with water. Change starts with you.
Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.
About WaterAid
We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.
About the team
Technical Team, under the Technical Services Department, provides expert guidance to implementing units on water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to ensure quality, sustainability, and compliance with standards defined by organisation. The team provides extensive support to design, implement, and assess interventions, and not limited to but conducting studies, research, developing technical guidelines. The team also initiates piloting innovative technologies, climate resilient and environment friendly WASH solutions. Strategic collaboration with sector actors, academia, private sector enables the team to ensure impactful evidence-based intervention & knowledge sharing across the sector.
About the role
This role will play pivotal role in developing engineering design of climate-resilient water supply systems across small to medium-scale schemes, including assessing groundwater & surface water sources, treatment process, storage, distribution networks, water vending machine etc. The incumbent will prioritise fit-for-purpose, technically sound, environmentally sustainable, and socially acceptable water interventions, optimising source selection, treatment reliability, and lifecycle costing.
The position will contribute to the development or review of technical design guidelines, standards, and toolkits using advanced digital design and data practices (e.g., CAD/BIM, hydraulic modelling, GIS/ asset data), and translate engineering insights into clear, actionable evidence for decision-makers and partners.
Job Other Benifits:
Salary: Monthly starting gross salary is BDT 94,000/- (flexible for deserving candidate).
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Work Place:
Company Information:
Gender: Male and Female can apply
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
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