Susanne Kimmich

Independent Consultant with more than 25 years of experience as engineer, team leader, project manager , water/environmental and economic/social science expert.

Expert for water, sewage, sanitation, leachate, digestate , soil and water conservation (integrated watershed management) and climate change mitigation, related to governance, finance, management and water nexus with global challenges.

Professional experience in:

• Technical and business expertise, capacity building, monitoring, training, urban/rural infrastructure concepts and development.

• Excellent communication, coordination and leadership skills (with multinational and inter-disciplinary teams and local stakeholders).

• Preparation of studies, reports, MIS, QA and organizational development.

• Strategic planning and implementation; design/build and cost estimation.

• Design and engineering of water supply, sewage and wastewater treatment systems

• Development of site specific solutions for local water and sanitation schemes.

• Development of project standards, financial and tender documents

• Monitoring and Evaluation (impact monitoring and national MIS solutions).

• Development of Master Plans for sewage and wastewater treatment systems

• Cost calculation, project management, supervision and documentation (operation manual)

• Procurement of goods and services provided across project components.

• Commissioning and optimisation of water supply, sewage and wastewater treatment systems

• Training of local partners and NGOs in design, implementation and M&E.