Senior Water Engineer
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network for United Nations (UN)
Based in Geneva, the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECR) supports UNOPS offices throughout the region through: management, financial and programmatic oversight of global and country-specific portfolios, clusters and operations centres, including hosting services; fund and management advisory services; project implementation; procuring goods and services; and managing human resources.
ECR ensures that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between business units and projects across the entire region.
ECR strategy is to:
- Strengthen UNOPS role in operationalizing the Sustainable Development Goals with particular emphasis on health, environment and economic development.
- Position UNOPS in the Balkan sub-region, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
- Strengthen the implementation of ECR global and regional programmes, with revitalized partnerships in infrastructure, procurement and project management.
ECR operates global portfolios from offices in Geneva, Brussels and New York, and country-specific programmes from its operations and project centres located in Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries.
Background Information - Job-specific
The purpose of the REACT project is to promote the mainstreaming of environmenta...
The scope of this assignment can be divided into: a) Operational field mission support b) Systemic and strategic advisory, including the catalyzation of change in strategic approach.
Operational field mission support (at least 50%):
Visit field missions to provide on-ground expert advice and / or provide desktop support on:
Planning, costing and implementation of wastewater management investment programmes.
Troubleshooting recurrent equipment and site performance problems.
Undertaking review of and/or conducting risk assessments, root causes and developing appropriate risk mitigation measures.
Training / capacity building of UN engineering staff and/or local contractors in wastewater management.
Review and provide technical advice to missions on their Water and Wastewater Management Plans.
Provide review and proactive technical advice to missions throughout the environmental Action Planning and Performance process.
Engage with senior leadership to elicit top management support for investment programmes, particularly with respect to rectification of key risks and in annual budgeting processes.
Systemic and strategic advisory
Working under the auspices of a working group on water and wastewater, contribute to systemic and strategic initiatives for improved wastewater management in the field. The output shall include:
Scoping the technical challenges and developing field appropriate technical solutions for water and wastewater treatment. The respective role of outsourcing vs in-house solutions is to be comprehensively assessed.
A detailed exploration of technologies appropriate for various scales and complexities of field operations.
In-depth guidance for each priority technology and infrastructure solution, covering scoping, sizing, design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, troubleshooting and decommissioning.
Lead the development of technical specifications, sourcing strategies and SOWs for priority technologies and infrastructures.
Cost engineering data including unit rates.
Guidance on the end-of-life, including handover and/or decommissioning of wastewater treatment infrastructure.
Lead the development of Policies, Guidelines, SOPs, Standards, key performance indicators, templates for the implementation of water and wastewater management practices.
Provide substantive contributions to various working groups and senior leadership meetings.
3. Monitoring and Progress Controls
The activities and outputs will need to consider, inter-alia, the following constraints:
Relatively short timeframes for planning, design, construction and commissioning and operational lifespan.
The capital and operating costs, in particular the energy and human resource needs for commissioning and operation.
The potential for handover to host nations upon mission liquidation.
Outputs will include:
Provision of advice in the form of verbal, written and diagrammatic output, including face to face/VTC meetings and presentations, internal documents and associated working files to high standard.
Writing and/or editing short technical and applied research reports for publication as grey literature.
The Engineer will act as a technical lead and primary author on many documents. Technical, CAD and editing support will be available, however the Engineer will be responsible for coordinating and scheduling the support tasks, which may come from both internal teams and external partners. The Engineer may be responsible for managing the tasks of junior staff members.
Travel (up to 30%), potentially to remote locations including least developed countries, will be required. All travel expenses will be covered in accordance with UN rules and regulations.
The successful candidate will be working in a multi-stakeholder team. They would be expected to demonstrate professionalism and a strong work ethic; ability to work independently; flexibility and willingness to provide innovative solutions to potential challenges they will face. They will also use their communication and diplomatic skills to influence a range of stakeholders, from field technical operatives through to managers at senior level within the UN system.
The scope of this assignment can be divided into: a) Operational field mission s...
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education Advanced University Degree (Master's or equivalent) in water and...
Develops and implements sustainable business strategies, thinks long term and ex...
Contract type, level and duration
Contract type: Individual Contract Agreement (ICA) Contract level: I-...
Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time Applications r...
Industry experience
Education: Masters
Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant
Taxonomy
- Engineer
- Environmental Engineer
- water engineer