Wash Engineer (We)

Job Purpose: The Water & Sanitation Engineer will be responsible for assisting the organization in the implementation of WASH activities in Zahle, West Bekaa and Baalbeck District. He will support the international WASH Manager with the planning and coordination of water, sanitation and hygiene activities in the project sites in all the involved area of intervention, in accordance to the allocated resources and timeframe.     Generic Duties:   Assist the international WASH Manager in designing, organizing, planning, following up and supervising all the technical field activities of the project regarding WASH; Under the supervision of the international WASH Manager, liaise and coordinate all the technical activities in the field with the local authorities, the water bureau, the community representatives and other agencies engaged in the WASH sector across the project sites. Contribute to identify in the field new interventions in the Water & Sanitation sector through regular need assessment; Participate to sectorial coordination meetings at local and national level when requested by the international WASH Manager; Under the supervision of the international WASH Manager, organize, manage and supervise the WASH operations in the field and provide needed technical support to the team; Under the supervision of the international WASH Manager, provide support in negotiating, supervising and coordinating eventual contractors and suppliers of the WASH items; Supervise and monitor the hygiene promotion activities in the field; Collect, analyze and interpret all technical data concerning the WASH activities to support the drawing of reports as required by the international WASH Manager; Assist the water quality testing procedure and transportation (bacteriological and chemical quality); Under the supervision of the international WASH Manager, identify and report on eventual training and technical support needs to the field teams and of local water authorities; Provide technical input to prepare or adapt sketches and design of civil and hydraulic works for the execution of WASH works, as required by the project and according to the instructions of the international WASH expert and the guidelines of the humanitarian sector working groups Prepare or revise bill of quantities and construction plans related to the construction works In general, provide technical input to the international WASH Manager to prepare or revise the technical documentation in every tender dossier Report to and discuss with the international WASH Manager any technical issues of the field activities which may have a direct impact on the general implementation of the project or of the organization’s activities in the area Develop a certain degree of autonomy in managing the field teams and issues related to the daily implementation of the activities Supervise the execution of the WASH works directly and provide technical guidance and expertise to the team and the manpower (casual workers) in charge of the works Assist - with inputs deriving from the experience developed in present and past projects - the international WASH Manager in the decision-making related to the daily implementation of the WASH project components in the field Provide input to prepare reports on her/his activities as per the PM’s and TC’s requests Keep herself/himself up-to-date on sector working groups’ and local authorities’ news, reports, recommendations, requirements, etc. Quickly react to changes - of any kind - in the field and its context in which the project activities are being implemented, inform the senior management about them and contribute to finding proper adjustments Accomplish any other task not here listed if necessary to the projects achievement.