Conservation and Resource Protection Engineer

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Conservation and Resource Protection Engineer will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:

• Planning and implementing activities and projects related to water resource catchments (basins), source water protection, and improved management of water allocation for irrigation and potable water in selected WSC intervention areas. Provides support to WSC team members to increase public utility capacity to manage irrigation sources efficiently, reducing water needed for irrigation, and redirecting water resources to domestic supply.
• Help develop local community engagements resulting in sustainable water conservation and protection plans. Plans and convenes stakeholders including industries, farmers, and citizens, for water resource protection awareness and education events.
• Plans and uses grant funds to facilitate youth engagement and CSO training and capacity development in water conservation and protection efforts.
• Introduces municipalities, CSOs, water user’s associations (WUAs) to the adoption of drip irrigation.
• Working and coordinating with other WSC teams to implement water safety plans (WSPs). Plans and conducts pollution reduction activities across WSC intervention areas.
• Planning and implementing pilot initiatives for reuse of treated sewage effluent or wastewater sludge for approved agriculture usages. Promotes circular economy (WW/sludge reuse) opportunities for agricultural sector. Partnering with BWE, LRA, municipalities, WUAs, and the private sector during the WSC to test and promote wastewater/sludge reuse with farmer cooperatives, monitor performance standards in treated effluent and work with farmers on adoption of WW/sludge reuse practices.
• Providing input to the infrastructure assessment to identify and select water, wastewater, and irrigation infrastructure upgrade opportunities in selected intervention areas.
• Working with other WSC team members to utilize WSPs to inform the design of a “citizen scientist” program and to train local communities on WQ monitoring and safety communication to detect, analyze, and report data and water pollution cases
• Providing support to increase the LRA’s capability to detect and resolve cases contributing to Litani River pollution. Increases LRA’s capability to reduce pollution by capitalizing on LRA’s proactive approach to water resource protection to monitor seasonal water volume/quality changes in the Litani River.
• Works with other WSC team members to seek win-win solutions that improve industry water use and wastewater treatment to include increasing water reuse and reducing effluents.
• Providing coordinating support of AUB to facilitate LRA field investigations, continuing IWMI’s identification of pollution and groundwater over-extraction hot spots.
• Providing support to the CE & Grants Team to expand civic engagement by strengthening CSO capacity to promote water awareness and conservation activities and education.
• Working with other WSC team members to improve communal sanitation management and to develop a communal sanitation management pilot.
• Supports BWE to analyze the positive impact on groundwater and partner with municipalities and farmers to reduce illegal groundwater extraction.
• Supports planning and implementing youth-engagement activities reflecting the 2019 USAID/Lebanon Rapid Youth Assessment’s Development Objective 3, including supporting training for schoolteachers to integrate water conservation in educational curricula and an internship program for students.
• Works closely with the Design Engineer Team to help provide required project characteristics and input for additional design details, modifications, or clarifications, including specifications, are developed and or modified as approved, for assigned construction projects in a timely manner.
• Under guidance of  the Design and Construction Manager, manages conservation and resource management related construction project development from the point of construction subcontract award to the completion of specified projects.
• Provide assistance to the construction team in supervising projects during implementation phase.

Qualifications:

• Grade 7, minimum of 5 years of experience of related experience (may include up to 2 years of engineering design experience). Grade 8, minimum of 7 years of related work experience. 2-Years of work experience may be substituted by an appropriate master’s degree.
• An engineering degree from a recognized university in civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, water or environmental engineering.
• Master’s degree in engineering, construction, agricultural, or environmental management preferred but not required.
• Experience working on USAID projects and knowledge of USAID policies, strategies, and regulations preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal relationships with national and international staff in a multicultural environment and with multidisciplinary teams
• Proven complete project management experience (from contract award to completion of defects liability periods and project completion and handover).
• Grant concept development and grant management experience preferred.
• Comprehensive understanding of implementing construction QA/QC programs.