Water & Habitat Energy Project Manager

Purpose:

The purpose of this job is to plan, design, and implement electrical engineering projects within the scope of the ICRC’s WatHab program in TYR sub delegation.

S/he manages medium sized electrical projects and ensures their successful delivery within the constraints of scope, quality, time and budget. S/he carries out needs assessments and surveys, prepares, designs, procures, implements and commissions identified projects. S/he negotiates with local authorities and stakeholders regarding project execution, supervises project implementation, and liaises with support departments to manage logistics and financial processes. S/he manages relationships with the various stakeholders involved. S/he manages project resources and ensures project reporting.

Accountabilities & Functional responsibilities:

Assessment and Planning

• Carries out field assessments focused on technical, social, and institutional aspects.
• Develops his/her own elaborate understanding of context, humanitarian needs and challenges.
• Collects and analyses all the information and data necessary to prepare comprehensive assessment reports.
• Proposes projects to address evidence-based humanitarian needs and as per strategy.

Project Design and Management

• Develops structured concepts of intervention to address needs and writes comprehensive project proposals.
• Establishes implementation methodologies that align with project management policies and guidelines.
• Performs detailed calculations and prepares technical designs and documents (bill of quantities, drawings, technical specifications, etc.) for projects in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

Facilitates the signing of project agreements.

• Prepares tender and contractual documents in close collaboration with Logistics and in accordance with ICRC rules and regulations.
• Manages contractual relations with contractors in accordance with ICRC rules and regulations.
• Supervises project implementation and ensures compliance with project documents, ICRC standards, and local building codes/standards.
• Maintains an overview of project progress and benefits while ensuring effective communication of any changes in scope, timeline, or budget to his/her managers and stakeholders.
• On a systematic and regular manner, anticipates, identifies and escalates problems that may affect all or part of the project, and proposes/implements corrective actions.
• Ensures the necessary communication and training to the "client" for the proper use of the facilities, equipment and services.
• Ensures the commissioning and handover of infrastructure and equipment to the relevant parties.

Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Monitors and evaluates projects as per agreed monitoring strategy independently, reports challenges and proposes proactively corrective measures.
• Creates and maintains up-to-date project files in electronic databases (PAM, TeamSpace, etc.) as per institutional and departmental information management guidelines.
• Maintains precise financial follow-up and ensures timely financial forecasting on project level.
• Contributes to institutional reporting and prepares specific progress and project reports.
• Acts as a Subject Matter Expert Contributor, in close collaboration with the Subject Matter Expert, ensuring the upload from relevant resources from her/his practice in the platforms.

Contacts and Networking

• Initiates a constructive dialogue and establishes a relationship of trust with all stakeholders who may have an influence on the success of the projects.
• Attends information/coordination meetings within the wider humanitarian community as appropriate, ensuring mutual exchange of information and avoiding duplications.
• Develops and maintains contacts with relevant interlocutors (e.g. EDL, water establishment, municipalities, etc.) and keeps interlocutors informed on ICRC activities.
• Develops and maintains a network of local contractors, suppliers, and consultants

Certifications / Education required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electro-Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering.

Professional Experience required:

• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Electricity/ Energy/ Electro-Mechanical Project Management including managing consultants, contractors and administering contracts.

Competencies:

• Leadership: Proficient
• Accountability: Advanced
• People management: Advanced
• Team work & collaboration: Advanced
• Representing ICRC: Advanced
• Beneficiary & client focus: Advanced
• Managing WatHab Projects: Proficient
• Managing Results and Quality: Proficient
• Analysis, Planning and Monitoring: Proficient
• Electricity and Energy: Proficient
• Service Diagnosis & Programming: Proficient
• Project Implementation: Proficient
• Managing Procurement & Contracts: Proficient
• Programming and Managing WatHab Operations: Basic
• WatHab Emergency Response: Basic
• Hygiene and IPC: Basic
• Water and Sanitation: Basic
• Architecture & Construction: Basic
• ICRC Principles and Processes: Basic

Language:

• Arabic: Native.
• English: Full professional working.

What we offer:

• Salary Package: 2’927 – 4’275 USD/Month (As per ICRC salary scale, salary setting processes will determine fair setting in coherence with the qualifications of the applicant and the requirements of the job).
• 13th Month of salary paid in December, pro rata basis in accordance with the period worked.
• Annual Leave: 20 calendar working days of paid leave per year, pro rata basis in accordance with the period worked.
• Health Insurance: 90% of premium fees under class B, coverage include: Doctor visits, Medicines, Therapy services, etc.
• International Retirement Saving Plan (IRSP): a contribution valued at 11.5% of your monthly salary, these savings are paid by the end of service as a lump sum.
• Other benefits subject to internal rules and regulations: High Cost of Living Allowance (HCLA), Schooling allowance, eyeglasses, designated personal training budget for learning opportunities.

Additional information: 

• Location: Tyr - Lebanon
• Working Schedule: Monday till Friday, from 8 Am till 5 Pm.
• Type of contract: Fixed Term, 1year (Renewable based on performance and need for position).
• Activity rate: 100%
• Estimated start date: February 2026
• Application deadline: January 1, 2026