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Programme Officer- Engineer at WaterAid Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Opportunity Deadline

13/06/2025

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Job Description

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As per organization's salary scale
3 Year
Both
Bachelor Degree

Summary

Vacancy: —
Location: Dhaka
Experience: 3 to 5 years
Published: 29 May 2025

Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related discipline. Master’s degree preferred

Experience

  • 3 to 5 years

Additional Requirements

  • At least 3–5 years of relevant experience in designing and implementing water, sanitation, or waste management projects
  • Demonstrated experience in SWM and/or IWRM projects, especially with NGO, development partners, or government collaboration
  • Familiarity with engineering design software (AutoCAD, EPANET, SWMM, etc.) and MS Office tools.

Responsibilities & Context

About the Role

Through this role s/he is expected to perform specific tasks which will contribute to but not limited to specific activities/ projects managed by GO4IMPact Project. S/he will support tasks and activities across the team and shall work under direct supervision of a senior team member. Also, responsible to replicate activities with high degree of consistency, communicate across the team, occasionally support activities under programme/ project cycle (capacity review, gap identification, assessment, analysis, design, planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation).

You’ll also:

  • Act key role in initiating, facilitating, leading, and supporting implementation of different activities of projects and programme as per organisational requirement to ensure Quality Programme Standard.
  • Initiate the technical design of SWM and IWRM infrastructure and interventions, including layout, drawings, and cost estimations.
  • Review and validate technical designs, BoQs, and estimates submitted by partner organizations
  • Ensure quality assurance during the construction and implementation phases through regular monitoring and technical support.
  • Identify potential design improvements or adjustments based on field realities and suggest modifications accordingly.
  • Contribute in the preparation of project implementation plans (PIP), work schedules, and timelines from a technical perspective.
  • Provide on-the-job mentoring and technical guidance to engineers from partner organizations.
  • Support the Technical Specialist and IWRM Expert in organizing and conducting training/workshops for partner staff on SWM and IWRM technical aspects.
  • Coordinate closely with the IWRM Expert to ensure technical alignment of activities and consistency in field-level execution.
  • Conduct regular field visits to monitor the progress and quality of technical activities.
  • Prepare technical progress reports, field visit notes, and documentation of lessons learned

Compensation & Other Benefits

In addition, festival bonus, provident fund, gratuity, life insurance for self, health insurance for self, spouse and children, cell phone allowances etc. are applicable as per policy provision.

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Dhaka

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