Water Supply Officer at Shining Hope For Communities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinating, controlling, and managing technical operations and maintenance of water infrastructure to ensure that water services are provided to the required standards
• Ensuring the production and supply of quality and safe water to customers in an effective and efficient manner and in compliance with relevant laws and policies
• Regularly conducting water distribution infrastructure checks, analyzing network performance (e.g. network pressures, frequency of leaks and bursts Vs areas / particular pipes) and recommending any necessary infrastructure development, maintenance or replacements
• Carry out network balancing through continuous reservoir level monitoring; and pressure and flow measurements to enhance supply reliability
• Ensuring safety of water by facilitating regular water quality testing and monitoring, and undertaking corrective measures
• Provide inputs on water infrastructure site selection, surveys and designs, hydrogeological assessments, specifications, deliverables and evaluation criteria
• Participate in bids evaluation and WASH construction supervision activities as per the designs, specifications and work schedule
• Developing/adopting and implementing various pro-poor interventions aimed at increasing access to water service for the urban poor in the low-income areas.
• Ensure sound occupational health and safety practices are maintained for all activities in the section
• Developing customer focus and maintaining good working relations with customers
• Provide technical support in preparation of progress reports, annual operational plan and budget.

Education and Qualifications

• Degree holder in a Water Engineering course from recognized institution;
• Must be registrable/registered by Engineer’s Registration Board(ERB) and/or Institution of Engineers of Kenya(IEK);
• Proficient in use of computers in particular relevant AutoCAD software, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Microsoft office suite;

Professional Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in successful operations and maintenance of water supply infrastructure; with at least 1 year at supervisory level

Other required qualifications (unique/job specific)

• Must have excellent understanding of the Kenyan water sector reforms;
• Ability and experienced in conceptualization, design, supervision and construction of water and waste water infrastructure.
• Excellent engineering writing, interpretation and reporting skills
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary multicultural teams with minimum supervision.
• Ability to deliver work within tight deadlines and handle heavier work pressure near deadlines
• Past experience working in urban informal settlements is an asset