WASH Process Engineer at Sanivation

Quick Summary

Currently recruiting for a dynamic individual to join as a key member of our Projects team. S/He will have an opportunity for hands-on technical work as well as management and strategy roles. And you’ll be joining a passionate team changing the face of sanitation in East Africa.

Looking for a WASH Engineer whwants tbring sustainable, safe sanitation to tens of thousands of people. This is an opportunity for personal impact and to help shape a new and growing department.

Applications accepted on a rolling basis and evaluated as they come in. We will recruit until role is filled, and we’re looking for starting ASAP.

Role Overview

• This role will report to the Director of Projects and collaborate with people across the business including Product Development and Operations teams.
• The role will develop inthaving management responsibility of fellows and a local team.
• The role will manage projects across the Infrastructure Lifecycle on feasibility, design, commissioning, and operation.
• It will require immense creativity while grounding ideas in experience and data, and a passion for figuring things out the hard way.

Required

• University degree in engineering
• Work experience as an engineer in water, wastewater, sanitation or similar engineering field.
• Experience working in a developing country. East Africa preferred.
• Willing tlive in Kenya full time, strong preference for 2 year commitment
• Leading projects and managing teams
• Experience at various stages of the project lifecycle i.e. feasibility, design, construction, commissioning, operation and asset management
• Comfort working with a diverse, energetic team with changing priorities and tight deadlines

Desirable experience

• Working with a large, multinational organization
• Experience in fecal sludge management strongly preferred
• Experience in manufacturing
• Professionally certified engineer
• Experience checking and/or approving documents
• Training in Health and Safety
• Able to speak Swahili or eagerness tlearn

Competencies

• Excellent cross-cultural communication
• Open-minded, inquisitive and critical approach tsanitation services
• Ability tfocus on the details while still pushing towards high-level goals
• Comfortable with ambiguity, risk and change; we are a startup building something completely new, sthe road will be bumpy and exciting!
• Confidence tchallenge assumptions and behavior – tsay the unpopular thing, raise opposing viewpoints and questions decisions made from above
• Passionate about social causes and a sense of humor

Key Responsibilities

• Company growth
• Key member of design team for expansion treatment plants
• Advising on expansion strategy from a technology and systems perspective
• Collaborating on innovative new products with Product Development team
• Process commissioning
• Leading commissioning procedures including: data collection, SOP creation, H&S, troubleshooting
• Testing new machinery and equipment before passing it to Operations
• Operational improvement
• Leading data collection and management tinform future designs and improve current processes
• Establishing maintenance procedures
• Improving company-wide engineering standards
• Applying external perspective and experience tall work at Sanivation
• Recommending and implementing best practices from previous experience across design, construction, H&S and company culture.
• Supporting professional development of engineers at Sanivation