Zonal Irrigation/Rural Infrastructure Engineer at Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development

Main Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Zonal Program Coordinator, the Irrigation/Rural Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for all irrigation and rural infrastructure engineering activities relating to the Program at the Zone.

Specific Duties
The litigation and Infrastructure Engineer would be responsible for activities relating to rehabilitation/development of irrigation, micro-hydropower, potable water supply infrastructure under the Program at the Zone. He/she will report to the Zonal Program Coordinator and work in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources and other external implementation partners. The specific rcsponsibi1ties of the Engineer will include hut not limited to the following:

• Be responsible for the implementation of irrigation, potable water supply and associated energy infrastructure.
• Follow-up on procurement of goods and services for all infrastructure projects. In liaison with the Procurement officer, prepare and or assist implementing agencies in the preparation of TOR, bidding documents, request for proposals and hid evaluation reports for procurement of civil works, goods and technical assistance services tinder the agricultural infrastructure rehabilitation and development component in accordance with standards and requirements of AfDB;
• Undertake inspection of works to verify quality, quantity and timeliness of work done and prepare and/or verify pavement certificates for service providers engaged on project irrigation and other infrastructure related activities.
• Identify the various infrastructure activities fur which short-term expertise is required: prepare detailed TOR for the required specialist input.
• Ensure that the maintenance program of irrigation and related infrastructure is properly designed and put in place appropriate mechanisms for its execution during and after the project, in accordance with the stipulation of the appraisal report.
• In liaison with the Ministry of Environment, ensure that environmental mitigation measures are implemented as part of infrastructure rehabilitation and development, as well as conducting regular environmental monitoring activities.
• Contribute relevant consent to Project Progress Reports. Liaise with the Zonal and Local Government Agriculture Offices as well as the Program Monitoring Officer to prepare quarterly, bi-annual and annual progress reports, as well as mid-term review report for infrastructure development and management.
• Participate actively in AfDB supervision missions by collecting amid providing infrastructure implementation progress data and information required by the missions.
• Assist with preparing water management training modules and course requirements for the Communities. Zonal and Local Government staff in liaison with training service providers and provide technical support to the trainers.
• Liaise with program stakeholders and other relevant projects, programs, state agencies. NGO’s, private sector, and other parties in order to facilitate program implementation.
• Assist in organizing Zonal Steering Committee meetings and preparing records.

Qualifications and Experience

• At least a Bachelors Degree in Irrigation, Water and/or Hydraulic Engineering.
• At least 8 years proven work experience in rural infrastructure development including rural water supply/irritation amid energy infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate, and monitor his or her own work plan and to collaborate with colleagues across operating units.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
• Results focused and self motivated professional with proven ability to work under minimum guidance.
• Computer literate with excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, especially Microsoft Protect, Excel, Word, AUTOCAD in addition to other water/hydraulic engineering design software.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of design and construction of irrigation infrastructure, particularly for rice production (upland and swamp) and potable water supply facilities.
• Knowledge of renewable/alternative energy systems such as micro-hydro power, solar amid biogas is desirable.

Terms of Appointment
Maximum of five years, renewable every year subject to satisfactory performance. The performance criteria will be the indicator for assessing every officer.