Jobs at Alaro City

Role Summary

• The Document Controller is responsible for the efficient management, coordination, and administration of all departmental documentation and records within the Development Control & Architecture Department. 
• The role ensures that all architectural drawings, development applications, technical reports, inspection records, permits, approvals, correspondence, and other official documents are systematically received, recorded, organized, stored, retrieved, distributed, and archived in accordance with established document control procedures and records management standards.
• As the custodian of the department's document management system, the Document Controller plays a critical role in maintaining the integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and accessibility of information throughout the lifecycle of each document. 
• The incumbent will ensure that all documents are properly classified, version-controlled, and readily available to support timely decision-making, regulatory compliance, project execution, and operational efficiency.
• The role requires close collaboration with architects, development control officers, planners, engineers, administrative personnel, and external stakeholders to facilitate the seamless flow of information and ensure that all documentation is complete, up to date, and compliant with departmental policies and statutory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Receive, register, classify, and maintain all incoming and outgoing departmental documents.
• Establish and maintain both physical and electronic filing systems for architectural, engineering and development control records.
• Ensure proper version control and document numbering for drawings, reports, permits, and related documentation.
• Retrieve documents promptly upon request and maintain accurate records of document movement.
• Monitor document review, approval, and distribution processes to ensure timely circulation.
• Maintain confidentiality and security of sensitive departmental information.
• Archive completed documents in accordance with the organization's records management policies.
• Conduct periodic audits of files to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with document control standards.
• Support the Development Control, Architecture & Engineering team with administrative documentation requirements.
• Prepare document status reports and maintain document registers.
• Coordinate with internal departments and external stakeholders regarding document submissions and records.
• Recommend improvements to document management systems and processes to enhance efficiency.

Technical Skills:

• Strong knowledge of document control and records management practices.
• Excellent filing, organizational, and record-keeping skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to manage both physical and electronic document management systems.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong time management and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information professionally.
• Basic understanding of architectural drawings and technical documentation is desirable.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Soft Skills and Competencies:

• Accuracy and completeness of document records.
• Timeliness of document processing and retrieval.
• Compliance with document control procedures.
• Efficiency of filing and archiving systems.
• Reduction in lost, misplaced, or outdated documents.
• Responsiveness to internal document requests.
• Highly organized and methodical.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to quality.
• Dependable, trustworthy, and professional.
• Proactive and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a customer-service mindset.

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Role Summary

• The Hydraulic Engineer will be a hands-on design professional responsible for the full design lifecycle of hydraulic, drainage and water infrastructure; from catchment analysis and hydraulic sizing through to detailed design, drafting, and the production of construction-ready drawings, calculations, specifications, and Bills of Quantities.
• This is fundamentally a design role. 
• The successful candidate will personally size drains, channels and culverts, model drainage and flood networks, design and detail hydraulic structures, carry out flood risk assessments, build and develop Civil 3D and Revit models, and prepare technical documentation. 
• The role also includes design coordination with the planning, roads, structural and MEP teams, design review against codes and standards, and periodic site visits to verify that installations match the issued design intent.

Key Responsibilities

Stormwater & Urban Drainage Design:

• Carry out hydrological analysis including rainfall-runoff estimation, IDF/design-storm derivation, time of concentration, and runoff computation using the Rational Method and SCS/SUDS approaches.
• Size road and site drainage networks: gullies and inlets, pipe and channel networks, culverts, swales and open drains, using Manning and Colebrook-White methods.
• Design Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) including permeable paving, bioretention, filter strips, swales, and detention/retention/attenuation ponds in line with the CIRIA SuDS Manual (C753).
• Design outfalls, flow-control and attenuation structures (orifices, weirs, vortex flow controls), and stormwater quality treatment provisions.

Flood Risk Assessment & Hydraulic Modelling:

• Delineate catchments and build hydrological models (e.g. HEC-HMS) to derive design flows and hydrographs.
• Develop 1D and 1D/2D hydraulic models (HEC-RAS, EPA SWMM, InfoWorks ICM) for river reaches, drainage networks and overland flow.
• Prepare Flood Risk Assessments and floodplain/flood-hazard mapping, apply climate-change allowances, and develop and evaluate flood mitigation and drainage strategies.

Hydraulic Structures Design & Detailing:

• Design and detail hydraulic structures including culverts, headwalls and wingwalls, lined and unlined channels, weirs, spillways, drop structures, stilling basins and energy dissipators, gabions and erosion/scour protection.
• Perform hydraulic calculations for open-channel flow, backwater/afflux, energy dissipation and scour, and coordinate structural and reinforcement detailing of concrete hydraulic structures.
• Produce construction-ready structural and hydraulic details, sections, and schedules to the project documentation standard.

Water Supply & Sewerage Networks:

• Design potable water reticulation including demand analysis, storage sizing, and booster/pump station sizing; carry out network hydraulic analysis (EPANET, WaterGEMS).
• Design gravity and rising sewers and wastewater conveyance, including pump stations and rising-main hydraulics (SewerGEMS).
• Design connections to Alaro City’s central utility infrastructure, including potable water, irrigation, stormwater, sewage and reclaimed-water networks.

Drafting & Production of Drawings:

• Personally draft and produce all hydraulic and drainage drawings; catchment plans, network layouts, longitudinal sections, grading plans, structural details, schedules, and legends; to construction-ready standard.
• Build, develop and maintain Civil 3D models (grading, corridors, pipe/pressure networks) and Revit models at the appropriate LOD for each design stage.
• Set up sheet sets, title blocks, view templates, annotation standards and drawing numbering aligned with the project’s documentation standards.
• Issue drawings at each design stage (concept, preliminary, detailed, IFC) with full revision control, transmittals and drawing registers, and produce AutoCAD deliverables where required.

Design Review & Technical Documentation:

• Review and check own design output and that of junior staff or sub-consultants for technical accuracy, code compliance and constructability.
• Prepare design basis reports, drainage and flood risk strategy reports, design narratives and calculation packages for each project.
• Develop and review Bills of Quantities (BOQ) and take-offs from the hydraulic design, ensuring quantities reconcile with the issued drawings, and maintain a structured document-control system.

Preconstruction Planning:

• Provide hydraulic and drainage design input to project programming, packaging strategies and procurement planning during preconstruction.
• Prepare tender documentation including drawings, specifications, BOQs and technical scopes of work, and evaluate contractor technical submissions and method statements from a design perspective.

Construction Support & Periodic Site Visits:

• Conduct periodic site visits to verify that installations match the issued design intent and to resolve design-related queries arising during construction.
• Review contractor shop drawings, builder’s work and combined services drawings, and material submittals against the issued design and specifications.
• Respond to Requests for Information (RFIs), issue design clarifications and site instructions, and witness key testing and commissioning activities (CCTV survey, pressure and infiltration testing) from a design-conformance perspective.

Codes, Standards & Compliance:

• Ensure all designs comply with applicable standards including BS EN 752 and BS EN 12056 (drainage), the CIRIA SuDS Manual C753, Sewers for Adoption / Design and Construction Guidance, the DMRB drainage standards (CD 526, CG 501), BS EN 1997 (geotechnical design of structures), HR Wallingford hydraulic design tables, and the Nigerian Building Code and relevant local authority requirements.
• Stay current with code revisions, climate-change resilience and sustainability frameworks (e.g. EDGE, LEED, BREEAM) as they apply to water and drainage infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree (B.Eng. / B.Sc. / B.Tech.) in Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a closely related discipline from a recognised institution. A relevant postgraduate qualification in water/hydraulic engineering is an advantage.
• Experience: Minimum of four (5) years of relevant post-graduation experience in hydraulic, drainage or water-resources design, with demonstrable design output on infrastructure and/or urban-development projects.
• Design Portfolio: Verifiable portfolio of drainage and hydraulic design drawings, calculation packages and reports personally produced on completed projects.
• Professional Registration: Registered with COREN (Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria) or actively progressing towards registration.

Experience:  

• Minimum of four (5) years of relevant post-graduation experience producing hydraulic and drainage design deliverables for infrastructure or urban-development projects.
• Demonstrated design experience across stormwater and urban drainage, flood risk assessment and modelling, hydraulic structures, and water/sewerage networks.
• Hands-on experience producing design drawings, calculations, specifications and BOQs on CAD/BIM-enabled projects from concept design through to issued-for-construction (IFC) stage.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and modelling personally in Civil 3D, Revit and AutoCAD; this is not a purely review or management role.
• Experience interfacing with planners, roads and structural engineers, contractors, and regulatory authorities on design matters.

Technical Skills:

• Drainage & Hydraulic Modelling: Hands-on proficiency in EPA SWMM and InfoDrainage; InfoWorks ICM is a plus. Must be able to build, run and interpret hydraulic network models independently.
• Flood Modelling: HEC-RAS (1D and 2D) and HEC-HMS for hydrologic and river/floodplain hydraulic modelling and flood-hazard mapping.
• Network Hydraulics: EPANET and WaterGEMS (water), SewerGEMS (sewer) for pressurised and gravity network design and analysis.
• CAD & BIM: Strong drafting and modelling proficiency in Civil 3D (grading, corridors, pipe and pressure networks), Revit and AutoCAD; must be able to model, annotate, schedule and produce construction-ready sheets independently.
• GIS: QGIS and/or ArcGIS for catchment delineation, spatial analysis and mapping.
• Documentation & Productivity: Advanced Microsoft Excel for design calculations, schedules and BOQs (lookups, dynamic arrays, conditional logic, and VBA where relevant); Microsoft Word for specifications and reports; Bluebeam Revu for drawing markup and review.
• Templates & Standards: Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain Civil 3D and Revit templates, parts lists, families, title blocks, drawing standards and documentation systems.
• Design Workflow: Drainage and hydraulic design coordination, shop drawing review, BOQ preparation and review, material submittal review, site inspections and technical reporting.

Soft Skills and Competencies:

• Strong design judgement and the ability to make sound technical decisions with limited supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear design narratives, specifications and technical reports.
• Sharp problem-solving and analytical thinking, with a structured, calculation-based approach to design decisions.
• High attention to detail, particularly in drawings, calculations, schedules and specifications.
• Good coordination skills for working across planning, roads, structural, MEP and contractor interfaces.
• Resilience and adaptability; comfortable balancing focused design work in the office with periodic site visits.
• Strong commitment to safety, ethics and professional integrity.