Overview

 Chartered by internationally recognized institution, the wastewater sector in Ghana suffers from historic underinvestment and weak governance which has resulted in hugely underdeveloped wastewater infrastructure, high leakage, and inefficient pumping costs and degraded water quality. The level of sanitary network connections remains very low in rural areas compared with urban areas which have up to 90 per cent wastewater connection coverage.

The Wastewater Expansion Program will provide first time sanitation to around 940,000 inhabitants in the Fayoum governorate through (i) the construction of 8 new wastewater treatment plants (“WWTPs”); (ii) expansion of 9 and rehabilitation of 10 existing WWTPs; (iii) expansion of the sewerage network of about 3,433 km of pipes together with the installation of 139 pumping stations; and (iv) evacuation trucks to serve rural areas (the “Project”).

What You Will Do

1. Under direct supervision, provides job design and post job analysis, this is a technical entry level position for this discipline. At this level, assignments are generally well defined with clear and specified objectives. Performs assignments requiring knowledge and application of basic engineering principles. Consults with PSLs regarding equipment needs and specifications. Job tasks, correctly performed, have minimal impact upon the viability of the organization. Error is readily ascertainable by the supervisor and can be corrected.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Competences

•  Completion of an undergraduate degree in an Engineering discipline required.
• 2 years or more of professional design experience in the water/wastewater infrastructure sector
• 2 years or more of professional experience in the delivery of services of a comparable nature, scale and complexity to their proposed role under the assignment
• Excellent written and spoken English; working knowledge of Arabic will be considered an advantage; and
• Previous experience in the region would be an advantage.