La Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recrute un Ingénieur civil principal, Kigali, Rwanda
Job Description
Start Date: January 2024
Position Type: Full time
Organization Background
Central Africa & Gulf of Guinea Program Overview
The Central Africa and Gulf of Guinea program is one of the largest of WCS’s Global Regional Programs, spanning Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo and Gabon. This is a rapidly growing program with a diverse and expanding portfolio of donors, partners and projects. The region presents a set of complex conservation challenges to biodiversity and their habitats and WCS field programs are addressing these through a number of initiatives including protected area management, community engagement, sustainable livelihoods, policy reform and sustainable financing. WCS recently formally established its regional hub in Kigali, Rwanda which hosts a growing team of technical specialists and regional management to support our country programs and field offices.
About the role
With a solid funding base, WCS is working to deliver an ambitious program of conservation interventions across Central Africa and the Gulf of Guinea region where quality infrastructures are required in large numbers to host the staff, partners, and tourists. Currently, there are infrastructure managers and civil engineers on the key sites. Under the leadership of the regional operations manager, the roving senior engineer will play a vital role in streamlining standards, ways of working and quality control systems and boost our efficiency to construct and maintain sound infrastructures.
Job Summary
Responsibilities
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Prepare and keep up to date a catalogue of WCS standards for infrastructure.
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Work together with site infrastructure managers to ensure the infrastructure designs meet WCS standards as well as donors’ and host country’s standards and integrate conservation requirements.
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Prepare and deploy toolkits for construction projects’ quality control and construction project monitoring across the region.
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Prepare and deploy toolkits for construction bidding as assessment across the region and review tender packages whenever needed.
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Take an active leadership role in the design and construction of high-level projects upon request. This includes moving to sites for days or weeks.
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Participate in the recruitment, induction and training of site infrastructure managers and engineers.
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Facilitate sharing of experience and successful models across the region.
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Fill in gaps for site infrastructure managers during their absence (leave or vacancies).
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Be the focal point for the region’s green energy strategy.
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Develop construction safety and security standards and ensure they are included in project designs and implementation.
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Carry out infrastructure assessments and audits either during the construction process or after completion and propose corrective measures if applicable.
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Identify required working tools (software, licenses, and hardware) for the site engineers and follow up on the purchasing with the purchasing team.
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Conduct any other duties as requested.
Qualification Requirements
Qualifications and requirements
- Be a registered civil engineer.
- At least 8+ years of experience in the field of architecture and/or construction, including in a complex logistics environment in rural Africa.
- Experience in developing infrastructures for conservation and related field
- Excellent knowledge of construction standards
- Knowledge of architectural design
- Knowledge of green energy
- Experience working with and managing other engineers.
- Excellent knowledge of minimum 2 construction design software
- Good knowledge of Excel
- Successful training skills and experience
- Ability to work in a multicultural context and in a remote field site with basic amenities.
- Fluency in French and English. Kiswahili is a plus.
Interested candidates, who meet the above qualifications, skills and experience, should apply through the application tab below by November 18, 2023.
WCS is an equal-opportunity employer dedicated to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment and look for future team members who share that same value.