Location: Gaza Strip
Global Communities is an international development non-profit organization. Our mission is to create long-lasting, positive and community-led change that improves the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable people across the globe.
Global Communities is seeking Fellow Engineers for a USAID-funded Household WASH program in Gaza. The three-year program will improve human health, environmental health and livelihoods in vulnerable communities by increasing access to facilities and services for safe domestic water and improved sanitation. Priorities include: 1) Providing durable solutions to vulnerable communities, such as the establishment, extension or rehabilitation of water distribution networks and sanitation systems at the household and neighborhood levels; and 2) Increasing emergency WASH preparedness interventions to mitigate and reduce rainwater and sewage flooding risks in vulnerable communities.
Responsibilities:
The Fellow Engineer specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Monitors the work of contractors implementing small construction activities, submitting regular reports to Field Engineer and raising issues as needed.
- Ensures safety procedures and policies are followed on construction sites and reports any breaches.
- Develops monthly site safety reports.
- Conducts initial field visits and develops conceptual designs.
- Conducts initial environmental screening, including assessments of climate change risks
- Develops detailed drawings, specifications, and BOQs for water connections and other simple structures.
- Supports design review and finalization.
- Assists with preparing and processing tenders.
- Gathers MEL data and supports data entry and analysis.
