Provision of  Water Supply and Sewerage Facilities in the Islands

Request for Expressions of Interest

Engineer

The Government of the Republic of Maldives through the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE) is implementing “Provision of Water Supply and Sewerage Facilities in the Islands” financed by OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the selection of a full time Engineer for technical support to acquire technical support in Development and implementation of water and sewerage projects administered by Ministry of Environment and Energy.

The objective of this assignment is to give technical assistance and input where necessary to the development and implementation of water and sewerage projects administered by the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE).

To be eligible for the position the individual is expected to demonstrate the following:

1. A Bachelor degree or higher in civil or environmental engineering with water supply and sanitation elective subjects.

1. Must have professional work experience of at least ten (10) years with minimum seven (7) years field experience of designing and implementing water supply and sewerage projects.
2. Previous experience working on projects financed by Donor agencies will be an added advantage
3. Should possess sound knowledge of computer aided design software/applications
4. Should have excellent command over English with proven communication and, presentation and negotiation skills
5. Should be capable of providing leadership, motivation and training to the staff and stakeholders
6. Work Experience in Maldives will be an additional advantage
7. Should have strong leadership, management and communication skills in presenting, discussing and resolving difficult issues and have ability to work efficiently and effectively with a multidisciplinary team.

The successful individual must be willing to work for extended periods without direct supervision and travel routinely to islands within the catchment.

In addition, the individual’s reputation of integrity and impartiality routed in independent from third parties shall be considered.

Successful individual will be paid an all-inclusive monthly fee of MVR 38,000.

The Ministry of Environment and Energy now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit their CV, including information that demonstrates their qualification to perform the services (description of similar assignments and experience in similar conditions, familiarity with appropriate skills, reference etc).

Interested individuals may obtain an outline Terms of Reference from www.environment.gov.mv and acquire further information on request by writing to the mail address, [email protected]

The expressions of interest must be submitted to the address below (regular mail, emails or fax) no later than 1200 hours on 5th December 2015.

Water and Sewerage Projects

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Green Building, Handhuvaree Hingun,

Maafannu, Male’, 20392,

Republic of Maldives

Fax: +960-3018-301

Tel : +960-3018-300

Email: [email protected]