Engineer (Water Filtration Projects – RO Plant)
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🏢 Department
WASH
💰 Gross Salary
PKR 60,000 per month
📄 Employment Type
Contractual (Subject to performance and availability of funding)
⏳ Contract Duration
12 Months
🎯 Position Overview
The Engineer (Water Filtration Projects – RO Plant) will be responsible for the implementation, operation, maintenance, and repair of UV/RO Water Filtration Plant projects. The role involves overseeing technical project execution, ensuring quality standards, coordinating with stakeholders, and supporting sustainable WASH infrastructure development.
🛠 Key Responsibilities
- Manage and commission WASH projects including Water Filtration Plants, UF, UV, RO Systems, Hand Pumps, and Solar-Based Water Schemes.
- Supervise plant operations, including monthly backwashing and cartridge replacement.
- Monitor and manage pre-treatment processes, dosing calculations, chlorination, UF, RO, UV systems, softener plants, HRSCC, and USAB systems.
- Coordinate effectively with clients, consultants, and contractors throughout project implementation.
- Ensure proper operation and maintenance of water filtration equipment and systems.
- Supervise borehole construction and water source development activities.
- Facilitate Community-Based Organization (CBO) formation, community meetings, conflict resolution, O&M training, and O&M fund management.
- Prepare technical documentation including BOQs, specifications, contracts, and engineering agreements.
- Monitor contractor performance and ensure projects are completed according to engineering standards, timelines, and quality requirements.
- Conduct site inspections and provide regular technical progress reports.
- Support project assessments and recommend improvements based on field observations.
- Develop engineering work plans, technical reports, proposals, and project documentation.
- Coordinate with WASH consultants to prepare technical BOQs based on water quality, TDS, resistivity tests, and groundwater conditions.
- Provide technical guidance and solutions to address project challenges in collaboration with local communities.
🎓 Qualification & Experience
- DAE / B.Sc / BE / B.Tech in Chemical, Water, Environmental, or Civil Engineering.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in WASH or water filtration projects.
✅ Required Skills
- Strong expertise in water filtration systems, pipe networks, valves, fittings, and related infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with RO, UF, UV, chlorination, softener plants, and water treatment processes.
- Knowledge of engineering design software including AutoCAD, WaterCAD, and Microsoft Office.
- Excellent understanding of engineering documentation, BOQs, and technical specifications.
- Strong communication and reporting skills.
- Fluency in the local language, Urdu, and English (spoken and written).
- Commitment to humanitarian principles and beneficiary accountability.
- Experience working with INGOs, NGOs (WASH), or public water and sanitation authorities will be an added advantage.
- Ability to build the capacity of local organizations and community groups.
🔎 Source: Official Careers Portal
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