The Rural Water and Infrastructure Engineer will provide support for training of technical staff of the PMO and PIU, and for the internal evaluation of completed sub-projects, and ensure that all technical and environmental safeguards considerations are observed in all infrastructure subprojects being supported and that required capacities are built within the PMO and PIU, to sustain development and application of appropriate technical and environmental standards in the subproject, with particular emphasis on climate resilient infrastructure. The engineer will:
(i) Ensure that technical designs for infrastructure subprojects that may be proposed as subprojects are climate and disaster resilient and comply with Timor-Leste building and environmental codes and are comparable with international building and environmental standards;
(ii) Work with the PMO and PIU engineers to develop and/or continuously improve procedure, formats and guidelines for preparing and implementing infrastructure sub-projects and ensure that infrastructure interventions promote climate resilience or are linked to livelihoods enhancements of the communities;
(iii) Provide technical leadership, capacity building and subproject management support in all phases of the project cycle, including in the preparation of the technical designs and cost estimates, procurement of both labor and materials, preparing and managing O&M plans;
(iv) Work with the PMO and PIU engineers and relevant project staff to develop tools and procedures for capturing relevant data and processes in the planning, implementation and results of infrastructure subprojects;
(v) In collaboration with PMO training teams, develop and administer training modules to develop the skills and guide training facilitators and municipality engineers in ensuring the technical quality of infrastructure subprojects;
(vi) Train team members and lead the conduct of Technical Quality Assurance Review (QAR) of infrastructure subprojects completed in each cycle, including consolidation, processing and analysis of QAR results as well as preparation and submission of related reports; and
(vii) Support the development of manuals, guidelines and training designs related to the infrastructure subprojects and activities of the project, taking into account climate risks and climate change projections.