Senior Engineer, Makueni

This position is located in Makueni.  We are accepting applications through August 26, 2024.

Who is Water Mission?

Water Mission is a nonprofit Christian engineering organization that designs, builds, and implements safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions for people in developing countries and disaster areas. Guided by love, excellence, and integrity, we are driven to share clean, safe water and God’s love with all. We have served more than 8 million people in 60 countries. Working at Water Mission is as much a calling as it is a career, and we are searching for people with the courage, passion, and drive to help us change the world. Read more about our Statement of Faith and Christian Mission.

What is the opportunity?

Under the direction of the Regional Manager Makueni, Kenya, and with guidance from the Lead Engineer, this position entails providing technical guidance and support to Water Mission Kenya Engineers and technicians following the Water Mission Kenya Country Program’s established standards and procedures. This is a full-time position that requires residency in Makueni, Kenya. The position might require frequent travel to remote locations within the Makueni Region.

As an employee in Water Mission, the Senior Engineer is responsible for developing a biblical worldview culture that leads to God-honoring excellence in all work and commits to providing the following: accurate data, developing the skills and mindset needed to acknowledge mistakes or problems as opportunities to find appropriate solutions and work consistently for excellence in solutions that are consistent with Water Mission’s mission, vision, values, and standards.

The Senior Engineer will:

General Responsibilities:

• Maintain a strong Christian witness and model servant leadership to colleagues,
  partners, the communities we serve, and the public.

Other Responsibilities:

• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, donors, volunteers, and the public.
• Understand, support, and nurture the Vision, Mission, and Core values of Water Mission.
• Conduct engineering field work and design according to established engineering principles and standards to a high degree of excellence and dependable accuracy.
• Provide guidance to the technical team, oversight, review, and assistance for technicians,
  volunteers, and other engineers to ensure quality of output and adherence to established
  standards.
• Promote, encourage, and model Water Mission’s mission, vision, and values to the technical
  team members.
• Help train and facilitate a culture of capacity building for team members.
• Perform Engineering tasks, including water hydraulic design, solar and electrical design, and
  development of plans, specifications, and structural drawings.
• Preparation of BOQs based on approved drawings and specifications for all water supply and
  sanitation infrastructures to be implemented in the targeted areas.
• Provide onsite site visits for the purpose of quality control and instruction of field engineers
  and technicians in support of approved projects.
• Champion and ensure that WMT QA/QC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control standards and
  procedures) is upheld by the technical team.
• Provide technical guidance on technical and systems innovation that seeks to further our
  mission.
• Layout and design of water systems including source, pumping, treatment, storage and
  distribution.
• Ensure that all work, including that of the Engineer, is reviewed by another engineer as
  designated.
• Perform assessments in communities, including water quality analysis and quantity testing,
  survey measurements and other aspects as may be required.
• Timely Project reporting, including monthly report, Assessment report, follow up report with
  accompanied photographs as per specific assignment guideline.
• Comply with all the existing and approved policies and procedures.
• Provide disaster response support and work in other countries as needed.
• Other tasks as may be assigned.

What is required?

• Alignment with Water Mission’s Statement of Faith and core values of Love, Excellence, and
  Integrity.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering – Civil, Chemical, or Mechanical are preferred.
• Minimum experience of at least 7 years in similar project work.
• Registration as a professional engineer in Kenya.
• T3 EPRA License is a great advantage.
• Driver’s license.
• Advanced skills with office computer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and drafting and modeling programs (AutoCAD, EPANET, PowerCADD, SolidWorks, ProE).
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills (English).
• Excellent analytical skills, process design skills and project planning and management skills.
• A level of impeccable integrity and stewardship that demonstrates to those who invest in Water Mission Kenya a sense of security and trust that their gifts are well used and invested.
• Must be standards and detail-oriented with ability to plan ahead.
• A strong work ethic.
• Ability and willingness to travel for fieldwork.
• Legal authorization to work in Kenya.