VIE/PANGEO Project Management Officer / Water Supply Engineer M/W

Job description

Company Description

Veolia's ambition is to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 218,000 employees on five continents, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for managing water, waste and energy that help to radically change the world. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia contributes to developing access to resources, preserving available resources and renewing them. In 2023, the Veolia group served 113 million people with drinking water and 103 million with wastewater services, produced 42 terawatt-hours of energy and recovered 63 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated sales of €45.3 billion in 2023. www.veolia.com 

SEURECA and VEOLIA AFRICA have won this 5-year performance management contract with the Djibouti National Water and Sanitation Company (ONEAD) for a contract value of 8.8M€ funded by the French Development Agency (AFD). It is a major contract for SEURECA and intended to be a showcase project in terms of water utility transformation, operational improvement and improvement of access to essential services.

Join SEURECA in transforming Djibouti's water future and be part of a flagship project setting new standards for public service and access to drinking water !

Job Description

As part of the resident team, the VIE/PANGEO will support closely the following project tasks:

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Project Management Officer:

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Project Management Support to the Team Leader (based in Djibouti) and the Project Director (based in Paris) in:

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Following up the progress of all the project activities;

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Coordinating the inputs of the various experts (covering all activities of a water utility);

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Updating the risk analysis, measuring variances (planned vs. actual) and defining measures when necessary;

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Reporting and communication with preparation of dashboards and periodic reports;

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Active participation in the preparation/integration of key project deliverables : initial diagnosis, utility performance improvement plan, new organization and various operational strategies, periodic progress reports, etc;

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Support in the implementation of the performance improvement action plan;

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Close support in monitoring Key Performance Indicators linked to the project remuneration.

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Water Supply Engineer - Support the Water Network Performance/Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Engineer in:

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Field investigations / measurements, network drawings update and GIS;

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Analyses of operational databases (asset management, customer database, etc);

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Deployment of network monitoring infrastructure (instrumentation, telemetry, IT software);

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Elaboration and implementation of NRW reduction and operational performance improvement strategies;

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Calculation, benchmarking and monitoring of NRW KPIs.

Qualifications

Educational background: Master of Engineering (BAC+5) / Water and Environmental Engineering background

Languages:  Fluency in French and English

Previous experience would be a plus.

Additional Information

Toutes vos informations demeureront confidentielles en vertu des directives sur l'égalité d'accès à l'emploi. As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

The preceding description is not designed to be a complete or exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities that will be carried out by the selected candidate.

Veolia Middle East does not and shall not discriminate in any forms in its recruitment processes.