Process Engineer

Position Title: Process Engineer

Job Type: Full time.

Location:  Wastewater Treatment Plant North Gaza 

Reports to: Plant Manager

Contract Duration: One year (Renewable).

Working Schedule: 45 hours/week, 6 days/week, 24/7

The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) ــ Project Management Unit in Gaza invites experienced & qualified Palestinian to apply for the following position in the Project Management Unit (PMU).

Project Background:

Wastewater Management Sustainability (WMS) Project contributes indirectly to the twin objectives of eradicating extreme poverty and sharing prosperity by improving the quality of life of about 400,000 residents in northern Gaza through the provision of wastewater treatment services, including the protection of communities against the risk of floods from uncontrolled wastewater reservoirs, and by creating economic opportunities for productive use of treated effluent, has been designed to finance efficient Operation and Maintenance (O&M) for the North Gaza Wastewater Management Facilities (NGWMF) for four years and build conditions for sustainable wastewater treatment services. The proposed WMS project will provide technical and financial resources to prevent the collapse of the NGWMF and continue the operation of the facilities at design capacity, while building a long-term technical, institutional and financial capacity to operate and maintain wastewater services.  It will finance efficient O&M for four years (excluding electricity), and required rehabilitation of equipment and civil works at the NGWMF to guarantee performance at design capacity. The Project is financed by the World Bank Group, with total amount of 13.7 M USD, funds the Project.

Project Components

1. Component 1: Support the continued operation of the NGWMF (US$7.1 million
2. Component 2: Rehabilitation and upgrade of the NGWMF to improve efficiency build resiliency and address emergencies (US$3.4 million).  
3. Component 3: Capacity building for sustainability of wastewater services (US$2.2 million).
4. Component 4: Project management and implementation support (US$1.0 million).
5. Component 5: Contingency Emergency Response Component (US$0.0 million

Job Summary:

The process engineer shall be in charge of the monitoring and modifying as deemed necessary to maintain the required performance at the both water and sludge lines. He/she will advise the Plant Manager on the operation of treatment processes to achieve the optimum performance and compliance with proposed wastewater and sludge design parameters.

Essential Functions:

Working with the data gathered from various staff of the plant such as the Operations Engineer, SCADA Operators, Laboratory Personnel in order to manage and operate the plant.

Responsibilities & Main Functional Tasks include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Process inspection and initiations.
• Adjustment of process.
• Recognition of operational defaults.
• Operation of the plant and equipment in accordance with operations manuals.
• Instrument reading and interpretation.
• Identification of opportunities to increase efficiency and implementing the same for economic benefit.
• Supervision of the laboratory.
• Establishment of laboratory testing procedure and plans in accordance with the regulations in force and the operation and maintenance manual.
• Establishment of laboratory logs.
• Identification of operations faults and making adjustments to process.
• Dealing with system emergencies.
• Maintaining process records and chemical stocks including the timely ordering of chemicals.
• Keeping correct records.
• Responsible for preparing the monthly report in coordination with the laboratory and the electrical engineer
• Diagnose component and system problems. 
• Ensure component/system operates properly and that all safety rules are followed.
• Maintain and diagnose faults on pneumatic, plumbing, hydraulic, HVAC and basic electrical systems together with electrical engineer. 
• Performs preventative maintenance on all pumping stations. 
• Checks, evaluates and keeps records of all Operation and Maintenance Cards for each individual item of mechanical equipment. 

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Qualification Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a field of engineering (Civil, Process, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemistry). Master’s in wastewater treatment is a plus.
• Familiar with the physical and biological process of wastewater treatment.
• Five (5) years of relevant experience in a similar position at WWTP.
• Computer proficient (Microsoft Word and Excel etc.).
• Good knowledge of English languages (Spoken & Written)

Time Frame and Contract 

The duration of the assignment is one year Extendable as demand necessity, on a full-time basis. 

The CV’s and the supporting documents should be sent before 28/11/2021 to the email address: [email protected]

interested candidates are kindly requested to fill in the Form below:

https://forms.gle/u3jZnuirN7rXTgHg6