KE - WASH Engineering Intern

Education

The Intern should be:

• A recent graduate of a degree or diploma program in Science Water and Environmental Engineering (Agricultural/Civil/Mechanical Engineering), Water Supply and Sanitation Engineering, Water Resource or Environmental Engineering or Public Health Engineering or equivalent.
  
• Interest or knowledge in community development, livelihoods projects or humanitarian work.
  
• Have a demonstrated ability to successfully interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs, which includes willingness to try and understand and be tolerant of differing opinions and views
  

• Participate in project weekly and monthly project activity planning.
  
• Field inspections, data analysis, and collaboration with senior engineers, borehole drillers and stakeholders on water supply.
  
• Conduct site visits for monitoring performance of existing infrastructure, site assessments, and data collection.
  
• Support the analysis of data related to water quality, system performance, and non-revenue water reduction efforts
  
• Supervise water pipeline development ensuring all specifications are adhered to.
  
• Work with senior engineers, project officer, clients, and government agencies to gather input and present information
  
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly project reports both quantitative and qualitative, aspects of the project.
  
• Support the project officer to document project success stories and lessons learned and share with project for documentation monthly.
  
• Other duties as assigned by the project officer and program manager.