Job Description

Position Title: Civil Engineer

We are actively recruiting a Civil Engineer to support our client, a leading international development partner implementing a donor-funded programme, for an upcoming green project based in Baringo County.The role will support the planning, supervision, and quality control of community-based soil and water conservation and small-scale infrastructure works.

Reporting to: Project Manager

Location: Baringo County

Key Responsibilities

• Support baseline surveys, beneficiary selection, planning, and data collection in collaboration with project team members
• Plan, organise, and supervise implementation of soil and water conservation works, including contour ridges, semi-circular bunds, check dams, terraces, and water pans
• Supervise contractors and train and oversee community working teams implementing erosion and runoff reduction measures under cash-for-work or asset-based modalities
• Ensure technical quality and compliance with approved designs, technical specifications, BoQs, environmental standards, and safety requirements
• Provide technical guidance and on-site supervision to contractors, site foremen, and community groups
• Draft maintenance manuals for constructed or rehabilitated water and soil management infrastructure
• Support preparation of work plans, BoQs, technical drawings, and contribute to tender evaluations and mobilisation of contractors and community groups
• Monitor work progress, verify quantities, and prepare technical reports, including best practices, challenges, and lessons learned
• Prepare technical documentation supporting payment clearances for cash-for-work activities
• Engage with community representatives and local authorities to ensure inclusiveness, ownership, and long-term maintenance of completed structures
• Ensure application of environmental and social safeguards, Prior Informed Consent (PIC), and gender-sensitive approaches at all work sites
• Contribute to capacity building of community groups and local partners on sustainable land and water management techniques
• Participate in field assessments, surveys, mapping, and impact monitoring activities

Qualifications & Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in English and Swahili
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience in cash-for-work, asset-based, or labour-intensive community works
• Strong experience in community engagement, mobilisation, and training delivery
• Demonstrated expertise in supervising small-scale earth, stone, and concrete infrastructure works
• Familiarity with hydrology, erosion control, watershed management, and sustainable land management practices
• Knowledge of environmental and social safeguards and PIC approaches
• Strong data collection and reporting skills, including use of GIS, Kobo, Excel, and similar tools
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and coordination skills

Professional Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ professional experience supervising construction and rehabilitation of soil and water conservation structures
• (e.g. contour ridges, demi-lunes, check dams, water pans)

• Support baseline surveys, beneficiary selection, planning, and data collection in collaboration with project team members
• Plan, organise, and supervise implementation of soil and water conservation works, including contour ridges, semi-circular bunds, check dams, terraces, and water pans
• Supervise contractors and train and oversee community working teams implementing erosion and runoff reduction measures under cash-for-work or asset-based modalities
• Ensure technical quality and compliance with approved designs, technical specifications, BoQs, environmental standards, and safety requirements
• Provide technical guidance and on-site supervision to contractors, site foremen, and community groups
• Draft maintenance manuals for constructed or rehabilitated water and soil management infrastructure
• Support preparation of work plans, BoQs, technical drawings, and contribute to tender evaluations and mobilisation of contractors and community groups
• Monitor work progress, verify quantities, and prepare technical reports, including best practices, challenges, and lessons learned
• Prepare technical documentation supporting payment clearances for cash-for-work activities
• Engage with community representatives and local authorities to ensure inclusiveness, ownership, and long-term maintenance of completed structures
• Ensure application of environmental and social safeguards, Prior Informed Consent (PIC), and gender-sensitive approaches at all work sites
• Contribute to capacity building of community groups and local partners on sustainable land and water management techniques
• Participate in field assessments, surveys, mapping, and impact monitoring activities

• Advanced proficiency in English and Swahili
• Proven experience in cash-for-work, asset-based, or labour-intensive community works
• Strong experience in community engagement, mobilisation, and training delivery
• Demonstrated expertise in supervising small-scale earth, stone, and concrete infrastructure works
• Familiarity with hydrology, erosion control, watershed management, and sustainable land management practices
• Knowledge of environmental and social safeguards and PIC approaches
• Strong data collection and reporting skills, including use of GIS, Kobo, Excel, and similar tools
• Excellent teamwork, communication, and coordination skills

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related field