Your contributions

• Iterate on existing sanitation product designs to bring down costs and improve function and desirability, including testing integration of imported product components.
• Design and prototype new user interface and containment product options, including working with manufacturers to develop prefabricated, easy-to-install latrines.
• Provide specifications, designs, bills of quantity, and quality standards for new and existing WASH products.
• Lead product design processes, including gathering feedback and input from consumers and local producers.
• Build the capacity of private sector actors to build and install high quality sanitation products.
• Develop technical training manuals and guidelines for sanitation and hygiene products.
• Evaluate the appropriateness and personal and environmental safety of existing and new products.
• Support institutionalization of technical training and quality control within government and private sector institutions.
• Engage local actors to develop plans for ensuring sustainability of technical training and quality assurance.
• Contribute to project learning documents and reports.

What are we looking for?

• MSc in civil/water engineering or related field
• Minimum 7 years of engineering experience in WASH, preferably in sanitation
• Demonstrated experience improving on or designing original WASH products
• Experience in technical quality assurance and improvement
• Experience building the capacity of local partners to build and install high quality WASH products and conducting oversight of quality
• Demonstrated experience documenting designs, processes, and systems in user-friendly reports, manuals, and tools
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to produce product designs in AutoCAD or similar software
• Citizen of Liberia