COWI A/S senior project managers in Zambia

Location:

Zambia 

Closing date:

31/10/2012 

COWI A/S (Denmark) and COWI's offices in the Southern Africa region are looking for senior project managers who will be working in the region on upcoming long-term assignments.  The COWI Group is currently pursuing several large water and wastewater opportunities in the region, the first one in Zambia.

You will be part of and in charge of a highly qualified multidisciplinary team of engineers, economists, environmental and institutional development experts who together will provide professional support within the urban water and wastewater sectors.
We offer a very exciting job with professional and personal challenges, and we expect you will be based in Zambia for a long-term period (4 years). You will come to work in close cooperation with our Managing Director in Zambia, our Head Quarter Project Director, and not least all relevant governmental entities, at central and provincial level.
The projects we are pursuing will cover planning and design as well as construction supervision of urban water infrastructure. Furthermore, institutional strengthening of the concerned utility organisations will also form an important component of the project packages. We anticipate the first assignment to start in February/March 2013

Your qualifications

• A university degree in relevant professional fields, such as water sector engineering and/or utility management.
   
• High degree of communication and strong ability to motivate international and local/regional staff, and coordinate work processes among staff and counterparts.
   
• Strong technical knowledge and experience on key urban water sector issues, which will be required for providing high level advice and guidance on planning, design and implementation issues in order to safeguard the planned huge investments.
   
• Experience with utility management and related institutional and capacity development programmes of key staff.
   
• Minimum 15 years' experience from working in the water sector and at least 5 years working experience in developing countries with a strong preference for Sub-Saharan Africa.
   
• Good communication, IT and writing skills, and fluency in English are mandatory.

About us

COWI A/S, a leading European consulting company, has provided independent multidisciplinary consulting services to public and private clients since 1930. Today the COWI Group has more than 6,100 permanent employees and is operating worldwide.
In Africa we are operating from our permanent offices in 6 countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia) in addition to numerous project offices in other African countries. We have been active in the African continent for more than 50 years, and the water sector is still one of our priority market areas.

Send application

Send application by email to Henrik Islev at his@cowi.com
All applications will be treated confidentially.