The Irrigation and Design Engineer
under the leadership of the Project Director and the Project Management Advisor
is responsible to provide necessary technical advises and guidance to the
National Irrigation Specialist and the technicians of IWUMD who are
implementing the day to day activities of Project Component 1 Strategic
Investment, Land Development Sub-component which covers the Irrigation schemes
renovation/improvement and land development.
The Irrigation and Design Engineer is
accountable of the performance and value of the ESAP project, its implementing
agency IWUMD and MOALI as a whole which will contribute directly to the core
value of the donor IFAD.
The Irrigation and Design Engineer’s
accountability/key results are the completion of the project irrigation
supports and the land development which are the main intervention of the
project which is major project investment to achieve the project objectives,
goals and impacts such as reduction of the poverty, improvement of the
nutrition, improve market access of the local products, improvement of the
climate smart agriculture, good agriculture practices, increase the farmers’
incomes.
The investment in the irrigation
renovation and the land development is the major investment of the project as
approximately 50% of the project budget is allocated for it. The effectiveness
of the investment is vested not only with the irrigation sector development,
but coordination with the other related sectors such as Local Authorities,
Agriculture, For Forestry, Community Development, Department of Agricultural
Mechanization (DAM), Department of Agricultural Land Management and Statistic
(DALMs), Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM),Environment conservation
entities, etc.
S/he
must be able to apply, with directions, the below duties and responsibilities.
- Review the
Agriculture Infrastructure works (Land consolidation, Irrigation canal
improvement, Irrigation system maintenance, Drainage, etc.) provisioned in the
Project Design and Project Implementation manual in comparison with the actual
capacity of the implementing agencies and the needs of the grass root
beneficiaries.
- Review and assess the
quality of available soil maps, hydraulics, topographic and cadastral data for
designing, identify additional data and information required for designs and drawings.
- Produce terms of
reference for service providers and contractors for implementation of the
specific irrigation infrastructure works.
- Identify the entities
for the survey design works, develop the service agreements/contracts for
survey and design works.
- To advise in selection of irrigation
technologies such as field-water management systems including drip, center
pivot, sprinkler, etc.
- To ensure that the
monitoring of the performance of the service providers for compliance with the
contracts/agreements are sound and in order. Review them and advise for
improvement as necessary.
- Review contracts for
the Irrigation construction/improvement/renovation works, land development and
land consolidation works and improve them as necessary.
- To ensure that
Quality Assurance, Quality Control are planned and followed for the Irrigation
infrastructure works, work schedule, compliance with the social and
environmental safeguards.
- Review the work
completion reports of the contractors, organize the formal field inspection of
the construction committee for the works completed, processing of the payments,
and liability mitigation works of the contractors and provide necessary advice.
10. Assist in producing
capacity building plan for technical staffs under IWUMD, DALMS, AMD, to produce
training plan including study tours.
11. To provide necessary
guidance for handing over of the irrigation schemes/lands to the beneficiaries
along with the responsibility for operation and maintenance.
12. To provide advises
for the operation maintenance of the irrigation infrastructure (Post
construction).
13. To make sure that the
social safeguard and environmental safeguards issues are embedded to the
designs/drawings/BOQs and fully complied with.
14. Other duties assigned
by the Project Director as required.
Procedures:
Study the project Design
Report, Irrigation rehabilitation and the Land development activities
provisioned, their budget allocation, implementation arrangement.
Study the on-going
irrigation infrastructure activities including the topographic survey and
designing works.
Meeting with the responsible
technicians of IWUMD and its technical branches such as Investigation branch
(Topographic Survey), Design branch, Water Resource Branch.
Field visits to the project
sites Shan state and Ka Yin State.
To meet the similar projects
in the region such as ADB, World Bank, JICA projects under IWUMD, Projects
under DRD.
Knowledge Management:
- Actively
interact with other Project management personals and groups to share case
studies, lessons learned and best practice on the Knowledge System.
- Provide
feedback to Practice Leads on policy, supporting guidance with an aim
towards continuous improvement of UNOPS policies
- Complete
lessons learned as per reporting format
- Incorporate
lessons learned from others as per planning format
Core Values and Principles:
- Understand and respect UNOPS sustainability principles
- Look
for ways to embed UNOPS sustainability principles.
- Seek opportunities
to champion gender equality at work place.
- Understand and Respect National ownership and capacity
- Understand
the principles of the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness and mainstream
them into the project plans
- Look
for ways to build capacity of local counterparts
- Partnerships and Coordination
- Understand the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and UNOPS,
the project’s place in the UN system
- Strive to build strong partnerships and effective coordination among
relevant project actors (e.g. United Nations, governments, and non-governmental
organizations or other relevant partners)
- Accountability for results and the use of resources
- Service agreements, contracting, procurement of the works are in line
with the role and regulation of the donor and transparent. To report to the
project management in case of any doubt arisen.
- Excellence
- Contribute to innovation and the adaptation of best practice standards
of sustainability and quality.
- Completion of the
designs and drawings for the
rehabilitation of 12 Irrigation schemes in Ka Yin State, 5 irrigation schemes
in Ho Pong Valley and One Irrigation scheme in Taunggyi district.
- Guidelines for Survey
and designing of the Irrigation Infrastructure, Service Agreements, Contracting,
Contract monitoring, Handing over, Operation and maintenance.
- Capacity building
plan for IWUMD.
Expected
Results
- Completion of the
designs and drawings for the
rehabilitation of 12 Irrigation schemes in Ka Yin State, 5 irrigation schemes
in Ho Pong Valley and One Irrigation scheme in Taunggyi district.
- Guidelines for Survey
and designing of the Irrigation Infrastructure, Service Agreements, Contracting,
Contract monitoring, Handing over, Operation and maintenance.
- Capacity building
plan for IWUMD.