Infrastructure Expert (International) at Enabel

Infrastructure Expert (International)(m/f/x)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Enabel is the Belgian international cooperation agency. With our partners, we develop ideas and implement projects to address urgent global challenges such as climate change, social and economic inequalities, demographic trends, peace and security.

We have over 25 years of experience in education, health and social protection, as well as food systems, environmental protection and biodiversity, economic development and employment, and financial and administrative governance. The Belgian government, the European Union, various financial partners, foreign governments, and the private sector all rely on Enabel's expertise. We also work with public services, research institutes, and civil society to bring about real social change.

With 2500 employees, the agency manages more than 200 projects in about twenty countries, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Project context

The Infrastructure projects in the 2023-2027 portfolio will essentially be construction projects that will need to integrate a holistic approach (studies, construction and external development, water, energy, digitalization, equipment, community mobilization, management & maintenance) and be environmentally friendly.

The infrastructure expert must have multidisciplinary skills and be able to coordinate activities in the areas of access to water, access to energy and related to opening up isolated areas (multimodal transport) by calling on possible complementary expertise.

The Infrastructure Expert position is based in Kisangani, Tshopo province, with frequent travel to different intervention areas. This position is not tied to a specific intervention but provides cross-cutting support to all interventions. 

• Support for identifying sites and needs with interventions and partners;
• Supervision of the work of establishing infrastructure roadmaps prepared by provincial teams and support for planning;
• Prospecting to identify competent companies to consult during the public procurement phase and management for the procurement process;
• Ensuring compliance with the construction schedule and remediation measures where necessary;
• Technical, financial and administrative monitoring of the various projects currently being executed;
• Focal point for contracts with mobilized international consulting firms;
• From a functional point of view, manage the team of engineers at the provincial level;
• Training of internal teams, companies and design offices to integrate into the various projects the concepts of sustainable construction, of promoting the use of local materials;
• Training of beneficiaries in terms of infrastructure management and maintenance, and of apprentices and workers in terms of professionalization related to the intervention;
• Maintaining up-to-date information to feed the M&E systems.

• An exciting role in a leading international cooperation organization;
• A work environment focused on well-being, diversity, skills development, continuous learning, mobility and innovation;
• Duty station: Kisangani with frequent travel to intervention areas in the DRC;
• Direct supervision: Infrastructure Coordinator;
• 40-month contract;
• Expat salary package including category 6 extra-legal benefits

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