11^th October, 2023

Ref. N^o: NPD/HR &Admin-D/MD/2358/2023  

Public Job announcement

The Management of NPD would like to inform the Public that it is recruiting qualified and experienced staff on the following positions:

Job Title

Hydraulic and Hydraulic Engineer

Key Roles/Responsibilities and qualifications required

Roles/responsibilities

Analysis and development of technically complex hydrologic and hydraulic computer models for site-specific floodplain assessments Permit application evaluations Review of in-house flood control projects Evaluation of proposed dam and levee projects or proposed modifications to existing structures

• Responsible in the collection of climatological data.
• Responsible to record and evaluate this data prior to use for drainage design purposes.
• Responsible to establish the ideal rainfall, intensity, duration, and frequency data and ensure it corresponds to the data being applied to the design of drainage structure including culverts, canals and bridges.
• Responsible to prepare individual watershed areas for each drainage structure located along the proposed road alignment.
• Responsible to calculate the ideal time of concentration of runoff from remote areas down to the point of interest on the road.
• Responsible to collect and evaluate stream flow data from previous records.
• Responsible to conduct interviews with local residents in the area regarding flood history of the waterway to include flood height, duration, and frequency.
• Responsible to calculate the design peak discharge for each drainage structure in different design return periods.
• designs and provide drawings for storm water management for every road in plan view.
• Ability to perform hydrology and hydraulic design calculations for water flows, drainage systems, culverts, bridge openings, storm water management for roads, erosion, and sediment controls.
• Perform any other task including those requested his superior

Educational Requirements & Related Job Experience/Qualifications

Should be a Civil Engineer with at least a Master’s degree in hydrology and hydraulics Engineering with a minimum experience of 5 years and he or she should be proficient in English.

He/She should be member of the Rwanda Institute of Engineer.

A minimum experience of 5 years and he or she should be proficient in English.

Duly signed application letters addressed to the Managing Director (NPD) together with updated detailed curriculum vitae, copies of both academic and professional certificates, proof of related experience/valid work certificates and names and addresses of at least three (3) reference persons and copy of Identity Card should be submitted by email to [email protected] not later than 20/10/2023 latest 5:00  P.M.

Note:

1. Please note that submission of valid and acceptable proof of experience/work certificates attached to your job applications to support the relevant experience indicated in the applicant’s CVs among other documents highlighted above is a MUST for pre-selection.
2. Your job application and its attachments MUST be scanned as ONE single pdf document for easy download & analysis of applications.

Done at Kigali on 12/10/2023

Frank Rukundo

Ag. Managing Director