Position Title: Senior Dam Design specialist
2025-02-08        Kabul       Full Time        43
Job Location: Kabul
Nationality: Afghan
Category: Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As Per NTA Salary Scale Grade B
Vacancy Number: MEW/MSU-103-1404
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Kabul, Afghanistan
Organization: Ministry of Water & Energy
Years of Experience: 7 Years with Bachelor Degree 5 Years with Master
Contract Duration: Extendable
Gender: Male
Education: Bachelor/Master
Close date: 2025-02-08

About Ministry of Water & Energy:

In accordance with the Decree of the presidential office of Afghanistan in view of national politics and strategy of the country during 1383, the Ministry of Water and Energy (MWE) has been established from two existing ministries: Ministries of Energy, Water Resources and Environment.

The Government of Afghanistan has identified the rehabilitation and expansion of the country's physical infrastructure as one of its highest priorities for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan. As part of the basic economic infrastructure of the country, the Energy and Water sector occupies special prominence in the Government's development plans. Several major power sector projects, funded by the National Development Budget and by international financial institutions and donors, are presently under implementation and planning under the general oversight of the Ministry of Water and Energy (MWE).

Given the technical complexity of the Energy and Water sector and the particular demands posed by the coordination of the projects that are being funded by various sources, the MWE assists its administration that will be based in Kabul and will reinforce MWE in its internal and external activities and projects smoothness and speediness in fulfilling its obligations for energy and water sector development.

Job Descriptions:

General Scope of the job

Ministry of water and Energy intends to conduct the feasibility studies and detail design of Dams and other water infrastructures projects in the years 2024 -2026.

To conduct the detail design and feasibility studies of dams in a professional manner, Ministry of Water and Energy is looking to hire competent senior dam design specialist with the below job description and responsibilities:

Job description, Responsibilities and Tasks

  1. Disk study and Review of the projects existing documents.
  2. Review of the TORs for feasibly studies and detailed design of projects.
  3. Conducting the feasibly study level design of dams and appurtenant Structures.
  4. Optimization of designs and selecting the most technically and economically feasible option.
  5. Conducting the detailed design of dams and appurtenant Structures.
  6. Preparation/Review the technical specification of the project.
  7. Review of the detailed design packages of Dams, appurtenant structures and hydraulic structure.
  8. Preparation/Review the structure design drawings and calculation of dams, water intake structures, headrace channel, fore bay, penstocks, power house, and tailrace canal.
  9. Responding the client comments related to the design and preparation of the revised design reports and drawings.
  10. Preparation/Review the hydraulic and structural calculation of canals, tunnels, siphons, aqueducts, supper passages and retaining walls.
  11. Attending the required meetings with MWE and others.
  12. Preparation of the monthly activity reports.
  13. Preparation of the TORS for Dam projects.
  14. Preparation of the technical specification for dam projects.
  15. Any other task assigned by the related supervisor.
Job Requirements:

Qualification and experience

The candidate shall have at least BSc. Degree in hydraulics with a minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in dam design or  a minimum of  Master degree in Dam Design or design of Hydraulic structures with a thesis in dam design, has a minimum of five (5) years of experience in design of dams and having the following qualifications, skills and experience:

  1. Fully expert in Software of Geo studio, Dams finite element analysis, Ansys, CADAM and SAP2000.
  2. Expert in design of gravity dams, earth dams, rock fill dams, arch Dams and dams appurtenant structures.
  3. Fully expert and familiar with USBR, ASCE 7-10, ASTM, ACI, USACE and ICOLD standards and Codes.
  4. Speaking fluently in English.
Submission Guidelines:

Interested and qualified Individuals who want to apply for the position are required to follow the below instructions:

Write Application Letter explaining your suitability for the position.

Fill MEW/MSU Job Application Form.

Send your Letter and Application Form, Education certificate and experience document  in one single document (PDF). CV is acceptable and will be considered Application letter is more formal.

Indicate Position Title and Vacancy No. on the subject line of the Email.

Only short listed candidates whose education and experiences correspond to the job requirements will be contacted for further steps.

Incomplete and wrong applications will be ignored without any consideration.

Ministry of Water & Energy is an equal opportunity employer.

Download the Application format and Job Application Form from below links: Page number #3 /Application Number #26

  http://www.acbar.org/applicationform

Applicants can submit their applications hard copies to the following address:

Human Resources Section of Ministry Support Unit

Ministry Of Water & Energy

District #7 Dar-Ul-Aman Road,:

Mohammad Naser Moradi -  HR Manager 

Contact No: +93(0)744252320/ +93(0)202926625

Submission Email:

vacancies.mew1@gmail.com

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