Jerusalem Water Undertaking

Performance Guide

Title: Director  

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Department: Engineering 

No. of People Supervised:

Responsible To:  General Manager 

Job Description

Objective of Position:

Foster professional engineering practices, including developing plans related to the Master plan and water loss, conduct designs and estimations, and supervise the implementation and inspection to ensure the compliance with the agreed upon specifications in the executed projects by external contractors or internal.

Summary of Duties:

General Duties :

1.      Overall JWU Management Role: Assist the General Manager in developing and implementing JWU polices, procedures and systems. Undertake any duties requested by the General Manager. Participate in different committees and studies related to his department.

2.      Plan:  Recommend department long-range plans designed to meet JWU goals with budget required; accomplish work within the approved budget.

3.      Organize:  Maintain necessary communication and ensure good relations with appropriate external bodies and other departments.  Coordinate the activities of divisions. Ensure availability and make most efficient use of human resources, supplies and equipment.

4.      Lead:  Delegate authority and set goals. Manage and direct the overall activities of the Department to achieve goals. Make work assignments to staff according to skills and job responsibilities. 

5.      Control:  Monitor the performance of the department, ensuring the quality of work and conformance with standards, rules & regulations. Prepare and present reports for the information of the General Manager and the Board of Directors. Monitor performance of staff through regular meetings and work review.

6.      Staff Development: Manage by results, encouraging staff to achieve personal and professional goals.  Identify training needs.  Ensure safety of staff. Recommend annual staff raises according to performance.

Specific Duties :

1.      Planing and Studies: Develop, maintain and update studies related to master plan, hydraulic modeling, capital projects, water loss control, and performance indicators taking into consideration international standard, list of qualified contractors and design and research offices. Prepare analytical reports for tender awarding, contract document for successful contractors, and do negotiations with short listed contractors in coordination with staff involved. Develop, implement and monitor safety policies and procedures for JWU. Participate in emergency studies. Provide advice and assistance in problem solving to the operations department concerning the production and distribution of water.

2.      Design and Estimation: Verifying that all designs and estimations are accurate and according to the plans and studies. Ensure the performing of the surveying and drawings are on time and according standards with certain limit of quality. Ensure the proper documentation and updating for the designs and estimations related different studies.  

3.      Supervision and Inspection: Review the studies, plans and designs submitted by outside parties. Ensure proper contractual arrangements for capital projects by managing and preparing of specifications and competitive bidding process. Ensure compliance with terms and conditions of the executed projects in coordinate with Business and Finance Director. Administer, coordinate and implement approved capital projects. Develop project schedules, coordinate with the operations Department and monitor progress; Serve as the Departments liaison with consultants and contractors. Develop, implement, follow up and maintain designs and estimation through inspection and supervising the activities executed by his staff.

4.      Internal Engineering Function: Coordinate with the Business and Finance Director in automation (where possible) adequate engineering records, files, maps, and in executing the training courses that his staff need. Keep, update and document, studies performed inside or outside JWU, technical specs, standards, general condition, rules and references, and ensure the proper maintenance of project files plans, specifications, drawings and status reports through the filing system.

5.      Record-Keeping: Ensure that the Engineering records are kept in an orderly and effective fashion.

Internal Relationships and  Communication:

General Manager, Department Directors, and such others as appropriate.

External Relationships and Communication:

Contractors, Design and Research offices