Vacancy title:
Health Infrastructure Engineer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Science & Engineering]

Jobs at:
Expertise France

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, August 24 2025

Duty Station:
Rwanda | Kigali | Rwanda

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 6 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Health infrastructure engineer will will support central and decentralized health levels of care to supervise and ensure the quality and good standards of health infrastructures (existing, planned and future) across the target districts and health facilities. His/her main responsibilities will be:

• Contributing, in consultation with RBC, districts and districts health stakeholders, to the improvement of quality standard guidelines and bill of quantity for health facilities that are adapted to the different levels of care and incorporate climate-resilient design principles
• Contributing with RBC, and the districts to the elaboration of new health facility plans according to high level standards and to the supervision of the construction phase, ensuring climate adaptation measures and sustainable building practices
• Contributing to develop a district/health facilities long term management plan for maintenance of health facility infrastructures according to norms and standards that will allow sustainability and continuous use, with emphasis on climate change resilience and disaster preparedness
• Supporting the districts/health facilities to implement the maintenance plan with climate-adaptive infrastructure solutions
• Working with health district hospitals and health centre teams to evaluate safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of existing infrastructures under climate stress conditions and extreme weather scenarios
• Conduct infrastructure assessments of existing health facilities and identify improvement needs in target districts, including climate vulnerability assessments and resilience gaps
• Design and develop infrastructure plans for new health facilities and rehabilitation projects that integrate climate-resilient features and energy-efficient systems
• Ensure compliance with national and international health facility design standards and regulations, including climate resilience and environmental sustainability standards
• Oversee construction and renovation projects from planning through completion, incorporating climate-adaptive construction techniques and materials
• Develop technical specifications for medical equipment installation and infrastructure requirements that account for climate variability and extreme weather protection
• Implement infection prevention and control measures in facility design and construction, considering climate-related health risks and vector-borne disease prevention
• Conduct quality assurance inspections and monitoring of infrastructure projects to ensure climate resilience standards and disaster risk reduction measures are met

Profile

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, health infrastructure planning and development, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Professional engineering license or certification

Professional experience

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in studying or supervising building construction
• At least 4 years’ experience in assisting public client, designing, monitoring and supervising construction works
• At least 2 years specific experience as team leader or coordinator for building project with responsibility of technical teams
• Knowledge of healthcare facility design standards and medical equipment requirements
• Experience with project management and construction oversight
• Proficiency in engineering software (AutoCAD, project management tools)
• Demonstrated experience and ability to produce/adapt short course training, guidelines and SOPs on health infrastructure development and to train central health autorities
• Understanding of infection control and safety requirements in healthcare facilities
• Knowledge of public procurement regulations and approaches
• Good knowledge of the Rwanda quality standard in health infrastructures at different levels of care

Skills

• Monitoring and evaluation competences;
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with an excellent capacity to translate technical concepts to a wide variety of audiences.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, including government, NGOs, and community organizations.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and strategic mindset.
• Initiative-taking and sense of responsibility.
• Proficiency in office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Perfect command of English and Kinyarwanda; fluency in French is an asset.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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