Senior Infrastructure Engineer

19 Aug 2026 Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Improving Access Activity at Fika

• Lead preliminary and detailed engineering design across RNTI typologies (trail and cable bridges, stone arch, short-span and low-volume crossings, feeder roads and paths, drainage, culverts, and access approaches) to NCC and RDA standards. • Support the technical prioritization and costing of the works pipeline, contributing engineering judgment to typology and sequencing decisions. • Assess the technical feasibility of candidate sites and provide engineering recommendations, including processing survey data, evaluating aerial imagery, and proposing preliminary design alternatives. • Calculate material quantities, prepare material specifications, and work with procurement on local materials selection. • Apply Fika standard design methodologies, templates, and specifications consistently, and sign off on design modifications during construction within the established approval authority. • Build the design and construction capacity of government engineers and Zambian contractors through Fika’s accredited curriculum and Training-of-Trainers model. • Lead construction teams (including direct construction staff or sub-award recipient firms) to construct high-quality RNTI assets in identified community sites. • Procure and oversee construction through Fika’s private-sector delivery model, maintaining the multi-year construction plan and government co-financing arrangements. • Ensure quality assurance, ZEMA-aligned site screening and HSE, and asset handover to district councils and RDA’s asset management system. • Support construction teams on temporary works, including tower lifting, cable hoisting, and scaffold design. • Carry out technical inspections of under construction and completed structures, including design verification and as-built review. • Advanced degree in civil or structural engineering or a closely related field; Registered Professional Engineer with the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) and the Engineering Registration Board (ERB) is required. • Minimum of 7–10 years in the design and construction of rural transport, roads, bridges, or access infrastructure, including donor-funded and/or public-sector delivery. • Demonstrated design experience across bridge and crossing typologies and/or feeder roads, with construction supervision, QA/QC, and FIDIC-based contract administration. • Experience building the capacity of government engineers and private-sector contractors.