E T Consultant - Coastal Infrastructure Engineer

Coastal Infrastructure Engineer -E T Consultant

Description

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India's 11,099 kilometer coastline is home to 250 million people and supports key blue economy sectors including fisheries, tourism, agriculture, and transport. Despite its ecological richness, India's coastal ecosystems face mounting pressure from climate-induced hazards, coastal erosion, pollution, and land-use change. One-third of India's coastline is reported as vulnerable to erosion, threatening livelihoods, settlements, and biodiversity of global significance.

The Strengthening Coastal Resilience and the Economy (SHORE) program has begun implementation in the states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka under Phase 1 and will be expanded to other coastal states such as Goa, Maharashtra, Puducherry and West Bengal under subsequent phases. It aims to increase the resilience of targeted coastal communities and ecosystems, focusing on four components: (i) strengthening institutions for Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM); (ii) shoreline management, coastal protection and conservation; (iii) improving livelihoods for natural resource-dependent communities; and (iv) enhancing marine pollution management and plastic circularity.

The Position:

The Environment (ENV) Department in South Asia seeks to recruit a highly skilled recruit a highly skilled and motivated Extended Term (ET) Consultant (Coastal Engineering Specialist) who would work as part of various task teams involved in preparing and providing technical assistance to World Bank-financed projects/activities involving Coastal hydrodynamic processes, coastal protection/conservation measures and cruise terminal/harbour construction and modernization.

This position will be based in New Delhi, India. The candidate is expected to work across several countries in the South Asia Region. The Coastal Engineer will report to the ENV Practice Manager for the South Asia Region (SAR) and work under the supervision of the SHORE Task Team Leaders.  

The South Asia Region comprises six countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) that range in size from India (with a population of over 1 billion) to Maldives (with 0.3 million people). The region has experienced a long period of robust economic growth, averaging 6% a year over the past 20 years. It was the second-fastest growing region in the world in the aftermath of the global crisis. This strong growth has translated into declining poverty and impressive improvements in human development. The percentage of people living below the poverty line fell in South Asia from 56% to 16% between 1981 and 2013. Still, the region remains home to a third of the world’s poorest, with 216 million people living below $1.9/day. 

The South Asia Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/sar 

The Unit

The Environment Department (ENV), located within the World Bank’s Planet Practice Group has been established to deliver on the opportunities, benefits and outcomes offered by enhanced management of the environment and natural resources. ENV provides expertise, technical assistance and financing to help countries manage land, sea and freshwater natural resources in a sustainable way to help create jobs, improve livelihoods, enhance ecosystem services, decrease pollution and increase resilience to climate change. Over 360 ENV staff working across the globe help set developing countries on a clean, green growth trajectory for resilient economies and healthy communities.

The SSAE1 unit comprises around 30 staff, with 95 percent based in Country Offices. The rest of the team is based in Washington DC. Our Sri Lanka country office is a joint World Bank/International Finance Cooperation office, comprising approximately 100 staff, including an ETC working on environment, providing a vibrant, collegial working environment.
Duties and accountabilities:

The ET Consultant will have the following tasks:

• Support the Bank team by providing engineering oversight and guidance on all infrastructure interventions, technical matters relating to planning, design, and implementation of the civil works activities related to protection, rehabilitation and integrated management of coastal areas. The grey infrastructure interventions may include, but not limited to, coastal protection structures such as submerged reefs, rubble mound breakwaters, concrete sea walls, groynes, pollution treatment/management plants, cruise terminal/ fishing harbors construction and modernization, ecotourism and other livelihoods related infrastructure.
• Assessing the proposed infrastructure investments by the client’s teams and providing guidance on:
  1. spatial targeting or grouping of the proposed investments;
  2. assessing any environmental and social (E&S) risks to be considered and propose alternative technical design to mitigate those risks;
  3. recommendations to enhance design to be consistent with overall conceptual framework of the project;
  4. assessing technical designs to ensure sustainability and resilience of proposed infrastructure;
  5. ensuring that technical refinements agreed with the Bank’s team are duly included in the teams’ proposals and designs;
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• Support the task teams in contributing to the preparation of TORs for studies and technical specifications; reviewing the detailed project reports (DPRs); provide Inputs to the draft reports which are to contribute to the project sub-component designs, and; provide guidance on hydrodynamic, climate change and sediment transport modeling intended for a better understanding of the functioning of the coastline and coastal risks,
• Provide assistance to the task team and the clients in advising on contract management such as quality control and ensure consultants’ compliance with contracts for engineering design, works supervision, investments operation and maintenance.
• Make site visits with other project officers to project intervention sites to review quality of civil works, material results and monthly progress reports, as well as make recommendations for the project on the overall achievement of the projects’ project and quality of works.
• Preparation and conduct of supervision missions from technical and financial partners as well as the monitoring of action plans resulting from said missions;
• Engage and collaborate with project stakeholders including beneficiaries for knowledge and skills transfer, relating to the prevention and management of coastal risks;
• Provide other inputs as requested and agreed with the Bank team.

Selection Criteria

• A master’s degree or its equivalent in coastal engineering discipline or civil/hydraulic engineering, specializing in maritime and/or coastal works, dredging, port works, jetties and large-scale mining of rock for breakwaters.
• Have at least 5 years of experience in the field of coastal and maritime engineering or coastal oceanography
• Have at least three (03) references in studies including the design of coastal protection works or maritime works;
• Have at least five (05) experiences in the control and monitoring of coastal or maritime protection works;
• Demonstrate knowledge in the specific associated fields such as: climate change, hydrology and coastal oceanography, marine environment, hydrodynamics, morphodynamics of coastal zones, digital
  modeling, measurements, design and construction of port and maritime works, sedimentology, upkeep and maintenance maritime works;
• Have a good knowledge of the following common and more specialized software for monitoring and modeling coastal or maritime dynamics will be an added advantage
• Have a good knowledge of the environmental and social safeguard measures of the World Bank
• Experience working on South Asia and familiarity with the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification framework and ICZM principles in the Indian context is an advantage.
• Good team player who can work as a member of a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team, motivate and lead group efforts and network effectively across boundaries.
• A drive for results while working with limited supervision and under tight timelines.
  
  Additional Considerations:
  
  As the World Bank Group continues to evolve, we value candidates who:
• Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.
• Responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making.
• Bring experience working on fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV)-related contexts and are encouraged to highlight relevant experience in their application materials, where applicable.

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2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.

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