Geotechnical Engineer (International Experience)

Geotechnical Engineer (International Experience): The Geotechnical Engineer shall have a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and Masters or PhD in Civil Engineering with a major in soil mechanics and foundation is preferable and will have a 10 years
professional experience including at least three of which were related to subsurface investigation in Hydraulic Structures.

Introduction: Irrigation and Drainage (I&D) are crucial to Pakistan's irrigated agriculture, without which the country is a desert or salt fields. The Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) that has converted deserts into green fields suitable for agriculture is now the largest integrated irrigation network in the world. It consists of Indus River and its tributaries, three major storage reservoirs, 19 barrages, 12 inter-river link canals, 43 irrigation canal commands, and over 110,000 watercourses, delivering water to farms. Water is diverted from the rivers by barrages or head-works into the main canals. Generally, the hierarchical canal system runs from main canals to branch canals, distributaries/ minors and watercourses that supply water to chacks or dehs (tertiary irrigation command area) through moghas (ungated outlets) in distributaries and minors. 

Sindh is one of the primary beneficiaries of the IBIS. It has three major barrages on the Indus River that divert approximately 48-million-acre feet (MAF or 59.0 billion cubic metersBCM) of water annually to the 14 main canal commands with a complex system of 117 branch canals, 1400 distributaries and minors (secondary canals) and about 42,000 watercourses (tertiary channels which have an aggregate length of about 75,000 miles (120,000 Km). The main canal systems have an aggregate length of 13,325 miles (21,445 km), which serve a gross command area (GCA) of 14.391 million acres (5.8 million ha), out of which 2.2 million hectors are under the management of Sindh Irrigation & Drainage Authority (SIDA) through Canals Area Water Boards (AWBs) established on four main canals i.e. Ghotki Feeder Canal, Nara Canal, Akram Wah Canal and Fulleli Canal out of 14 Canals. 

The Government of Sindh (GOS) is in process to receive a Credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to meet part of the cost of the Sindh Water and Agriculture Transformation (SWAT) project. The SWAT is aimed to improve irrigation system of Sindh. The SWAT will be implemented by the Government of Sindh, mainly, through the Irrigation Department, Agriculture Department, Sindh Irrigation & Drainage Authority (SIDA), Area Water Boards (AWBS)  and Farmer Organizations (FOs), with support from Consultants. It is intended to apply part of the proceeds of this credit for hiring of Project Implementation Consultants (PICs) for construction supervision of rehabilitation works of Akram Wah which is one of the major component activity of SWAT Project.