The International Team Leader / Water Resources Specialist

The International Team Leader / Water Resources Specialist will support Sheladia's project team and Client (Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology - MOWRAM), on an upcoming AIIB funded opportunity in Cambodia. 

The individual will provide overall leadership, technical direction, and quality assurance for the preparation of Water Resources Management (WRM) and Flood Risk Management (FRM) projects. The position will lead multidisciplinary teams in delivering feasibility studies (FS), detailed engineering designs (DED), investment packages, and due diligence documentation in compliance with AIIB guidelines.

The Team Leader will ensure integration of engineering, environmental, social, institutional, and financial components while maintaining high technical standards and timely delivery of outputs.

The Team Leader shall:

• Provide overall direction and technical leadership to the consulting team.

• Coordinate specialist inputs and consolidate outputs into coherent deliverables.

• Manage multidisciplinary international and national experts.

• Ensure all outputs meet quality standards and comply with AIIB requirements.

• Coordinate closely with MOWRAM and other key stakeholders.

• Lead preparation of:

  • Inception Report

  • Draft and Final Feasibility Study (FS)

  • Detailed Engineering Design (DED)

  • Investment packages

  • Due diligence documentation

  • Other documents required for AIIB loan processing

• Ensure integration of technical, environmental, social, and economic analyses.

• Supervise and guide teams responsible for:

  • Surveys and investigations

  • Hydraulic and irrigation modeling

  • Basic and detailed engineering design

  • Geotechnical and soil investigations

  • LIDAR mapping and topographic surveys

  • Dam safety analysis

• Oversee environmental, social, resettlement, and gender action plans.

• Supervise financial and economic analyses.

• Recommend system innovations to improve:

  • Water use efficiency

  • Delivery flexibility

  • Smart water management systems

• Propose institutional arrangements for operational management.

• Review previous and ongoing donor-funded projects and private investments to:

  • Identify constraints and bottlenecks

  • Identify synergies

  • Improve implementation readiness

• Prepare Terms of Reference (ToRs) and cost estimates for:

  • Surveys and special studies

  • Investment preparation and due diligence

  • Project readiness improvements

• Support MOWRAM in selection of consultants/suppliers financed by AIIB.