General Manager - Water Sector

Nama Holding; Muscat; On-site; OMR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Nama Holding in Oman seeks a senior leader to oversee Water & Wastewater activities, aligning operations with strategy and ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. The role requires monitoring performance and driving improvements, with a focus on efficiency, reliability, and governance.

The position emphasizes innovation, market expansion, and the development of performance dashboards to track progress across projects and maintenance, while managing day-to-day operations and ensuring business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Master’s degree in engineering is favored but not mandatory.
• 11+ years of relevant experience in water operations.
• 4+ years in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Lead the translation of organisation’s overarching strategy into objectives and plans for the directorates.
• Ensure that performance is monitored and managed to achieve the directorates’ mandates and objectives.
• Establish a dashboard to monitor and report operational performance, maintenance and achievements.
• Communicate Nama Holding strategy and directions to its subsidiaries.
• Identify and evaluate new business opportunities and market trends to drive growth and expansion; oversee day-to-day water & wastewater operations.
• Manage network performance, progress reports, and areas for improvement.
• Maintain high operational excellence and regulatory compliance.
• Develop innovations and new technologies to position Nama Holding in the market.
• Optimize non-revenue water and infiltration.
• Adhere to rules and regulations ensuring full compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Performance monitoring

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

Dashboard software

Regulatory compliance systems

Job description

Job Purpose

Leading and overseeing the various Water & Wastewater activities in alignment with the organisational

strategy and objectives, which include Wastewater Projects, Operations and Maintenance (O&M).

Ensuring efficiency and reliability, achieving operational excellence and adhering to the governance and

standards. In addition, this role is responsible for continuously monitoring the performance of delivered

activities and ensuring their compliance to the organisation’s standards. Leading the operational

performance and maintaining the progress reporting and advice on an improvement area. Ensuring that

all operations of water & wastewater are conducted efficiently, safely, and in compliance with regulatory

standards. Identify and evaluate new business opportunities, best practices and market trends to drive

growth, expansion and innovation. Maintaining a system performance dashboard for all operational

matters.

Furthermore, the role is responsible for identifying any issues and conflicts and establishing corrective

methods accordingly to ensure business continuity.

Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities and Result Areas

Description Key Result Areas

• Lead the translation of organisation’s overarching strategy into objectives and plans for the directorates.
• Ensure that the performance is effectively monitored and managed in order to achieve the directorates’ mandates and objectives.
• Establishing a dashboard to monitor and report the operational performance, maintenance and achievements.
• Communicate and present Nama Holding business strategy and directions to its subsidiaries.
• Identify and evaluate new business opportunities and market trends to drive growth and expansion. Oversee the day-to-day operations of the water & wastewater, ensuring efficiency and reliability in operation.
• Manage the network performance, progress report and suggested an improvements area.
• Responsible for maintaining high operational excellence and business compliance to the standards and regulation.
• Develop innovation and new technologies that positioning Nama Holding in the market.
• Optimize the non-revenue water & Infiltration.
• Adhere to the rules and regulation and ensuring fully compliance to the requirements.

Desired Candidate Profile

Job Qualifications and Experience

Minimum Qualifications Professional Experience

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, or a related field
• Master’s degree in engineering, or a related field is favored but not mandatory
• Minimum of 11 years of relevant experience in water operations or a related field
• At least 4 years of experience in a leadership role