Project Development Officer

Manila Water Company; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Manila Water Company, Inc. is seeking a capable Project Development Specialist to advance infrastructure initiatives in Metro Manila.

You will align development activities with strategy, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and support procurement planning and risk management. The role emphasizes coordinating with construction managers, preparing DSPs and business cases, updating on progress, and driving continuous improvements throughout project cycles in a dynamic utility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering with valid Professional License.
• 3+ years of project management experience in infrastructure/engineering environments.
• Strong communication and organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify project development activities aligned with the defined strategy and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Construction managers to align development with execution and timeline.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure completeness of DSP and business case documents and approvals.
• Recommend changes to the project plan.
• Coordinate efforts with stakeholders to share information, provide updates, and escalate issues.
• Assist in defining ToRs for preparatory works, packaging, procurement planning, and integration of bidding results with designs.
• Document project risks during development and update mitigation measures.
• Initiate and recommend improvements to the project.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• Identifies project development activities aligned with the defined project development strategy in alignment with concerned internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinates with the Construction managers to ensure project development strategy is aligned with project execution and timeline.
• Coordinates with stakeholder and proponent to ensure completeness of documents required for DSP and business case preparation. And approval.
• Recommends changes in the project plan
• Coordinates efforts with applicable stakeholders to ensure awareness, share information and provide updates and elevate as necessary to resolve issues relating to the project.
• Supports the team in defining and designing ToRs for the preparatory works needed packaging and procurement planning and for the integration of the Bidding Winners’ results with designs
• Documents project risks during project development and update based on the mitigation measures to be implemented.
• Initiates and recommends the improvement of project.

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and hold a valid Professional License
• With at least 3 years of work experience in project management within an infrastructure and engineering-focused environment, ideally involving water, wastewater, or network projects is an advantage
• With good communication and organization skills