A B M Sadiqur Rahman

Experience

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  BETS Consulting Sevices Ltd.

  Oct 2000 - Jun 2004

  Design Engineer/Environmental Engineer

  - Designing water treatment plant, intake structure of treatment plant and pipeline network- Environmental Impact Assessment of different development projects- Solid waste management of Dhaka city- Arsenic mitigation- Study on water supply & sanitation in rural, urban and urban fringe

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  Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA)

  Jul 2004 - Dec 2009

  Environmental Engineer

  Project Name: Bangladesh Environmental Technology Verification Support to Arsenic Mitigation (BETV-SAM)Responsible for:•Technology verification protocol development•Water quality analysis•Water Safety Plan development•Technical support for field level technology monitoring•Supervised field testing of arsenic removal technologies in different areas of the country.• Developed communications tools, geared to villagers, in hygienic practices for safe water and in the proper operation and maintenance of arsenic removal technologies, based on the contents of the Water Safety Plans for those technologies.• Help draft arsenic removal technology performance verification reports.• Helped finalize the technology deployment conditions of verified arsenic removal technologies, prior to their certification for sale in Bangladesh.• Worked closely with BSCIR scientific personnel, to build their capacity.• Developed terms of reference for sub-contractors• Evaluated proposals• Budget preparation for certain project activities.• Conducted a range of other tasks related to water quality testing, technology field monitoring and laboratory capacity-building.• Conducted much of the training of field crews involved in our project. Show less

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  NGO Forum for Public Health

  Feb 2010 - Sept 2012

  Programme Engineer

  • Design of WATSAN technologies including alternative water supply and sanitation technologies considering different hydro-geological, social, climate change aspects• Selection of appropriate technologies considering hydro-geological situation• Groundwater contamination remediation, water quality assessment and monitoring, project planning, management and implementation• Low cost and safe water supply, environmental sanitation options, promotion of good hygiene practice and community participation• Design of water treatment plant, preparation of bid document, Bill of Quantities etc.• Design of community/cluster latrine with septic tank and soak pit• Development of caretaker/maintenance manuals of WATSAN technologies• Feasibility study and design of pipeline network, overhead tank and treatment facilities • Study in climate change impact, mitigation and adaptation issues as of global and local context• Conducting baseline survey, PRA, FGD, KII in rural and urban areas for EIA and water supply and sanitation related projects• Program design, management, implementation and monitoring; maintaining liaison and networking with different stakeholders including Government of Bangladesh (GoB) agencies, development partners and other partner organizations• Proposal preparation, program budgeting, Terms of Reference preparation, proposal evaluation• Supervision, monitoring and quality control of partner organization/sub contracting agencies activities Show less

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  UNHCR

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2019

  WASH Officer

  Responsible for WASH, Energy, Shelter and General Infrastructure- Emergency refugee response, designing appropriate emergency sanitation solutions, water options, FSM options,- Managing partners for rapid emergency response- Implemented biogas plants as the sustainable solution for feacal waste management in congested refugee camp- Identified alternative water supply options in water crisis situation, provided surface water treatment and management, conducted hydro-geological investigation for ground water exploration in complex hydro-geological and geophysical situation- Initiated Water Safety Plan in refugee camp- Provided community based sanitation and hygiene services through partner agency- Implemented renewable energy solution by solar based mini grid system (43 kW), promotion of Improve Cook Stoves and fuel saving solution Retained Heat Cooker as alternative cooking technology.- Periodic development including design and maintenance of refugee shelter and other camp general infrastructure. Show less

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  JICA Study Team

  Feb 2020 - now

  Sr. Water & Environmental Engineer
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  Nippon Koei Bangladesh Ltd.

  Feb 2020 - now

  River/Dam/Water Resource Development/Environment Expert

  • Identification of South Chattogram area surface water Resources including the river basin, canal, hilly creek, lakes etc.• Develop the all rivers, canals, streams alignment including Sangu, Matamuhuri, Bakkhali river and all it’s tributary and distributary profile and water holding capacity. • Identify potential locations for surface water reservoir and potential holding capacity• Identify appropriate locations of dam/weir/water structures for diversion/holding water in the river basin • Analysis the environmental parameters of the integrated water resources development including environmental preliminary screening• Assist sub-contracting agency for environmental assessment•Liaison with different government organization for conducting two Sub Technical Working Group (TWG) for Surface water and Environment. Provide all necessary information to Sub TWG and seek strategic guidance from high level government official under the Sub TW G• Coordinate with other study team members for the project progress• Assist Team Leader/Deputy Team Leader for the project progress and suggest for any necessary changes required in work plan Show less