Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Improving Access Activity

Senior Infrastructure Engineer — Improving Access Activity About Fika Fika (formerly “Bridges to Prosperity”) advances innovative, cost-effective rural infrastructural solutions through advocacy, evidence, and technical assistance to promote safe access for geographically isolated communities through partnership with governments and donors. Our evidence-based approach demonstrates that safe, reliable access unlocks opportunity and drives economic and social development in rural areas. Opportunity Overview Fika is seeking an experienced and technically strong Senior Infrastructure Engineer to lead the physical infrastructure component of an anticipated Improving Access Activity — a key component of a large-scale, donor-funded transport infrastructure program in Zambia that addresses physical and non-physical barriers to mobility and market access for rural communities along a major economic corridor. As the physical infrastructure component lead, the Senior Infrastructure Engineer is accountable for turning a prioritized, community-validated pipeline of infrastructure-ready sites into designed, procured, constructed, and delivered Rural Networked Transport Infrastructure (RNTI) assets, while building the design-and-build capacity of government and private-sector partners. The role reports to the Improving Access Activity Team Leader. This position is contingent on program funding and client approvals. Responsibilities Design & Technical Leadership Lead preliminary and detailed engineering design across RNTI typologies (trail and cable bridges, stone arch, short-span and low-volume crossings, feeder roads and paths, drainage, culverts, and access approaches) to NCC and RDA standards. Support the technical prioritization and costing of the works pipeline, contributing engineering judgment to typology and sequencing decisions. Assess the technical feasibility of candidate sites and provide engineering recommendations, including processing survey data, evaluating aerial