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Heating and Energy Efficiency Engineer
Company: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Deadline: 14 Oct 2026
Announcement Code: 2601943

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JOB DESCRIPTION: 


The incumbent will provide support to ensure the smooth technical implementation of the energy efficiency component of the project described above in the target areas of Lori and Syunik Marzes. The incumbent will work in close collaboration with private sector producers, local authorities, and project beneficiaries. The incumbent will be expected to provide specific technical support in comparative woodstove technology analysis adaptation and testing, ensuring alignment of locally produced models with the identified design and international energy-efficiency and safety standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The Heating and Energy Efficiency Engineer, together with the international staff and consultants, will carry out the following tasks:
•    Identify and clearly record the wood stove requirements for the household target groups, while ensuring the approach is aligned with the requirements outlined within the project document;
•    Review and finalize the vocational school mapping undertaken by the project team, assess the relevance and capacity of identified institutions, and identify priority gaps and opportunities for vocational training support.
•    Review all national policy documents, including energy strategies and sector requirements to clearly identify the institutional setting of the project component within national rural energy access activities;
•    Carry out a review of relevant national data and documentation and conduct a comparative analysis of existing woodstoves, including an assessment of their performance, affordability, functionality, and scalability, and provide a recommendation on the preferred option;
•    Document the outcomes of the reviews and analyses in a series of concise technical review notes, summarizing the key findings, assumptions, conclusions and technical considerations, for review and validation by the project team.;
•    Provide support towards the validation and acceptance of laboratory testing results for the woodstoves, if required;
•    Develop guidance materials on safety measures for the production, testing and use of woodstoves, under the direct supervision of the relevant Technical Officer (TO).
•    Prepare tender documentation for woodstoves and participate in the evaluation process;
•    Facilitate the approval process and oversee the delivery and receipt of the woodstoves;
•    Organize and deliver training activities for producers, as needed;
•    Support the identification and selection of the beneficiaries of the woodstoves, and support installation of the woodstoves, as required.
•    Provide support to the international experts engaged by the project, both remotely and during their visits to Armenia;
•    Support the design of required training materials, if necessary. 
•    Perform other related tasks as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 


•    Advanced university degree in Mechanical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or a closely related field.
•    Minimum 7 years of professional experience in heating, heat assessments, energy efficiency, household heating demand, heating appliances (design and selection), or a related technical field.
•    Working knowledge of English and Armenian.
•    National of Armenia.o

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 

Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this announcement through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am. Thanks.

ABOUT COMPANY: 


The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. The Company's goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.