Chief Operating Officer (Operations)

The COO is the project's day-to-day operator, working for the Project Director and on behalf of the Deputy CEO. The job is as much about coordination as management: tehsil councils, district governments, the World Bank, the LG&CD Department and the P&D Board all need to move together for schemes to get built.

Responsibilities

• Supervise project activities, staff, individual consultants and consultancy firms.
• Help the Project Director plan priorities to reach the project's outcomes and outputs.
• Oversee the PIMU's operations, communications and capacity-building functions.
• Coordinate with tehsil councils, district governments and other city stakeholders on needs and progress.
• Assist in identifying and acquiring land for project schemes.

Qualifications and experience

• Master's degree in business administration, public administration, public policy or engineering; an engineering master's should come with an MBA.
• 10 years of relevant experience in public administration, project management, public-sector governance or infrastructure and engineering projects.
• Of that, 5 years on similar projects or assignments.
• With a BSc Engineering, experience counts from the date the degree was completed.
• Maximum age 60.

About the project

PRMSC is a government-owned not-for-profit company, incorporated with the SECP under Section 42 of the Companies Act, 2017. It runs the World Bank-funded Punjab Rural Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Project (PRSWSSP) in 16 selected tehsils of Punjab. These head-office posts are project contracts on the PPS (project pay scale).

Instructions

• Apply online through the Punjab Job Portal and attach copies of educational certificates, degrees, experience certificates and other supporting documents.
• All degrees must be from HEC-recognised institutions.
• The newspaper advertisement gives the last date as Monday, 26 October 2026; the portal lists 27 October 2026. Apply by the 26th to be safe.
• Applicants already in government, semi-government or autonomous service must apply through proper channel with a No Objection Certificate (NOC). Applications without an NOC, or with an expired one, are not entertained.
• Only shortlisted candidates are called for interview, and no TA/DA is paid. With many applicants PRMSC may shortlist further.
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• The portal asks for a domicile certificate for these posts. Punjab residents can request one at home through the government's Dastak service (call 1202 or use the Dastak app).