George Rizkallah
Environmental Project Manager | Director | Trainer with 20+ years of technical experience in Water Quality Management internationally
- Role
- Institutional Support Advisor at Tetra Tech
- Location
- Portland, ME, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About George Rizkallah
20 years of experience in strategic planning, risk management, environmental mitigation and adaptation, monitoring and evaluation, and optimization of water utilities.· Skilled in finance and administration, operations, program development, capacity building, facilitation, and moderation, program development, HR management, and team development.· Technical skills include leading and managing water, solid waste, electricity (Solar Energy), and agricultural climate-smart practices deliverables guided by the work plan· Extensive work in Market System Development approach, Public-Private Partnership climate change risk management, improving revenue collection, and reducing costs.· Experience working across many cultures and religions internationally in the U.S, the Middle East, and Europe.· Fluent bilingual in English and Arabic. Proficient in German. Strong cross-cultural, people, and negotiation skills.
Experience
Institutional Support Advisor
Nov 2023 — Present
Directed the development and implementation a $45MM “Non-Revenue Water Management” project on behalf of the largest international environmental engineering and water conservation company with 550 offices across 5 continents. Provided guidance and vision to ensure that capacity-building efforts contribute to better water governance of each region’s water utility across West Bank & Gaza for USAID.• Supervised six technical personnel, including SMEs in operations and maintenance, finance, HR, commercialization, capacity building and training development, and governance, while managing day-to-day implementation of capacity-strengthening activities in close collaboration with water utilities.• Led institutional and human capacity development interventions — including assessments, trainings, program design, and policy, plan, and software development — ensuring effective delivery and sustained performance improvements.
Education
Hauchler Studio
Diploma in Applied Technology in Industrial Production Management, Printing Technology
Birzeit University
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting and Business/Management
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