Water & sanitation engineer
Designs and operates desalination, sewage and waste-management systems for islands.
Indicative salary
Monthly pay before allowances.
Entry
MVR 13,000 – MVR 18,000 / mo
≈ $843–$1,167
Mid
MVR 20,000 – MVR 35,000 / mo
≈ $1,297–$2,270
Senior
MVR 40,000 – MVR 65,000 / mo
≈ $2,594–$4,215
USD equivalents at 1 USD ≈ 15.42 MVR.
Career pathway
- 1
Graduate engineer
- 2
Project engineer
- 3
Senior engineer
- 4
Programme manager
Education to get there
Partner-university programs that lead into this role:
No specific partner program tagged yet — talk to a Blek counsellor; many roles are reachable via foundation studies + a related bachelor's.
Qualifications
- ▸BEng Civil/Environmental Engineering
Typical employers
- ▸MWSC
- ▸WAMCO
- ▸Island councils
- ▸Resort utilities
A note on salary data
Salary ranges are indicative monthly estimates compiled from publicly available sources — Maldives Pay Commission gazette (civil service), and current listings on job.mv, mihaaru.com/jobs and hotelcareers.mv. Actual pay varies by employer, qualifications and experience. Tourism roles typically include service charge on top of the base salary shown.
Last reviewed: 2026-05. Sources: Maldives Pay Commission (gazette) · job.mv · mihaaru jobs · hotelcareers.mv