Agricultural Engineer- 5 Posts
Duties and Responsibilities
- To provide technical advice on use of farm machinery, plants, structures and equipment
- Guiding Project management teams and committees
- Guiding tender evaluation committees on bills of quantities and engineer’s estimates
- Supervising construction of agricultural projects and structures
- Supervising soil and water conservation
- Advising on farm power and mechanization
- Advising on irrigation and drainage programmes
- Advising on Designing Agricultural machinery, plants structures, components and equipment
- Advising on installation and testing of agricultural machinery and equipment
- Advising on Designs food processing plants and operations
- Designing structures of storage
- Providing advice on water, quality and issues related to managing pollution, rivers bank protection and use of water resources
- Resource mobilization for the section
- Developing Bills of quantities and engineer’s estimates for projects
- Coordinating Networking and creating partnerships with other stakeholders
- Preparing reports and briefs for projects status
- Participate in preparation of the Annual work plan and budget
- Ensuring projects implementation according to approved budgets and plans.
- Preparing and reviewing all Bills of works for contracts to be awarded to vendors of goods and services related to Agriculture, Irrigation, Environment, Livestock and fisheries projects.
- Preparing terms of reference s for project’s surveys, evaluation and review evaluation reports.
Qualifications
- Must be a Kenyan citizen
- Hold a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering or any other Engineering related field
- Be registered by Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) or Engineer’s Board of Kenya (EBK)
- Must have at least 3 years’ experience in similar work
- Good design and visualization skills, AutoCAD, Google Earth, GIS and other design tools will be an added advantage
- Computer literate with knowledge on related Computer packages
- Possess Proposal development skills,
- Good Communication skills,
- To have resource mobilization skills.
- Integrity Clearance
- Successful applicants are expected to get clearance from the following bodies.
- Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
- Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
- Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
- Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
- Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
- For those with higher education certificates (degrees) from outside Kenya, a letter of recognition of qualifications from the Commission of University.
Agricultural Officer- 2 Posts
Duties and Responsibilities
- An officer at this level will be deployed in the sub county to coordinate activities in one of the following areas;
- Undertaking crop production,
- Assisting in land development,
- Undertaking agricultural extension and project management,
- Managing information desk within the sub county.
- Performing any other duty that may be assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
- Must be a Kenyan Citizen
- Hold a Bachelor of science degree in any of the following fields; Food science, Home economics, Agriculture, Horticulture, Agricultural extension and Education from a recognized institution
- Have excellent interpersonal skills
- Integrity Clearance
- Successful applicants are expected to get clearance from the following bodies.
- Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
- Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
- Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
- Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)
- Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
- For those with higher education certificates (degrees) from outside Kenya, a letter of recognition of qualifications from the Commission of University.
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Note:
- Additional information and proper job descriptions on the advertised positions are available on the website at www.homabay.go.ke
- Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification
- Applicants from Homa Bay County are required to indicate their constituency and ward of residence
- Shortlisted candidates for all the positions advertised will be required to provide copies of relevant documents from the under-listed authorities.
- Kenya Revenue Authority.
- Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission
- Higher Education Loans Board
- Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)
