{"id":103642,"date":"2026-07-24T17:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/bulk-water-and-irrigation-engineer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:56:17","slug":"bulk-water-and-irrigation-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/tana-river\/bulk-water-and-irrigation-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulk Water and Irrigation Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Bulk Water and Irrigation Engineer\", \"description\": \"Role Summary\\nThe Bulk Water and Irrigation Engineer will lead the engineering supervision, contractor coordination, quality control, testing, and commissioning of the bulk water infrastructure while managing the operation, maintenance, and progressive expansion of centre-pivot irrigation for a commercial sugarcane plantation. This hands-on role ensures water is efficiently abstracted, pumped, filtered, conveyed, and delivered to centre-pivot blocks at the required flow and pressure. The Engineer is responsible for translating engineering designs into reliable field infrastructure, preparing irrigation schedules based on crop needs, diagnosing system faults, and supervising field teams and subcontractors in a remote environment.\\nQualification, skills and Competencies\\nEducation: Bachelor\u2019s degree in Civil Engineering, Water Engineering, Irrigation Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, or Biosystems Engineering. Registration with the Engineers Board of Kenya EBK is strongly preferred.\\nExperience: 5\u20138 years of progressive engineering experience, with at least 3 years in water infrastructure\/major civil works and 3 years of hands-on experience with center pivot systems.\\nTechnical Expertise: Practical experience with various pipeline materials HDPE, steel, uPVC; competence in hydraulic calculations, pump curves, and filtration systems.\\nLeadership: Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary contractors and field technicians in remote or rural terrain.\\nLicense & Certifications: Valid driver\u2019s license, training in Project Management, HSE, or irrigation commissioning is an asset.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-23\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Tana River Sugar\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Tana River\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-06T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Tana River Sugar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Tana River<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-06<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Role Summary<br \/>The Bulk Water and Irrigation Engineer will lead the engineering supervision, contractor coordination, quality control, testing, and commissioning of the bulk water infrastructure while managing the operation, maintenance, and progressive expansion of centre-pivot irrigation for a commercial sugarcane plantation. This hands-on role ensures water is efficiently abstracted, pumped, filtered, conveyed, and delivered to centre-pivot blocks at the required flow and pressure. The Engineer is responsible for translating engineering designs into reliable field infrastructure, preparing irrigation schedules based on crop needs, diagnosing system faults, and supervising field teams and subcontractors in a remote environment.<br \/>Qualification, skills and Competencies<br \/>Education: Bachelor\u2019s degree in Civil Engineering, Water Engineering, Irrigation Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, or Biosystems Engineering. Registration with the Engineers Board of Kenya EBK is strongly preferred.<br \/>Experience: 5\u20138 years of progressive engineering experience, with at least 3 years in water infrastructure\/major civil works and 3 years of hands-on experience with center pivot systems.<br \/>Technical Expertise: Practical experience with various pipeline materials HDPE, steel, uPVC; competence in hydraulic calculations, pump curves, and filtration systems.<br \/>Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary contractors and field technicians in remote or rural terrain.<br \/>License &#038; Certifications: Valid driver\u2019s license, training in Project Management, HSE, or irrigation commissioning is an asset.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Tana River Sugar on tanasugar.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1287006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-06 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Tana River Sugar Location: Tana River Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-06 Job Description Role SummaryThe Bulk Water and Irrigation Engineer will lead the engineering supervision, contractor coordination, quality control, testing, and commissioning of the bulk water infrastructure while managing the operation, maintenance, and progressive expansion of centre-pivot irrigation for a commercial sugarcane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,2153],"tags":[1425,1413,1412,2450],"class_list":["post-103642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-tana-river","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-tana-river-sugar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}