Irrigation Manager at MacTay Consulting

Industry: Agricultural

Job Objectives

• Managing and supervising of the Irrigation section of the Agric. Department by proving periodical reports through Daily, weekly & Monthly in time.
• Liaise with HOD and HR department for recruitment of irrigation technicians and allocation of their roles without ambiguity.
• Fixation of Key Focus Areas for the team members, reviewing their performance based on their KFAs.
• Regular monitoring and reviewing the performance of individuals.

Responsibilities
Budget and Cost Control:

• Provide annual budget to his section, adherence of stipulated norms and execution of works without escalation of cost.
• Continual improvement of operational efficiency should be ensured.

Bills and Payments:

• Ensure the payment of salaries and wages to the team members need to be followed and ensured.
• Periodical follow up of water tax payable to Govt. needs to be ensured.

Irrigation Management

• Scheduling of irrigation cycle based on the weather data, age of crop and soil condition.
• Ensure the water use efficiency and cane productivity including the Dry off schedule in consultation with farm Managers with due information to Head of Agric.
• Having measurement devices in all the vantage points, enable us to have effective monitoring of inflow, irrigation& Drain

Maintenance of Reservoirs & Canals

• Maintenance / desilting / clearing of Canals and reservoirs, in order to ensure the free flow of water.
• Periodical maintenance calendar of irrigation/Drainage canals should be planned and executed in both off crop & crop season.
• Periodical maintenance of reservoir Gates, canal shutters and turnouts should be planned and executed to have leak free controlled irrigation

Pump House:

• Periodical Maintenance and operation of Pump house on cost effective manner.
• Based on the soil analysis and soil mapping, he has to design and execute the appropriate irrigation technique.
• Ascertaining the irrigation requirement and upgrading the available irrigation system.
• In co-ordination with Factory electrical/mechanical dept., ensure adequate spares to smooth operation of pumps and motors without any challenges.
• Maintain the periodical data through Hourly/daily/weekly/monthly power consumption, water discharge, operational time and break down time.

Farm Roads:

• Periodical upgradation and maintenance of Farm roads, continual improvement of farm roads to ensure efficient operation of farming activities during Rainy period.

Irrigation Tools:

• Upgrading the irrigation tools and techniques to ensure the effective irrigation.
• Ensure the availability of the needed tools and equipment to the team to enable them to discharge their duties effectively.

Training:

• Ascertaining the training requirements of the team members based on the periodical assessment.
• Technical know-how has to be updated and imparted periodical

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Degree in Civil or Irrigation or other related courses.
• Any relevant profession certificate.
• 10 Years working experience in Irrigation and Survey related works in the large-scale estate.

Salary
Negotiable