GIS Officer at Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company Limited (ELDOWAS)

JOB REF:  ELDOWAS/HR/2025/GISO/02– 1 post

Reporting to:  PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

Department:  TECHNICAL

Terms of Engagement: Permanent & Pensionable

Job Grade 7

Purpose of the Job

To work with the scientific, technological and artistic aspects of developing and producing maps for Water and Waste Water for ELDOWAS.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities are:

• Operational Roles and Responsibilities
• Designing maps, graphics, illustrations and layouts for specialist and general users;
• Communicating information through the use of colour, symbols, style and other means;
• Ensure safe storage of hard copy maps for reference purposes;
• Mapping of water reticulation system with the appurtenances in GIS as required;
• Mapping of trunk sewer in GIS as required;
• Collating data provided by remote sensing techniques (the means by which spatial and environmental data about the earth are acquired by sensors located in satellites and aircraft) and provide the GPS data for customer meter points with their attributes;
• Liaise with Ardhi house, with surveyors and designers, and other legal authorities for cadastral maps update;
• Provide thematic maps both digital and hard copy to the management and users;
• Researching, selecting and evaluating map source data for use in the preparation or revision of maps and charts at various scales;
• Analyze and evaluate map able information;
• Develop new sewer profiles, layouts and standard manhole details for new sewer connection;
• Operating a plotting instrument and a Digital Photogrammetric Workstation (DPW), which views the photographs;
• Design, maintenance and manipulation of geographical information (GI) databases;
• Working with geographical information systems (GIS) to see, model and analyse landscape features;
• Using desktop publishing packages to edit of zone and route maps and formulate information;
• Capturing, maintaining and outputting ELDOWAS digital geographic data;
• Generalizing map data to allow for a reduction in scale (derived mapping);
• Checking and appraising the content and accuracy of maps, charts and printing proofs;
• Keeping up to date with emerging specialist software;
• Perform any another duty as may be assigned.

Key Result Areas:

The jobholder’s accountability areas are as follows:

• Submission of accurate, timely and relevant reports;
• Successful implementation of quality control standards for services offered by the plant;
• Effective supervision of employees assigned to the team;
• Continuous process improvement of services through efficient working;
• Enforcement of relevant guidelines, rules and regulations;
• Ensure customer satisfaction for the consumers of the services offered by the plant.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

The jobholder must possess:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Cartography, or the equivalent;
• Diploma in GIS;
• A minimum of 6 years’ in related work experience;
• Should have thorough knowledge of the relevant industry/sector as well as knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the relevant sector;
• Must have ability to plan, organize, implement and evaluate assigned goals;
• Must demonstrate ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines;
• Should have strong analytical and be result oriented;
• Must have high standards of integrity and ethical practice;
• Must be capable of functioning effectively both as a team player and a team leader;
• Must have management skills;
• Must have ability to accurately plan work assignments, prioritize tasks and deliver deadlines;
• Should have problem solving and decision making abilities;
• Should be an effective communicator with the ability to handle both internal and external communication;
• Should have effective people management and conflict resolution skills;
• Must have knowledge and experience in use of MS office packages