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

Position Details

• Job Reference: ELDOWAS/HR/2025/GISO/02
• Number of Posts: 1
• Reports to: Planning, Design and Construction Manager
• Department: Technical
• Job Grade: 7
• Terms of Engagement: Permanent & Pensionable

Purpose of the Role

To work with the scientific, technological and artistic aspects of developing and producing maps for water and wastewater systems for ELDOWAS.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Operational Roles

• Design maps, graphics, illustrations and layouts for specialist and general users
• Communicate information through the use of colour, symbols, style and other visual means
• Ensure safe storage of hard copy maps for reference purposes
• Map water reticulation systems with appurtenances in GIS as required
• Map trunk sewer systems in GIS as required
• Collate data provided by remote sensing techniques and provide GPS data for customer meter points with their attributes
• Liaise with Ardhi House, surveyors, designers and other legal authorities for cadastral map updates
• Provide thematic maps in both digital and hard copy formats to management and users

Technical and Analysis Functions

• Research, select and evaluate map source data for preparation or revision of maps and charts at various scales
• Analyze and evaluate map-related information
• Develop new sewer profiles, layouts and standard manhole details for new sewer connections
• Operate plotting instruments and Digital Photogrammetric Workstations (DPW)
• Design, maintain and manipulate geographical information (GI) databases
• Work with geographical information systems (GIS) to view, model and analyse landscape features
• Use desktop publishing packages to edit zone and route maps and formulate information products