Principal Land Surveyor at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

No of Positions: 28

VACANCY NO.1/2020
 
Terms of Service:   Permanent/Pensionable     Salary Scale:    Kshs.47,780 - Kshs.82,330 p.m.    (CSG 8) House Allowance: Kshs.15,400 - Kshs.35,000 p.m. (depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance:  Kshs.8,000 p.m. Leave Allowance:   Kshs.6,000 (once yearly) Medical Cover:   As provided by the Government  

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Land Surveyor I, CSG 9 or in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service;
• a Bachelor’s  degree in any of the following disciplines:- Land Surveying and Photogrammetry, Geomatics, Geomatic Engineering, Technology in Geomatics, Technology in Geo-informatics, Geo-spatial Engineering, Philosophy in Technology (Survey) or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;  
• affiliate/associate membership of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK); and
• certificate in computer applications.

Duties and Responsibilities
 
Duties and responsibilities includes:- 

• carrying out national and international boundary and hydrographic surveys, gravity and magnetic analysis, astronomical observations;
• establishment of very long base interferometry (VLBI);  
• supervising gravity and magnetic control observations and computations, cadastral, adjudication, topographical, sub-divisional schemes, photo control, engineering, cadastral, adjudication and general boundary surveys; and
•  maintaining, testing, calibrating and certifying survey equipment.