Machakos County, nicknamed ‘Macha,’ was the first capital city of Kenya and is now an administrative county in Kenya. Machakos is made up of eight (8) constituencies including Machakos Town, Mavoko, Masinga, Yatta, Kangundo, Kathiani, Matungulu, and Mwala. Machakos Town is the administrative capital of the County.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Developing new land survey techniques and policies
• Assessing human capacity development needs in line with the changing professional demands
• Carrying out national and international boundary surveys
• Supervising research of new and emerging technologies
• Verifying cadastral, adjudication, topographical, sub- divisional schemes, photo engineering surveys
• Carrying out quality control of astronomical, gravity, magnetic, cadastral, VLBI observations, adjudication and general boundary surveys
• Calibrating and certifying survey equipment.
• Estimating and costing of survey projects.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: –

• A minimum experience of fifteen (15) years in this field.
• Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Land surveying and photogrammetry, Geomatics Engineering. Technology in Geomatics, Technology in Geo-informatics, Geo- spatial Engineering. Philosophy in Technology (Survey) from a recognized institution.
• Masters degree in any of the following disciplines: Land Surveying, Land management. Cartography, Photogrammetry, Photolithography, Geomatic Engineering, Technology in Geomatics. Technology in Geoinformatics, Geo- spatial Engineering, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Urban or Regional Planning, Geodesy, Hydrography. Environmental Science, Information Science or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Full membership of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (MISK).
• A certificate in strategic leadership development programme (SLDP) Lasting not less than six weeks from a recognized institution will be an added advantage