Vihiga County whose headquarters is in Mbale is Located in the Western Region of Kenya. It boarders Nandi to the East, Kisumu County to the South, Siaya County to the West and KAKAMEGA County to the North. It is one of the four Counties in the former Western Province. Vihiga County has five Constituencies; Luanda, Emuhaya, Hamisi, Sabatia and Vihiga. The County’s population stands at 612,000.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Spearheading the formulation, implementation and review of policies, strategies, guidelines, standards, procedures, protocols and manuals oncivil engineering;
• Validating technical drawings as per work request; ensuring housekeeping and maintenance of work areas adhere to set safety standards;
• Making sure the equipment and tools are serviced and maintained to operating standards;
• Verifying purchase requests in the plant maintenance and management system;
• Verifying accuracy of materials and equipment;
• Recommending for approval of scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on cooling towers, roads, building and other civil structures in the county;
• Validating notifications, creation, confirmation and completion of work orders in the plant maintenance management system;
• Ensuring that statutory regulations and safety rules are fully implemented and followed;
• Verifying internal project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure or system and material requirements;
• Coordinating the monitoring of the systems performance, introducing changes and propose improvement and modification as necessary;
• Supervising external consultants to ensure conformance to design specifications and applicable codes; overseeing preparation of technical specifications and estimates for tendering process;
• Determining project details, such as plan preparation, acceptance testing and evaluation of field conditions;
• Inspecting projects; and spearheading feasibility studies and research on civil engineering

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Served in the grade of Chief Superintending Engineer (Civil) for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Been registered by the Engineers Registration Board of Kenya;
• Current valid annul Practicing license from the Engineer Registration Board of Kenya;
• Corporate Member with the Institution of Engineers Registration Board of Kenya;
• Attended a Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Demonstrate competency in CAD (computer Aided design) use for design preparations and interpretation
• Demonstrated administrative, professional and management competence in work performance and results.
• Satisfies the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya.
• Salary scale: The salary, allowances and other benefits attached to this position will be as determined by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.