Vacancy title:
Irrigation Team Lead

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Manufacturing, Category: Agricultural Services & Products]

Jobs at:
Kilombero Sugar Company Limited (KSCL)

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, August 3 2025

Duty Station:
Tanzania | Morogoro | Tanzania

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, July 24 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Irrigation Team Lead is responsible for controlling and coordinating the quality of irrigation operations and assists management in the development of irrigation plans to ensure long-term growth development and sustainability as well as Implement the “ABFSugar Way of sugar cane production” to ensure Kilombero is the best-in-class sugar producer in the Country.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise irrigation activities, through the inspection of irrigation lines/furrows on each field given to each individual.
• Controls work performance by recording daily attendance, irrigation cycles, irrigation scheduling and pressure monitoring.
• Ensure that work standards are adhered to by allocating task to his/her gang and recording man-days used per activity.
• Responsible for safeguarding the crop by reporting any unusual occurrences i.e. fire, floods, smut, weeds, pests in the field, theft etc.
• Manages team performance and conduct.
• Ensure irrigation lines have been placed in the correct locations by physical inspection of all irrigation lines after every shift.
• Ensure complete number of irrigation equipment to comply with field geographical position by taking field inventory and Ensure irrigation lines are shifted as per set standards.
• Ensure good system arrangement to stabilize overlap uniformity by ensuring correct spacing of irrigation lines and use of correct irrigation equipment e.g. sprinkler and nozzles etc.
• Conduct on the job training and instruction on various farm activities.
• Responsible for irrigation equipment inventory and submits inventory reports to the farm supervisor.
• Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies, and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum Requirements:

• Certificate in Agriculture or related
• 2 – 3 years in Sugarcane agriculture
• Experience with leading teams and resource allocation.
• Good leadership skills
• Good communication skills

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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