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Land Surveyor, Geomatic Engineer

Location:
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Salary:
From Kshs. 40,000
Posted:
March 21, 2021

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MOUREEN NJERI MACHARIA

P.O. Box ****-*****, Naivasha

Tel: +254-***-***-***

Email: ***************.***@*****.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

As a professional with knowledge in Surveying: Land, Engineering, Hydrographic and Mining; GIS, Cartography, Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry, Geodesy and Information Technology, I aim to work in a proven and trendsetting organization, to be an excellent and inspiring leader, utilizing my knowledge, skills and talents to better the organization and the community around me, to develop, learn and abide by the principles of integrity and hard work. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SEPTEMBER 2019 – MARCH 2020;

Intern, Highland Surveyors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1) Land Surveyor

Carrying out cadastral surveys such as subdivision of fixed and general boundary parcels and boundary re-establishment surveys.

Responsible for carrying out topographical surveys.

Carrying out engineering surveys

Responsible for the production of digital survey data using existing software packages

Preparation of the surveyor’s reports for various projects undertaken.

Involved in a conflict resolution of a disputed boundary. 2) Building Surveyor

Responsible for carrying out indoor building measurements. 3) GIS Analyst

Topo-cadastral mapping of various sites in Kenya

Carrying out mapping and spatial analysis.

4) CAD-based Cartographer

Coordinate based cadastral mapping for survey plan production.

Creation of 2D and 3D plans of surveyed building units.

Learnt how to design subdivision plans using AutoCAD Civil 3D. 5) Close Range Photogrammetry

Learnt the basics of flying a drone for mapping purposes

Learnt one of the software packages, PIX4D Mapper for processing drone images. 6) Computer Programming

Being a coding enthusiast, I was challenged to develop an online web repository for the storage, viewing and download of the survey plans obtained and scanned from Survey of Kenya.

SEPTEMBER 2018 - NOVEMBER 2018;

Attaché, Survey of Kenya (SOK)

Duties and Responsibilities:

1) Land Surveyor

Carrying out a boundary re-establishment survey. 2) Geographical Data Manager

Scanning of given survey plans

Geo-referencing and digitizing the plans using ArcGIS

Updating of parcel details on digitized plans.

Got well acquitted with Google Earth engine.

3) Cadastral Information Analyst

Green card data entry using Microsoft Access

JULY 2017 – SEPTEMBER 2017;

Attaché, Harunani & Associates

Duties and Responsibilities:

1) Land surveyor

Carrying out topographical surveys using total stations.

Involved in an engineering survey exercise for a road construction.

Carrying out boundary re-establishment surveys.

MAY 2016- JUNE 2016;

Attaché, Land Survey and GIS, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Land surveyor and GIS analyst.

Key Professional Skills:

Surveying:

Levels Theodolites Total Stations GNSS/GPS

• Information Technology: Windows, Microsoft Office packages, Postgresql and PgAdmin.

• Mapping software packages: ArcGIS, QGIS, AutoCAD Civil 3D, ENVI, ERDAS & Pix4D Mapper.

• Computer Programming: HTML, CSS, BOOTSTRAP, Python: Django, Java Script, C and C++

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Sep 2014 to Sep 2019: Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology: Main Campus;

Bachelor of Science Geomatic Engineering and Geospatial Information Systems. 2010 to 2013: St. Brigid’s Girls’ High School - Kiminini Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE): Mean grade of A (plain) of 81 points. 2000 to 2009: Teresia’s Academy Gilgil

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education Exam (KCPE): Marks; 411 out of 500. Membership and Other Leadership Positions

• 2015-2016: Patrol Leader, Scout’s club – Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

• 2011-2013:Senior Games Prefect - St. Brigid’s Girls’ High School – Kiminini

• 2010-2013: Camp master; Scout’s club - St. Brigid’s Girls’ High School - Kiminini.

• 2011-2013: Captain; Football team - St. Brigid’s Girls’ High School - Kiminini.

• 2008 - 2009: Class Prefect – Teresia’s Academy Gilgil. PERSONAL INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

• Professional Interests: Survey and GIS, Project Management, Programming, Developing Web-Platforms, Money Markets and Entrepreneurship.

• Personal Interests: Sports, Music, Biking and Guitar playing. Referees

1. Mr. Martin . K. Musa

Surveyor and Survey Technician

JKUAT

Cell: +254-***-***-***

Email: **********@*****.***

2. Mr. Ochieng’ Mc’Okeyo, mISPRS

Technical Operations Manager

Highland Surveyors Ltd

Cell: +254-***-******

Email: *******.*****************@*******.***

3. Mr. Paul Njagucha Maina

Surveyor

Survey of Kenya

Cell: +254-***-***-***



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