Principal Infrastructure Development Officer at Micro and Small Enterprise Authority (MSEA)

REF: MSEA/3/03/2026 (MSEA GRADE 4)
Job specification
Duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Designing Engineering devices in construction, electrical, mechanical, electronics, civil, and structural works
• Ensuring maintenance of machinery and equipment, waterworks, offices, workshops, conference complexes, stalls, sheds, exhibition halls, Centre of Excellence, Constituency Industrial Development Centres, Godowns, and other MSEA facilities
• Preparing specifications for projects and new equipment
• Processing tenders for engineering work and equipment, and maintaining an inventory of machinery and equipment
• Monitoring the execution of development projects, supervision, and training of engineers and technical staff
• Developing mechanisms and strategies to facilitate acquisitions of infrastructure
• Coordinating categorization of completed MSE sheds, CIDCs, stalls, show rooms, workspaces, and other incubation facilities
• Managing infrastructure within MSE work sites
• Liaising with the Counties and Centers of Excellence Managers in allocating newly completed MSE sheds, CIDCs, stalls, show rooms, workspaces, other incubation facilities
• Surveying structures and conditions of buildings to establish defects, requirements for refurbishment/replacement/modification
• Preparing sketch plans, specifications and estimates for building renovations and maintenance works
• Coordinating collection and reviewing of rent

Person Specifications

For appointment to this position, a candidate must have:

• Bachelors degree in either of the following disciplines: Civil/Mechanical/Structural/Mechatronic Engineering, Agriculture, Land Economics, Estate Management, Property Management and Valuation, Facilities Management or its equivalent and any other relevant qualification from a recognized Institution
• Masters degree in either of the following disciplines: Civil/Mechanical/Structural/Mechatronic Engineering, Agriculture, Land Economics, Estate Management, Property Management and Valuation, Facilities Management or its equivalent and any other relevant qualification from a recognized Institution
• At least eight (8) years’ relevant work experience, three (3) of which must have been in a supervisory role
• Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks
• Proficiency in computer applications
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results