Water Balance Manager - Millar Cameron

Our client is a major group in the fresh produce sector with a global exposure and several business units across Africa. They are today looking for a Water Balance Manager for their operations in Ghana, who will be responsible for all irrigation, drainage, drinking water (for the workforce) and pack houses water supply related operations. This role reports directly to the Technical Director of the site.

The main responsibilities of the Water Balance Manager are the following:

In terms of irrigation:

• Installation of irrigation systems (extensions of the farm, replantation areas, conversion program).
• Follow up of the water supplies network with partnership of other concerned Departments (Administrative and Corporate Affairs…).
• Carrying out the daily irrigation program on the field with optimization of irrigation energy and labor costs.
• Maintenance and modernization of the network.
• Follow-up of irrigation process team on the field.
• Monitoring trials and tests in place (drip performance tests, issues links to soil water contents and soils permeability...) in partnership with Agronomist Department.
• Animation, coordination and training of irrigation workers’ team.
• Technical control of subcontracted works.
• Reporting on irrigation.

In terms of drainage:

• Controlling new networks construction on the field,
• Monitoring drainage annual programs (renovation and maintenance) in partnership with Production Department with a focus on the productivity of the
• machines and workmanship,
• Same for some external exit drainage networks shared with rice farms with partnership with Administrative and Corporate Affairs Department,
• Technical control, reception of subcontracted works,
• Reporting on drainage works.

In terms of drinking water:

All the operations linked to the water supply networks for workers on the farm.

In terms of pack houses water supply:

All the operations linked to pack houses water supply networks.