02 Oct
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FinAgra
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Bengaluru
Location: All India. Based in Bengaluru, with project sites across the country and extensive travel.
Employment: Full time
Function: AgOps, working closely with Agronomy and Supply Chain
Reports to: Head AgOps
About FinAgra
FinAgra is building a new model for commercial agriculture in emerging markets. We combine financing, agronomy, technology, and farm operations to turn underperforming farmland into professionally managed, productive farming businesses.
Role Summary
FinAgra is looking for an irrigation engineer to own the technical design of irrigation systems across our project sites, covering horticulture and agri crops. Each site needs a system matched to its crop, soil, water source and season, at a capital cost that pays back quickly and that can, wherever possible, be redeployed to another site.
This is a purely technical role. You will assess fields and existing infrastructure, choose the irrigation method, produce the design and technical specification, evaluate supplier proposals on technical merit, and supervise installation and in-season performance. Quotations,
negotiation and supplier selection sit with the supply chain team, with whom you will work closely.
What You Will Do
Field assessment and design
- Survey each new project site for topography, soil type, water source, water quality, discharge and availability, and determine the irrigation requirement for the crop and acreage.
- Assess pre-existing irrigation infrastructure at the site and establish what can be reused, what needs upgrading and what must be replaced.
- Select the appropriate irrigation method for each site and justify the choice on agronomic and technical grounds: drip (inline and online), sprinkler, micro-sprinkler, rain gun, mini-sprinkler, furrow and surface, and, where relevant, centre pivot or semi-permanent portable systems.
- Match the irrigation method to the economics of the crop. For high-value crops, specify the system that maximises yield, uniformity and fertigation c
📌 Irrigation Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 FinAgra
📍 Bengaluru