Design Engineer – GDC (Irrigation Design)
Netafim — Pune, Maharashtra
₹4–9 LPA (HireSetu estimate) · 0–5 yrs exp · Freshers eligible · Full-time
HireSetu listing reference 201140 — confirm requirements below, then apply on the employer site.
Quick answer: Drip irrigation design work in Pune, from the pump station down to the emitter, with a BOM and costing behind each drawing. Two things decide whether your application gets read: an agricultural engineering degree and hands-on IrriCAD or WCADI.
From Netafim's job posting
Required Education & Experience
1) Degree in B. Tech / M. Tech Agricultural Graduate in Engineering discipline specialization with Agriculture studies.
Core Design Practical Experience of at least, Fresh or 1-5 years of hand on Experience in an irrigation systems design or equivalent engineering practices.
Required
The candidate should be responsible to provide professional design works, which includes preparing maps, bill of materials, components specifications, systems costing, drawings, systems technical description etc. Manage daily interface between designer, application technician, and drafting.
General Skills and Abilities: Be able to work independently with minimum direction and control, excellent verbal and written communications, team player, Fluent in using tools like power presentations, exec, word and AutoCAD.
Knowledge of Irrigation system design with Hydraulics will be a must.
- Fluent in using tools like MS Office and AutoCAD software in regards to Irrigation system Design
Knowledge of micro irrigation industry preferred
Detailed planning of all components of the irrigation project, from the pump station/head control unit to the emitter.
Comprehensive expertise in key irrigation system components—pumping solutions, filtration assemblies, valve mechanisms, fittings and all ancillary accessories.
For execution, production of complete BOM (Bill of Material) required for Quotation for the Irrigation Design.
Capable of delivering high‑quality work under tight schedules, strict deadlines, and demanding conditions.
Dexterity and manage in English.
Initiative, creativity, and strong technical aptitude will be considered an advantage.
Multi-tasking - simultaneously work with several jobs / tasks.
Generality Assignments breakdown
Understand collection data, Final Irrigation Design drawing & prepare an Irrigation system design in Irrigation software IrriCAD / or any other that’s WCADI
Coordination with Project team (Designer, Implementation and Draftsman) from the Detailed Characterization to the Final Design.
Mandatory Software to be known
- Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Irrigation design Software like, IrriCAD / WCADI (Proficiency is Must)
- 2D AutoCAD,
- Google earth, Map source, QGIS
The employer’s company overview, benefits and equal-opportunity statement are left out here; they are on the original posting.
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HireSetu's note
The two filters that decide this
Netafim asks for a B.Tech or M.Tech in agricultural engineering, and states IrriCAD or WCADI proficiency as a must twice. Treat both as pass/fail. A civil or mechanical degree with strong AutoCAD work clears neither, and a designer who only knows plain AutoCAD clears the second one only halfway. If you have run either irrigation package on a real layout, name the project and the area it covered in the first two lines of your CV.
Freshers are genuinely in scope, since the range starts at zero. A final-year project on a drip or sprinkler layout, with head loss and pump selection worked through end to end, is the nearest thing to relevant experience you can show. Put it above your coursework.
One chain: field data, drawing, quote
The work runs as a single chain. Collect the field data, lay out the system in IrriCAD, pick the pumps, filtration, valves and fittings, then build the full BOM and the costing that sits behind a quotation. You answer for the whole thing, head control unit to emitter, so the hydraulic numbers and the price on the quote come off the same drawing.
Ask how much of the week is design against coordination and quoting, since that split shapes the job more than the title does. Expect to chase the draftsman, the application technician and the project team to keep drawings moving, with several projects live at once and deadlines on each.
QGIS, Google Earth and Map Source turn up for site data. Reading a satellite image and pulling measurements off it is a small skill that pays off daily here.
Drafted with AI from Netafim's job posting and checked by Prashanth Jakkula before publishing. See our Editorial Policy.
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