Irrigation Engineer
Also known as: Micro-irrigation Engineer · Drip Irrigation Engineer · Water Management Engineer
Designs and installs drip, sprinkler and other irrigation systems for farms, projects and schemes.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
An irrigation engineer plans and installs systems that bring water to crops, such as drip and sprinkler networks. Micro-irrigation companies, their dealers and contractors working on government irrigation schemes hire them. A day involves field surveys, designing layouts, estimating costs and supervising installation.
- Survey fields and design irrigation layouts
- Estimate materials and prepare quotations
- Supervise installation and commissioning
- Train farmers and handle service issues
How you get in
Freshers usually join a micro-irrigation company or its dealer network as a field or design engineer trainee, through campus placement or direct application. Government irrigation and soil conservation posts come through separate state recruitment.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Hydraulics and water requirement calculations
- Layout design for drip and sprinkler systems
- Cost estimation and quotations
- Working with farmers in the local language
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition2
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field2
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Common next roles: project engineer, area manager, design lead.
- Much of the work is linked to subsidy schemes, so paperwork is part of the job.
- Postings are often in rural areas.
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