Dr. Eng. Vimbai Pachawo, CEng MIAgrE (UK)
Founder & Lead Consultant
VIMBS is led by a Chartered Engineer whose career spans commercial irrigation design, national water resources administration and doctoral research. That combination — practitioner, public servant and researcher — is rare in the region, and it is the reason clients receive advice that stands up technically, institutionally and commercially.
Work to date covers more than 8,000 hectares of planned and designed irrigation across commercial farms, government schemes and development-sector programmes, alongside hydrological assessment of dams, catchments and boreholes throughout Zimbabwe.
Credentials
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Registered chartered status recognised in the United Kingdom and internationally.
MIAgrE (UK)
Member of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers.
PhD
Doctoral research in water resources and the sustainable built environment.
20+ years experience
Two decades of irrigation design, hydrology and water resources delivery.
Provincial Irrigation Engineer
Senior public-sector engineering role, with deep knowledge of government process.
University of Minho
International doctoral study and research collaboration in Portugal.
International training
Specialist professional training across irrigation, hydrology and water management.
Published researcher & peer reviewer
Peer-reviewed publications and active peer reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Management and H2Open Journal.
Internationally benchmarked
Qualifications independently evaluated by UK ENIC/Ecctis, Engineers Australia, SAQA and NZQA.
International qualification recognition
VIMBS engineering qualifications have been independently assessed and benchmarked by four national authorities across the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand — giving European manufacturers, development banks and government clients verified assurance of the standard behind every deliverable.
Engineers Australia
2023Professional Engineer — Agricultural Engineer
Migration Skills Assessment (CDR) confirming Professional Engineer competency at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 (code 233912), with 12+ years of relevant skilled engineering employment formally assessed.
Ecctis (UK ENIC), for the UK Home Office
2022UK Master's degree & Bachelor (Honours) degree level
MSc Water Resources Engineering and Management and BSc (Hons) Agricultural Engineering independently assessed as comparable to UK Master's and Bachelor (Honours) degree level, with English language at CEFR C1.
South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
2018NQF Level 9 and NQF Level 8
Certificate of Evaluation recognising the MSc at NQF Level 9 (170 credits) and the BSc (Hons) as a Bachelor of Engineering: Agricultural Engineering at NQF Level 8 (682 credits).
New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
2016Level 9 master's degree and Level 7 bachelor's degree
International Qualifications Assessment placing the MSc at NZQF Level 9 and the BSc (Hons) Agricultural Engineering at NZQF Level 7.
Assessment statements and certificates are available to clients and partners on request for due-diligence and prequalification purposes.
“Irrigation is not an equipment decision. It is an engineering decision about water, soil, energy and time — and it has to hold in the driest season, not the average one.”
Dr. Eng. Vimbai Pachawo