Job Title: Maintenance Technician
Organisation: Kakira Sugar
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
About Organisation:
Kakira Sugar Limited (KSL) is a leading sugar manufacturer in Uganda. KSL boasts of two sugar estates, one in Kakira – Jinja and the other in Kayunga.
Job Summary: Site Maintenance – Covering all site Mechanical aspects and equipment, blending, packaging and facility equipment and machinery.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain plant and equipment in a safe and reliable condition that will enable all site
- production and efficiency targets to be achieved.
- Completion of maintenance tasks across all areas and ensuring maintenance plans are adhered to.
- Completing timely, comprehensive and accurate preventative maintenance reports.
- Ensure records are maintained for all works carried out.
- Supporting the development of maintenance plans and SOPs for maintenance activities.
- Determine equipment centre lines, track deviations, stop and fix any equipment deviating from standard operating parameters.
- Adopting key problem-solving techniques to find route causes behind mechanical asset failures.
- Decide on temporary remedial measures and modification on Mechanical/ Electrical systems to sustain production while arrangements for permanent solution are being made and ensuring plant safety is maintained.
- Identifying opportunities to improve asset care and drive these ideas forward.
- Design/Implementation of modifications to the existing mechanical systems and equipment to suit user requirements.
- Ensure safety and compliance maintenance works on site.
- Ensure equipment safety and emergency systems are operational.
- Ensuring quality workmanship is delivered.
- Ensure compliance with all statutory obligations and relevant legislation and standards.
- Train and coach operators.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- University Degree or Higher National Diploma in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering.
Experience, Skills and Competences:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in FMCG Operations and Maintenance.
- Mechanical Engineering & Process technology.
- Understand Bottling processes (Blowmoulder, Filler, Capper, Labeller, Packer Machines), packaging, and utility operations.
- Mechanical equipment (functions, configuration, calibration, testing and fault finding).
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, maintenance manuals, schematic drawings and general engineering specifications to carry out the job.
- Knowledge in mechanical designs and equipment sizing.
- Trouble shooting skills.
- Ability to communicate in both written and oral formats.
- Thorough knowledge in safe systems of work, permit to work systems.
- Knowledge of World Class Manufacturing/ Lean Manufacturing standards
- Knowledge of Quality and Food Safety Systems.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Ability to manage a wide variety of activities at the same time (multi-tasking).
- Excellent time management skills.
- A flexible approach to working hours may be required to suit production demands or to meet critical deadlines.
- Shift work may be required based on production demands.
- Knowledge of computer:
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite to support daily operations.
- Communication Skills:
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively relate with team members and the management.
- Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing.
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Deadline: 14th August 2025
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24