Maintenance Manager Jobs – Aldelia Limited

Job Title:   Maintenance Manager

Organisation: Aldelia Limited

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

Aldelia is a global leading human resources company founded in 2005 and specialised in recruitment, outsourcing and payroll management services to blue-chip multinationals and fast-growing SMEs. The group operates in more than 30 countries across all industries and disciplines on four continents. Our mission is to create a better future for people by delivering compliant, world-class and innovative HR solutions to the companies and communities we serve.

Job Summary: The maintenance Manager will be responsible for the continuous running of equipment and machinery. Through experience he will observe machine conditions and oversee routine maintenance and organize repairs. He will play a vital role in the efficiency, development and progress of manufacturing and processing industries through planning order and being thorough in procuring required items.

He will also work with other department professionals in order to improve production facilities, reduce the incidence of costly, breakdowns, high down time and develop strategies to improve overall reliability and safety of plant, personnel and production processes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Machinery

• Designing maintenance strategies, procedures and methods;
• Carrying out routine scheduled maintenance work and responding to equipment faults;
• Diagnosing breakdown problems;
• Fitting new parts and making sure equipment is working correctly;
• Carrying out quality/maintenance inspections on jobs;
• Liaising with client departments, customers and other engineering and production colleagues;
• Arranging specialist procurement of fixtures, fittings or components;
• Controlling maintenance tools, stores and equipment;
• Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs;
• Dealing with emergencies, unplanned problems and repairs;
• Improving health and safety policies and procedures;
• Working with specialist equipment, such as programmable logic controllers (plc), which control machinery on factory assembly lines;
• Writing maintenance strategies to help with installation and commissioning guidelines;
• Ensuring there is continuous cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns.

Management and Planning

• Supervises training of personnel to ensure all crafts (electrical, hydraulic and mechanical) have the required level of expertise. Ensures efficiency and high standards are maintained.
• Drawing up, implementing and supervising daily maintenance for all equipment
• Job allocation for the maintenance persons
• Consults with and provides information and guidance to maintenance personnel.
• Work with team to plan spare part procurement.

Quality and safety Management

• Communicates and directs the application of prescribed safety and environmental regulations.
• Ensure departmental personnel are properly trained and provided with appropriate maintenance skills as required
• Carry out, with involvement of floor personnel, weekly/monthly workplace quality maintenance safety related inspections
• Investigate all accidents or safety incidents within the Plant, ensuring proper “root cause analysis” to provide remedial action to prevent reoccurrence, this can be done in liaison with engineering manager
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related field required, masters degree in related field is an added advantage.
• Registration with a professional association is an added advantage
• 8 – 10 years of experience in plant maintenance.

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their applications online at the link below.

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Deadline: 12th January 2026

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Level of Education: bachelor degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96