Maintenance Controller Jobs – Nile Breweries

Job Title: Maintenance Controller

Organisation: Nile Breweries

Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda

About Organisation:

Nile Breweries Limited is a leading beverage company in Uganda and a subsidiary of SABMiller, the second largest brewing group in the world. We aim to provide for a variety of career paths and patterns of working, a good work-life balance and comprehensive employee benefits.

Job Summary: The Key Purpose of this role is to co-ordinate, train, coach and control the activities in E&F section, both in the production environment and maintenance, to provide specialist technical advice to ensure maximum equipment availability through the use of VPO means.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain a Safe and Healthy Working Environment
• Development and periodic review of risk assessments (HIRA, PHA, JHA)
• Complying to safety requirement on operation of equipment (SOPs, SWI signed off)
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards
• Ensures a Reliable Plant is Achieved Through the Maintenance, Calibration, Repair of Equipment and Optimization of Plant and Associated Devices
• Locate plant, equipment, spares and relevant documentation / systems
• Plan and prepare the job
• Maintenance of equipment on electrical and instrumentation discipline
• Development of Maintenance Programs for new equipment, review of maintenance programs for the existing equipment
• Carry out repairs / maintenance
• Continuously improve (optimize) plant, process equipment and systems
• Operate plant and process equipment
• Calibrate instruments
• Work in Teams
• Communicate effectively in teams
• Contribute to self and team development
• New ideas generation (own ideas and team ideas implemented)
• Apply the VPO Principles and practices
• All work is carried out using the VPO principles (All VPO pillars implemented)
• Development and periodic review of risk assessments (HIRA, PHA, JHA)

Understands, Implements and Complies to the GOP requirements

• Sustains what has been implemented
• Develop Team
• Develop competent team via SKAP, ATO and Technical Skills Matrix
• Development and implementation of training plans
• Clear succession plan for the team available

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum of Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Degree in Mechanical /Electrical Engineering

• Minimum 3 – 5 years Manufacturing industries
• 3 Years mechanical/electrical with in depth workshop knowledge.
• Planning experience required
• Knowledge on Control & Automation will be an added advantage

Key attributes and competencies:

• Ability to manage a maintenance department.
• Mental alertness.
• Analytical and evaluations skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Articulate communication.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• People handling ability.
• Accuracy, judgement, decisiveness and persuasiveness.
• Work organization and drive.
• Motivational and developmental skills.
• Enforce required standards

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 10th June 2026

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Level of Education: associate degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36