Job Title: Team Lead Electrical Engineering
Organisation: Yalelo Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Yalelo (U) Limited is a tilapia fish farm that was established in Uganda in 2019. The farm is located in Butembe, Buikwe district on the shores of Lake Victoria. Yalelo Uganda is a subsidiary of First Wave Group B.V; a Dutch company with a portfolio of aquaculture related assets in Africa. First Wave Group owns and operates Yalelo Zambia, a pioneer of Aquaculture founded in 2011 that has grown quickly to become the leading fish farm in Zambia and among the largest aquaculture farms in Africa.
Job Summary: The Electrical Engineering Team Leader will provide end-to-end leadership of all electrical engineering functions across Yalelo Uganda operations. The role ensures high plant availability, safe and reliable electrical infrastructure, and successful execution of expansion projects. It leads a team including Electrical Engineer, Electrical Supervisor, Technicians, and Graduate Trainees while driving safety, compliance, reliability, and engineering governance.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Electrical Infrastructure Leadership & Reliability
- Lead electrical maintenance and reliability programs across production, cold rooms, ice plants, hatcheries, and utilities.
- Ensure continuous power availability and system stability.
- Oversee troubleshooting of complex electrical failures affecting production.
- Ensure preventive maintenance planning for critical systems.
Expansion Projects & Infrastructure Development
- Lead electrical works for plant expansion, cold rooms, ice plants, and distribution upgrades.
- Review designs, BOQs, and contractor works.
- Ensure commissioning and handover of installations.
- Coordinate multiple parallel projects under tight timelines.
Safety, Compliance & ERA Requirements
- Ensure compliance with ERA licensing requirements.
- Drive closure of safety audit findings.
- Enforce LOTO, PTW systems, and electrical safety standards.
- Lead incident investigations.
Asset Reliability & RCA
- Support and improve existing preventive and predictive maintenance systems.
- Lead RCA for major failures.
- Address overloads, power instability, and equipment breakdowns and load analysis profile update.
Energy Management
- Optimize energy usage.
- Manage load balancing and generator dependency.
- Lead the energy committee and follow up strategies
Leadership & Coaching
- Supervise and develop electrical engineering team with clear succession plans.
- Build technical capability and accountability.
- Conduct performance management within the team.
- Champion annual site electrical safety audits
Administration & Governance
- Manage electrical budgets and maintenance records.
- Support audits and compliance reporting.
- Ensure critical spare parts availability.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
- ERA licensed engineer.
- 7–10 years industrial experience.
- 3–5 years supervisory experience.
- Strong MV/LV systems experience.
- Vast Experience in the following regulations: BS7671, National Regulatory Authority (ERA), National Regulatory Authority (IEC standards), Uganda National Grid standards
How to Apply:
Please send the application, CV & academic documents as one pdf document to: careers@yalelo.ug, clearly specifying the job position in the subject line. The closing date for receiving applications is 1 0 th J uly 2026.
“ Recruitment will be on rolling basis”
Yalelo Uganda, is an equal opportunity employer and committed to promoting gender diversity in our workforce. Qualified Females are strongly encouraged to apply.
Yalelo Uganda doesn’t solicit any monies at any stage of the recruitment process.
Deadline: 10th July 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 84