Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Kilombero Sugar Company Limited (KSCL), the largest producer of sugar in the country operating cohesively with Illovo Distillers Tanzania Limited (IDTL) and a member of Illovo Sugar Africa Limited (Africa’s largest sugar producer). The Company now invites applicants who are self-motivated, honest, hardworking and committed individuals to fill above mentioned position at Kilombero.

Job Purpose
Drive embedding of the “Illovo Way of Optimisation” by implementing world class practices to optimise, Develop Country’s Operational & Maintenance Optimisation strategy with a view towards long term growth, optimal efficiency and sustainability, Identify and provide improvements to maximise availability of systems, provide specialised technical support to Country/site such that it is able to achieve its operational needs.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities
• Develop in-Country medium- and long-term Optimisation Strategy (by discipline) to optimize reliability, performance, quality and cost of production.
• Develop initiatives that will deliver products at cost and quality levels that drive profitability.
• Audit and analyse maintenance systems & processes with the aim of uncovering engineering related inefficiencies and identify reliability improvement opportunities.
• Develop engineering maintenance & support plans (outside of scheduled maintenance) and monitor compliance to plans.
• Reduce production losses caused by inefficient engineering systems by critically analysing and maximising the systems’ performance.
• Conduct regular internal and external benchmarking exercises to identify and develop maintenance best practices and improvement opportunities with Group Specialisation Team.
• Recommend improvements that ensure sustainability of engineering systems.
• Provide expertise on day-to-day maintenance issues, support and advise on solutions.
• Conduct deep root cause analyses of recurring problems, with support from Group Specialisation Engineers as needed.
• Set direction, implement and monitor continuous improvement by driving best practices within the discipline, and ensuring that suitable tools and techniques are being used.
• Develop preventative/pre-emptive maintenance initiatives (incl. improvement opportunities identified by Computerised Maintenance Monitoring System and data analytics) to reduce costs and downtime in Country.
• Build a strong technical team and talent pipeline for Optimisation through ongoing coaching, mentoring, guidance and technical training.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with key maintenance & engineering service providers.
• Ensure technical standards and specifications are upheld and address deviations with maintenance and production teams.
• Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and flag any issues.

Job Qualification and Experience:
• Minimum: Engineering Degree in respective discipline, ideally supported by further technical development.
• 5 years experience in manufacturing and a sound knowledge of the factories.
• Track record of technical leadership experience.
• Good data analysis and interpretation skills.

Self – Management and Personal Traits
• Self-motivated.
• Excellent communication and co - ordination skills.
• Creative, innovative and team working skills.
• Trouble shooting skills.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on Permanent Contract.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please click here to apply for the position on or before 29th December 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.  

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